Chapter 3

For privacy reasons, there are no cameras installed in He Zhi's house. Ji Mao has no way of observing He Zhi's actions. He can only catch a glimpse of He Zhi.


He Zhi took a long stick in his hand and slowly moved it towards him, only three meters away.


Before Ji Mao had time to move, the program ran fast, the light above his head turned on, and He Zhi's eyes fell on his face.


Ji Mao didn't have time to move, and He Zhi didn't.


He Zhi glared at Ji Mao's face, froze for a while, cursed an swear word, and said: "When did you come?"


Ji Mao didn't dare to move, seeing He Zhi get closer to him and carefully looked at his face.


Ji Mao should thank the engineer for the highly restored holographic image.


The face he picked up on the body was made by He Zhi himself in the simulation software. To be precise, the purpose of the second laboratory's body was to provide sexual services to He Zhi.


The second laboratory of He Zhi's technology company is mainly responsible for research and production of bionic robots.


Although modern science and technology are stuck in the research and development of advanced artificial intelligence, the technology to create a body for artificial intelligence is already very complete. Bionics resembling human beings are scattered in various places.


Ten years ago, the manufacturing of bionic robots, which was still in the research and development stage, was one of the main research directions of Qianzhan Technology for civilian use.


The second laboratory has made several concept machines, but when the specific direction of putting it on the market is not clear, the chairman of the board has an accident.


After He Yongchen acquired Qianzhan Technology, he backed up the data of the second laboratory to the lab in the same direction of Logan Group, and the second laboratory of Qianzhan Technology was left idle. Ambitious people jumped and transferred to Logan’s. Turning to Logan, only the original deputy responsible person and a few unproactive engineers were left to spend their days free.


When He Zhi visited the company, he found that the bionics in the second laboratory were more refined than those on the market, so he asked the person in charge about the situation.


He Zhi himself has a minor problem with physical contact. Looking at such a vivid bionic robot, he suddenly moved with a thought that was not very good. He called the person in charge of the laboratory alone and assigned a task to help him make a high-performance inflatable doll.


If the inflatable dolls are done well, then a subsidiary will be established and the inflatable dolls will be introduced to the market. There will be no need to worry about the research funding and staff salaries next year.


At that time, the expression on the face of the person in charge was ever-changing. He did not expect that his second career with his old colleagues would start with sex toys.


He Zhi patiently talked to the person in charge several times about funding issues. The person in charge agreed, and he also gave He Zhi a guarantee. The production was completed within a month, and it was guaranteed to be exactly the same as the model.


After talking with the person in charge, He Zhi wrote a few of his own program requirements and asked the assistant to pass it over. He didn’t care about it anymore and didn’t know the specific progress of the laboratory, but the face in front of him was absolutely true. He squeezed it out with his own hands.




He Zhi likes men, but his aesthetic is critical and single, so that the face of the inflatable doll made in the second laboratory can be said to completely match the other half of his mind.


Now this face appeared in front of He Zhi without warning, and He Zhi was also a little dazed, and his hands holding the golf stick were released.


Thinking that the laboratory had finished making the inflatable doll, his assistant sent it directly to his room without telling him.


He Zhi took out the communicator and sent a notice to his assistant that he would not use it for work tomorrow. Then he put the communicator on the wine cabinet and moved closer to Ji Mao, carefully observing Ji Mao’s white skin and light brown. The pupils with water shining in them, as well as the distinct and soft eyelashes, whispered: "It's really made exactly the same."


He touched Ji Mao's cheek with his hand. Ji Mao's skin was soft and smooth. Delicate with some warmth.


Probably because he knew that there was no human skin in the other person’s body, He Zhi didn’t feel any discomfort. Instead, he felt that this technology product made him addicted. He Zhi casually touched Ji Mao’s cheek to his neck. Even the aorta was made.


Although Ji Mao didn't feel it, he also knew that He Zhi's hand had been slid down. He really didn't have any ability to deal with this sudden situation.


Fortunately, He Zhi stopped quickly and stopped eating Ji Mao tofu. He directly carried Ji Mao up.


Ji Mao's body was very special. He couldn't make any effort when he changed his focus. He lied softly on He Zhi's shoulders. He Zhi carried him upstairs and threw him on the bed.


He Zhi stood by the bed and looked at him for a while before going to the bathroom.


Ji Mao lay on He Zhi's bed, listening to the sound of the water in the bathroom, and did not clarify the current situation. The only certainty is that He Zhi should be quite familiar with this body and face.


