Chapter 602


    As the conversation gradually died down, everyone took out their phones to check on their snails; it could


    have gone out to explore or was eating or reading a book at home.


    There wasn’t anything special about the game, but everyone just liked to y it.


    The party went on till about 10.00PM. Sophia walked them out as she had had too much peanuts earlier,


    and she wanted to take a small walk to help digest the food before going back home.


    After a spring rain, the air in Bayside City felt refreshing as she walked around the neighborhood. She


    enjoyed the cold breeze so much that she was reluctant to part with it, and she identally walked


    toward Vi No. 2.


    It brought back a vivid memory of her first meeting with Linus. But now, they were worlds apart. Isn’t it


    saddening…


    Sophia couldn’t help but walk toward Vi No. 2; it was as though something was calling out to her.


    Ever since Linus left, Vi No. 2 had been empty. Although Linus still owned the property, he left the keys


    to Sophia and cut off all ties, so the house was considered Sophia’s for the time being.


    She walked back home to take the keys then headed back to Vi No. 2 and swiped the door open in the


    dark.


    The key was actually a card that could be swiped to open the door of the vi.


    When Sophia walked into the courtyard, the automatic light switch sensed that someone had walked in,


    and so the living room lights were automatically turned on and brightly lit up the whole vi.


    As she walked into the quiet living room, she realized that Linus had left in such a hurry that he didn’t


    manage to move out all his stuff; there were cat nests neatly ced together and even some cat hair left


    on the cat post.


    Dazed, Sophia sat on the sofa and stared at the vacant living room, allowing her mind to go nk.


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    Suddenly, a voice came from a corner. “Mommy—”


    Startled, Sophia looked toward the source of the sound. There were a pair of round ck eyes staring


    back at her from the dark.


    Nichs walked out from the dark and stared at Sophia with his bright, sparkling eyes.


    “Nichs!”


    Sophia cried out with surprise and glee as she bent down and hugged Nichs.


    It had been 2 months since Linus had left, and no one hade here. She couldn’t believe that he


    would leave Nichs behind.


    Nichs was still wearing Nathan’s tiger head cap with its two antennae poking out two holes; it made it


    look like a little tiger boy.


    “Why are you here? Didn’t you leave with Linus?” Sophia asked.


    “Uncle Linus gave me a new mission; he told me to guard the house and keep it clean.”


    Although Nichs was not human, Sophia still felt heartbroken for it when she learned that it had been


    staying alone in the house for thest 2 months without anyone noticing.


    Dust flew everywhere when she tapped his tiger-head hoodie. “Come on. Let’s go home.”


    Nichs reached out its mechanical hand and held Sophia’s. “Alright,” it replied.


    Sophia happily brought Nichs back home.


    Meanwhile, in the living room of Vi No. 8, Michael and Nathan were watching TV after the nanny had


    cleaned up the mess. They were boringly watching television and having boring conversations.


    “Call me Daddy,” Michael said.


    “You’re not my Daddy,” Nathan retorted.


    “Then call me Uncle.” Michael tried again.


    “You wish,” Nathan scoffed.


    “If you don’t want to call me Daddy, someday, someone will!” Michael huffed.


    Nathan shrugged him off.


    Upon his cold shrug, a chirpy voice suddenly rang out from the door. “Daddy!”


    The two people flinched when they heard the voice and turned around to see Sophia entering with


    Nichs.


    Nichs was covered in dust, but it still greeted Nathan and Michael with enthusiasm when it saw them


    as the two wheels under its feet rolled fast. “Daddy! Nate!”


    It was a robot, so it didn’t possess any human emotions. In its memory, Michael had turned it off, and


    when it was turned on again, Linus had given it a newmand—to stay patiently at Vi No. 2 and wait


    for Sophia to pick it up one day.


    Its mission hadn’t changed; it was still the same—to protect Sophia’s family.


    Now that Sophia hade and picked it up, it acted like nothing had happened.


    Nathan was very happy to see Nichs as he rushed over and hugged it.


    Nichs arrived in front of Michael and looked up at him. “Daddy, I want a head rub.”


    Michael’s eyes flickered for a moment, an unsettled look shadowing over his face. Ever since he found


    out that Linus was using Nichs to steal Fletcher Family’s secrets, he had been bearing a grudge


    against it.


    Nichs wasn’t at fault here, but…


    After a while, when Nichs saw that Michael wasn’t responding to it, it repeated, “Daddy, I want a head


    rub.”


    Michael remained motionless. Then, Nichs reached out its mechanical hand, grabbed Michael’s hand,


    and ced it on its head. Hence, Michael sighed and rubbed its dusty head.


    Michael was speechless. I might as well keep it around.


    It’s just a robot, anyway.


    Probably due thefort of knowing Nichs was back, Sophia didn’t have nightmares at night


    anymore and slept soundly. Michaely down next to her and looked at Nichs, which was sitting at the


    bedside.


    It had entered standby mode and was secreting a calming, antidepressant incense to help Sophia sleep.


    Michael, however, couldn’t sleep and got up abruptly. When Nichs saw him get up, it chased after him


    hurriedly.


    After Nichs followed Michael into the study room, Michael closed the door and sat down at his desk.


    He stared at Nichs and said, “Say what you need to say.”


    He could never put the me on a tiny robot; it was, after all, just a robot. That was why it would betray


    Michael and Sophia but save them during dangerous times.


    “Daddy, Uncle Linus left some things for you to see.”


    Nichs seemed to have been upgraded some time ago as its t face was turned into a screen that


    could disy images. Michael looked at its screen as it showed a scene that seemed to be in the


    basement of Linus’ house. A man was seen upgrading Nichs through the surveince camera.


    He was carefully observing every detail of Nichs’ system, testing and upgrading it over and over


    again. He put on Nichs a kind of invincible material that would change color ording to the


    environment before testing its performance system as well as its reaction to the surroundings. Nichs


    was able to change colors at any time—it would turn pink, then blue afterward; it was extremely magical.


    The original intention of using this material was so that Nichs could please more people with its color-


    changing ability. After all, people would inevitably get bored with a in, ck robot. If the robot could


    change its color from time to time, Nathan would enjoy it very much.


    This material was certainly not developed for a household robot; it was a strong and powerful military-


    grade material!


    But it was because of the use of overqualified material on Nichs that unexpectedly saved Sophia’s


    life.


    The man was wearing protective goggles as he held a welding gun and personally welded all the internal


    parts for Nichs with detailed perfection.