Chapter 533
All of a sudden, the robot said, “Dad, Mom and Nathan are home.”
Michael instructed, “Turn off the news.”
The channel switched back to the cartoons from before.
When Sophia came back with different bags of things, she saw Michael and the robot sitting together on
the sofa watching cartoons. She put down what she was carrying and called, “Nichs!”
“Mom, Nate!”
Michael watched the robot rush off happily and even dly helped Sophia bring the things inside. That is
one clever robot. Michael had goosebumps all over.
He remembered the time when X ced a toy to spy on them in their house. The robot in front of him
now was way more intelligent than that toy back then. If Linus imnted something inside this robot…
But, this robot is very intelligent. It knows how to cheer Sophia up everyday. I can’t bear to throw it away.
How frustrating!
Every time Sophia came back from Linus’ ce, she woulde home with all those bags as though
she had inappropriately acquired them. For example, the window panes of the French windows she
cherished so dearly. She finally got them from Linus’ ce today. Not to mention, he also sent someone
over to install it for her.
After the new windows were put in ce and they went to look out of it, it was apletely different
view. One moment it was the deep underwater world, then in the next moment, it was a windy desert.
Next, it was a tropical rainforest. Those were not simply still shots but actual scenes. It was a high
definition transmission of the scenery being captured in real-time. It was real and spectacr, making
them feel as though they were physically there.
Moreover, she also took the 3D projector in his bedroom and installed it in her own room. Shey down
on the bed excitedly as she could not wait to try it out. When it turned on, it started projecting various
sights. The ceiling was not just a ceiling anymore; it was a starry night sky. There was also a moon. She
could even hear the sound of crickets right by her ear. Warm air brushed across her face and brought
with it the scent of fresh grass. The sound, temperature, and visuals were all unbelievably convincing.
If she reached out, it was as if she could actually feel the fireflies dancing around her fingertips.
Apart from the stars, there were grasnds, beaches, and many other simtions. It felt like she was
actually out camping. This is so surreal.
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“I want to see fireworks! Fireworks!”
As soon as she said that, the projector started to disy fireworks. The splendid fireworks made her so
happy that she started rolling around on the bed.
“Shooting stars!”
Very quickly, shooting stars also started to appear. It felt so real as though it was truly right before her
eyes.
Michael was also on the bed, looking at the lifelike aurora. He was in awe. Linus is living the life! But
something still did not feel right. He reminded, “These are all advanced technologies. I’m guessing it isn’t
cheap. You shouldn’t ask Linus for so many things in the future. The cost is too high.”
Sophia changed the scene from the aurora to a desert night scene. She could even hear the sound of
camels walking from her bedside. She retorted, “This is what I won from ying mahjong with Linus. It’s
mine!”
She wanted to, but she did not think it was too courteous to tell Michael that Linus could not beat her in
their game of mahjong, and these were all the things that they had bet on. He had lost many things over
the past two days.
Michael was baffled. “Your bets are so high.”
“Linus upgraded all the robots in his house yesterday. They know how to y mahjong now!”
“Smart move.”
“I’ll take Nichs with me tomorrow to get upgraded. Linus wants to teach him how to y mahjong.”
Michael was speechless now.
“Stop talking. There’s a shooting star. I’m going to make a wish.” Then, she closed her eyes and made a
wish upon the shooting star.
Her thoughts were simple: to be happy every day and have Michael by her side.
…
The next day, Sophia went out early in the morning and took the robot with her. When she came home,
Nichs had already turned into a gambling expert—mahjong, poker, and ckjack—he was proficient
in all of them.
When Harry and Daniel heard that the robot at Michael’s house knew how to y mahjong, they came
without dy to test the robot out. The three of them yed against Nichs all night and lost miserably.
They had probably lost as much as a three-bedroom house located around the central business district
in Bayside City.
Since then, Nichs beat everyone in the small neighborhood and had no opponents. Everyone in the
small neighborhood, from proprietors to security guards to housekeepers, was defeated. Nichs even
knew how to be smart about it. He chose whether to win or lose depending on the person’s looks.
Michael was starting to regret letting Linus move into the neighborhood. It was bad enough that it was
interfering with his routine. He nned to wait until Sophia was done with her exams before finding an
auspicious day to take the three of them and their dog out on holiday.
During this time, it seemed like Sophia had gone to Linus’ ce almost every day. She had disregarded
her studies, but she was still self-studying. Linus had actually created Nichs to keep Nathanpany.
Not only did Nichs know how to y mahjong, he even knew how to give advice. If there was
anything that Sophia did not know, he could give her an answer for it.
After that incident, Sophia had not gone to school once and spent her time at home self-studying.
Nheless, final exams crept up on her.
If she returned to school to take the exam, she figured she would have to face all the students at school.
Even though two weeks had passed since it happened and the photos on the inte had almost
completely been erased, everyone still remembered the incident.
With her grades, however, she did not have to take the exam. She could request to be exempted from
the exam, but she still decided to go to school toplete her exams.
The morning that she was about to leave for school, Michael walked her to the car and asked, “Do you
want me to take you to school?”
Sitting inside the car, she shook her head and said, “This is my problem. I should face it on my own.”
She always wanted to be strong.
She had to sit for two examinations. After taking the exam for her major, she had to take another one for
a course at the School of Computer Science. The exams would stretch over four days. Fortunately, her
exam times for both schools were staggered.
When Nathan and Nichs got in the car, Nichs reassured, “Don’t worry, Dad. Nate and I will protect
Mom!”
Indeed, Nichs had a way with words.
Michael bent down to pat his head as a reward. At the same time, he nced over at Nathan with a stern
expression.
Look at him and look at yourself!
On the way to school, Sophia had a conversation with the robot.
“Nichs!”
“Yes, Mom!”
“Nichs Fletcher!”
“Mom!”
The robot was like a chatterbox. He coulde up with various amusing topics to discuss with Sophia.
He was able to empathize as well as a person did. After putting on those kid’s clothes and the tiger hat
that Nathan used to wear as a child, the robot looked just like a child—healthy and strong.
Talking to him made Sophia feel a lot better.
…
At Michel Group’s building, the person-in-charge of the branch in Cethos, Linus, was in his office. He was
watching a video that was being recorded from Nichs’ point of view. It showed Sophia smiling brightly.
Seeing that gentle and beautiful smiling face, he could not help but smile too.
Linus had designed Nichs, so he made a concealed back-door that was not apparent to anyone. He
could send everything that Nichs saw to himself whenever he wanted to and even monitor Sophia’s
emotional activity. The server automatically analyzed her mood whenever and wherever.
While he was working, he listened to the conversation Sophia had with Nichs. Just then, the system
automatically analyzed her emotional activity.
“Linus, Miss Edwards is feeling very nervous. Her pressure index is at 65. Depression level has gone
down from average to low.”