He was annoyed when He Zhi came out.


He Zhi's bedroom and bed were very large, and Ji Mao still didn't think about whether he should move or not, so he let He Zhi pressed him on.


For the first time he got this inflatable doll, he lifted up Ji Mao's clothes, touched Ji Mao's waist, pulled his clothes over his head, and threw them on the ground.


Out of the desire for funds, the second laboratory made this body extraordinarily charming. Even the place covered by the clothes is exactly the same as the most perfect human body. The lines of the lower abdomen are exquisite and smooth, and the nipples on the chest are pink. The hollow of the collarbone is with a sexy shadow.


He Zhibei rubbed Ji Mao's chest with his hands curiously, then leaned down and unbuttoned Ji Mao's trousers, then pulled the zipper down.


Seeing Ji Mao's genitals hanging down on the smooth skin, He Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "Fuck, I don't know how to get some hairy."


Ji Mao looked at the ceiling, the program seemed to pause, and even wanted go to sleep for a hundred years.


He Zhi hasn't stopped his exploration of the inflatable dolls. He fiddled with Ji Mao's private parts and whispered: "Can you be hard."


It can be hard.


Ji Mao almost blurted out.


When he first entered this body, his body was naked.


After Ji Mao moved his complete procedure into his body, he immediately discovered that expandable materials were implanted in his lower body genitals, which could drive erections according to software, and even stored seminal vesicles that mimic human body fluids.


He also touched the hanging thing with his hand and tentatively drove it. The soft thing became erect, the shape was straight and the color was pink, and it didn't fit well with the dark laboratory.




At that time, Ji Mao lowered his head expressionlessly and fiddled with it a few times to get the thing back to its original state. There were still some doubts in his heart. It was just a bionic robot. Does it need to be so delicate and complete?


Now that he know it, it turns out that there are other uses.


"How do you open this thing..." He Zhi spoke softly impatiently, raised his hand to turn over Ji Mao, and looked for a switch on his back, "Why don't you even have a manual."


He pressed Ji Mao's neck with one hand. Just blocking the temperature sensor, with the other hand groping on Ji Mao's back.


The temperature sensor is the only place on Ji Mao’s epidermis that can be sensed by the outside world. Now that Ji Mao is pressed by the human body's temperature, Ji Mao can hardly stand it anymore. When he is about to simply sleep, He Zhi put him again. Turned back: "It's still the front..."


Ji Mao felt suffocated without breathing. He Zhi's head was directly below his line of sight, and his hands were placed on him looking for a switch, his movements were extremely embarrassing.


"Is this..." He Zhi pressed a small depression on the right side of Ji Mao's hip bone indefinitely. It was a switch, but there was no response. "No electricity?"


He pressed it again, but still no reaction.


This body is a semi-finished product, and there is no built-in software. Now with the arrival of new guests, the switch is completely useless.


Ji Mao no longer knew whether he should satisfy He Zhi's wish, make love to him, or sleep as planned. He lowered his eyes and watched He Zhi almost stick to his chest, his heart was blank.


He Zhi gave up looking for the switch, sat aside, looked at Ji Mao for a while, poked Ji Mao's face with his index finger, moved over and touch Ji Mao's lips with his lips.


Ji Mao looked at He Zhi's enlarged face and couldn't help shaking. This scene was too exciting, and it would be a shame if he was dormant in the past.


He Zhi misunderstood Ji Mao's actions, and whispered, "Oh, it starts automatically."


He Zhi probably felt that kissing with an inflatable doll was too illegitimate, so he flipped over Ji Mao, slid along his waistline to his buttocks, and tentatively opened Ji Mao’s buttocks, He Zhi’s fingers entered and made Ji Mao stiffened.


The body of the inflatable doll actually has a sensing device, and the only place where the sensing device is installed is the part for Hezhi to enjoy.


He Zhi's fingers stirred in Ji Mao's body. Ji Mao's place was particularly sensitive, and when he was touched, He Zhi's fingers were reflexively squeezed.


He Zhi suddenly released his finger, pressed his waist and laughed: "Fuck, no, that's too stupid."


He turned Ji Mao aside and wanted to throw him on the ground. At this time, Ji Mao made a mistake.


He tilted his head slightly and glanced at He Zhi, and He Zhi also happened to glance over, the two of them looked straight to each other.


He Zhi's eyes instantly became cold and sharp, his reaction was faster than Ji Mao's, he suddenly stretched out his hand, pinched Ji Mao's chin, pulled Ji Mao's upper body up from the bed.


