The child was tossed into the car with a thud, stared at him with wide, round eyes, and then giggled, "Thank you!! You're so handsome, brother!!"
...So annoying!
With a "bang," Yi Heye slammed the ambulance door shut. Faced with the enthusiastic "Brother is so handsome," the tips of his ears couldn't help but burn again.
Just as he was about to reach out and cover his bright red ears, Jian Yunxian grabbed his hand.
"Sir, you're too easily embarrassed."
The man's teasing voice came over, and the little cloud beside him let out a teasing "meow~", instantly turning Yi Heye's neck red.
But his anger and shame made him even more ferocious. He turned around, grabbed Jian Yunxian's expensive tie, and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'm going to sew your mouth shut!"
Then, pointing at the little cloud with his head down, he said, "And you too!"
Little Cloud lowered her head and waved her ram's horns at him in a provocative gesture. As a result, Yi Heye gave her a hard flick on the head, and she immediately went back crying to hug Jian Yunxian's leg.
Jian Yunxian smiled and made a zipping motion near her mouth, declaring a truce.
Yi Heye turned around and walked briskly towards his parked car, until Xiao Ming, who was five meters away, happily turned on his car lights and called out in a sweet voice, "Uncle Sheep! And Little Sheep!"
Yi Heye then turned around and found that Jian Yunxian had been following behind him.
"Oh." Hearing this address, Jian Yunxian laughed again, "Where did I pick up a nephew?"
"The handsome guy's here to see our Wild Treasure again?" The nephew, now feeling recognized, became even more excited. "Please, have a seat. Once you ride in Wild Treasure's car, you're one of Wild Treasure's people. So, when are you two planning to get married...?"
“It’s been eight hundred years since we got married,” Yi Heye interrupted him through gritted teeth.
In an instant, Xiaoming gasped in horror, while Jian Yunxian glanced at Yi Heye, who had just uttered those arrogant words, with great interest.
Then, Yi Heye glared fiercely at Jian Yunxian: "We had a grudge in our past life, and we still haven't settled it in this one."
"Huh—? Oh..." Xiao Ming said as if he were mentally challenged, "So forming a grudge doesn't mean forming..."
Yi Heye didn't give him a chance to finish speaking, reached out and "clicked" to turn off his voice, then coldly got into the car.
Just before starting, he subconsciously glanced at Jian Yunxian again.
The man immediately became arrogant and asked, "Want a ride?"
"Get lost." Yi Heye angrily stepped on the gas. "Don't you have your own car?"
"I didn't bring it. I'm here on a business trip today, and it's inconvenient to bring the car."
Jian Yunxian walked over shamelessly, took a folding skateboard out of Xiaoyunduo's small backpack, and tied it to Xiaoming's back seat.
Xiao Ming, that traitor, immediately wiggled his butt, striking a welcoming pose, and even honked his horn in celebration without permission: "Beep beep!"
As Jian Yunxian praised him, he got into the car and said, "Look how polite my nephew is."
Just as Yi Heye was about to start cursing, someone grabbed his waist. He was so awkward that he couldn't resist. His mind went blank, and he tacitly allowed this guy to get into his car.
He took a deep breath, just about to ask the guy where he was going so he could make an excuse not to go that way and shake him off, when the guy preemptively asked, "Where are you planning to go?"
Yi Heye gritted his teeth: "I have to go to the bureau to give a report."
“Okay.” Jian Yunxian patted his shoulder, not even pretending, “Wherever you go, I’ll go.”
Afraid of being driven mad, Yi Heye simply twisted the accelerator—if he couldn't shake off this persistent pest, he might as well shorten the journey time.
Unfortunately, even the swiftly blowing wind couldn't stop Jian Yunxian's mouth—
"A very subtle question suddenly came to mind..."
Yi Heye sensed something was wrong and interrupted, "No, you don't want to."
Jian Yunxian wasn't stopped by him and continued, "You said your little car calls you Wild Treasure, but it calls me Uncle, so shouldn't you call me...?"
Yi Heye slammed on the brakes, physically ending the conversation: "Either shut up or leave."
Jian Yunxian immediately backed down: "I won't say anything more. It takes a whole day to walk there. You're really heartless."
Yi Heye adjusted the front of the car and started it again.
"Giddy up!" the guy suddenly shouted childishly, "Wild treasure! Let's go!"
The little cloud behind the car got excited too: "Baa!"
These words, coming from Jian Yunxian, seemed a bit out of character, but they inexplicably reminded Yi Heye of the little sheep that could ride a robot vacuum cleaner—something SHEEP would definitely do.
"Heh, personality is something you can't hide," Yi Heye sneered. They really are the same person.
It wasn't until a long, long time had passed that Yi Heye belatedly realized something was amiss—
"Don't call me Wild Treasure!"
Ten seconds later, she added fuel to the fire: "Don't you dare ride me like a horse!!"
Who was it that was secretly hoping to continue working with Jian Yunxian not long ago? I don't know, but it certainly wasn't Yi Heye!
Yi Heye never felt that the road to the bureau was so rugged. When he got off the car in a hurry, Jian Yunxian also landed gracefully with his sheep.
The headquarters of the Artificial Intelligence Administration Bureau is located in the government affairs center of Zone B, along with other important functional departments such as the Security Section, the Center's Entrusted Office, and the Cybersecurity Section, occupying a place in this location that is theoretically closest to Zone A.
Yi Heye is a field agent, and he rarely comes to his headquarters except for major events like this.
Looking at the white jade statue, the exquisite office building, and the foldable vertical garden in front of him, he found it hard to imagine that he had been working for such a large factory all along.
On the other hand, Jian Yunxian, a new employee who just started working here, dressed and had the air of a high-class white-collar worker who should be here.
The fact is, this guy is indeed much more compatible with this place than I am.
"Professor Jian is here!"
"Professor Jian, are you adjusting well to the new work environment?"
"Wow, the professor is even more handsome than he looks in the photos!"
Colleagues coming and going stopped to greet him, and Jian Yunxian patiently responded to each one, but did not slow down in keeping up with Yi Heye's pace.
Yi Heye walked ahead, utterly speechless—this guy is quite popular, huh? I wonder if he'll even be able to leave this AI slaughterhouse once he's ripped off.
He adjusted his mindset and walked straight to the director's office.
As he approached the door, he noticed the guy was still following him, so he turned around warily and said, "Why are you following me? I need to give a work report."
Jian Yunxian said with a smile, "I also need to give a report."
...Damn it, a copycat. Yi Heye has always hated copycats the most.
He turned and stood in front of the scanner by the door—entry to the director's office required three steps: iris scanning, facial recognition, and internal approval.
However, before he could even turn on the scanner, Jian Yunxian, who was standing next to him, simply reached out and held the doorknob, and without any review process, "clicked" open the door to the director's office.
Yi Heye broke out in a cold sweat—what a terrifying AI.
Xiao Yunduo, who came with Jian Yunxian, saw the door open and tried to rush in without any hesitation. However, before she could even step inside, Jian Yunxian pulled her out with one hand: "Wait outside for a bit. I won't be gone for long."
Little Cloud watched helplessly as she was chained to the doorknob like a dog, protesting pitifully, "Meow..."
The protest was ignored, and Little Cloud was so angry that she did a split and collapsed limply to the ground.
The director's office maintained the simplicity of a middle-aged man, yet its spaciousness gave it a touch of grandeur.
Yi Heye didn't like to stay in this place any longer; he just wanted to get things over with quickly and get through the current process as soon as possible.
The director, sitting at his desk, first noticed Jian Yunxian: "Xiao Jian, you did an excellent job at the construction site today. A great start!"
Jian Yunxian said in a serious and modest manner: "The main reason is that Commander Yi's work ability is outstanding. Anyone who works with him will achieve the same results."
The bureau chief glanced at Yi Heye, who was fidgeting around like someone with ADHD, and sighed, "It's a miracle this little brat isn't causing me any trouble..."
The little beast raised his head, and just as he was about to clench his fists, Jian Yunxian reached out and rubbed his head: "I think he's quite well-behaved."
Yi Heye began to unleash his murderous aura again, but the bureau chief nodded in agreement with Jian Yunxian's words, saying, "That's good. It means you two are a good match. It's hard to find anyone who can keep this brat in line these days."
Seeing Jian Yunxian's agreeing smile, Yi Heye was about to explode—suitable my ass! Why didn't anyone ask for his opinion?!
After the two of them took turns provoking Yi Heye, the unruly brat finally couldn't help but cough twice to acknowledge his presence: "Director Li, I'd like to report on the situation this time."
Director Li finally turned his swivel chair towards him, his expression becoming serious: "I've seen the live footage from the scene, and this situation is indeed somewhat unusual."
Yi Heye nodded and quickly got into work mode, even his eyes became serious: "It's like this, under normal circumstances, mechanical malfunctions will not cause the machine to deform. This time, there is obviously interference beyond the program error, which requires extra attention."
Machine malfunctions are usually caused by inherent problems such as machine aging or program failures. For example, an explosion caused by overheating water pipes or indiscriminate attacks caused by a malfunctioning identification system are both due to machine malfunctions.
But this time, the normally docile home robot butler suddenly became violent, even producing some terrifying mechanical tentacles, which clearly exceeded the normal range of machine malfunction.
It's hard not to suspect that there was external interference involved.
Yi Heye unfolded another item transfer receipt: "I have handed the chip over to the technical department. It will probably take about a week for the detailed analysis results to come out. I don't have much other information about this machine."
“I have it.” Upon hearing this, Jian Yunxian unfolded a stack of documents in front of the two of them. “I had someone check it after I arrived at the scene.”
Yi Heye rolled his eyes at him. He had only just arrived and already had subordinates. He himself had been around for so many years and only had Xiao Ming following him around—it was really infuriating.
Despite his thoughts, Yi Heye still carefully examined what the guy handed him.
This robot is named Tony. As you can tell from his name, he was originally a hairdresser at a barbershop. He worked for a year at the "Pink Love Trend" hair salon in District D. Three years ago, after a simple modification, he entered his current employer's home to work as a housekeeper.
Yi Heye looked at the four characters "Pink Love Trend" and his eyebrows twitched slightly: "Uh... here?"
Jian Yunxian and Director Li both looked at him simultaneously.
Yi Heye shook his head and didn't speak. Then Jian Yunxian asked, "This family is not poor in terms of economic conditions. They could have easily bought a genuine, high-performance butler robot through normal channels. Why did they go to the trouble of going to a hair salon to bring home a hair-cutting robot? Besides, there are so many hair salons in Zone B. There is no need to go all the way to Zone D, right?"
Seeing Jian Yunxian's blank expression, Yi Heye was somewhat incredulous. He stammered for a long time before asking in a low voice, "...Are you really not aware of this, or are you pretending?"
Jian Yunxian glanced back at Director Li, who shook his head as well: "Xiao Yi, just say what you know, don't keep me in suspense."
Yi Heye's face flushed red instantly, but he still looked incredulous: "You fucking know, you're just trying to trick me into telling you."
Jian Yunxian adjusted his glasses and smiled, "Mr. Yi, you overestimate me. I don't know everything."
Yi Heye glanced at Director Li again; the old man was already getting impatient—damn it.
Yi Heye could only look away, mumbling incoherently, "Because...that area is...uh...the red zone..."
After the words "Red District" were uttered, Director Li fell silent, and Yi Heye also shut his mouth in embarrassment. Only Jian Yunxian chuckled: "Sometimes I feel that Mr. Yi lacks experience, but in some aspects, he is surprisingly knowledgeable."
Damn it!! I knew this would happen!! This guy was just deliberately lying to me!!
“Because I live in District D, and I used to catch AIs in that area…” Yi Heye explained through gritted teeth.
Director Li awkwardly wiped his reading glasses, it was unclear whether he had taken his explanation to heart.
Pink Love Trend is located not far from Dirty Street, in a hidden alley where it is almost never open during the day, only quietly opening at night.