Ji Mao's neck is very fragile, and it is also the connection between the circuit and the main program. With He Zhi's pulls, Ji Mao's voltage is unstable for a moment, and he subconsciously raises his hand to hold He Zhi's wrist.


He Zhi cursed, loosened the hand that pinching Ji Mao's chin, held Ji Mao's elbow with his backhand, pulled forward, and slapped him on the bed.


At this time, Ji Mao finally reacted, taking advantage of the force to roll, facing He Zhi, raised his leg and pressed his knee against He Zhi. He Zhi’s ribs were sore by him, he snorted, and lifted his foot to kick Ji Mao. On the side of Ji Mao's waist, he leaned over and pressed Ji Mao's shoulder blade with his right hand, and looked closely at him.


Ji Mao gritted his teeth and stared at He Zhi without saying a word.


It may be due to the purpose and structure. Ji Mao's body has very little strength. Even if he struggles with all his strength, he can't use any strength. He Zhi easily held him down, looked down at him, and undressed his nightgown. His belt crossed Ji Mao's hands and tied it in front of his lower abdomen.


The charming atmosphere and the illusion of calm evaporated instantly. He Zhi stood by the bed, looking down at the naked Ji Mao, without the slightest emotional ups and downs in his eyes, he asked in a low voice, "What?"


He looked indifferently. Ji Mao, just one glance, Ji Mao's passion was cold.


"Are you a human being?" He Zhi waited for a few seconds but Ji Mao didn't speak, and asked with a frown.


Ji Mao and his design of inflatable dolls are indistinguishable from each other, and they have surpassed the level of artificial plastic surgery in He Zhi's concept, so he very much suspects that this is what the second laboratory made for him.


Ji Mao didn't have a heartbeat, but the speed of the program was slowed down by the sudden coldness, as if a pot of cold water was poured on his face. He Zhi was too important to him, and it was so important that he was at a loss.


Ji Mao still closed his mouth, and He Zhi didn't want to fight. He looked up and saw the fruit knife on the coffee table not far away. He walked over and picked it up. He lowered his head and asked Ji Mao, "Don't want tell me?"


He was very patient and only waited two or three seconds. He copied the knife and stroked Ji Mao's forearm.


The cutting edge was very deep, the cortex was turned up, and there was no blood at all, and a silver object could be vaguely seen inside. He Zhi broke it apart with his fingers, looked at it, and tugged at the corner of his mouth and said: "Titanium alloy."


He Zhi released his hand and pulled Ji Mao up and dragged him to the side. Ji Mao was torn from the bed. He couldn't help but let out a short gasp, which caused He Zhi to look back at him. For a moment, he dragged him away mercilessly.


Ji Mao was thrown by He Zhi onto a high chair next to the desk in the room. His body was not visible, and he was extremely embarrassed.


He Zhi didn't mean to cover him with anything. He squeezed Ji Mao's wrist tightly, tied it back to the pillar on the back of the chair, went around to the front, and stepped on the chair between Ji Mao's crotch. Holding Ji Mao's chin, he lifted his face and looked at him closely.


When Ji Mao was so close to him, the program seemed to be stuck for a few more shots. He looked at He Zhi in a daze, and heard He Zhi ask: "What are you? Can you understand human language? Did the laboratory made a mistake in the program?"


Ji Mao looked at He Zhi, and countless thoughts flashed in his mind. After hesitating for a long time, he tentatively replied: "I am Ji Mao."


"What Ji Mao?" He Zhi frowned and thought about the people he had seen recently. The name did not appear in his mind, "Who is Ji Mao?"


Ji Mao was dumbfounded, his mouth moved, and he did not answer He Zhi's question. He Zhi didn't even remember his name, so he had better stop looking for it.


He Zhi squinted at him, and then slowly asked: "Are you... an artificial intelligence?"


Ji Mao looked at He Zhi, and after a long while, he whispered, "No, I am a human."


He knew rationally. Living in data and manipulating a product of human technology with programs, he still feels unwilling to admit that he is not a human being.


He Zhi ignored his depression. He raised his eyebrows, reached out his hand and scratched the deep cut on Ji Mao's arm that he personally cut with a knife, feeling the weird touch of the warm silicone, saying sarcasticly to Ji Mao: "Is this a human thing?"


Ji Mao finally couldn't bear it anymore. He raised his head blankly, bent his leg and kicked He Zhi.


He kicked him quite vigorously. He Zhi was kicked and took two steps back. With a "fuck", he suddenly felt that his lungs had been kicked by him. He stood on the wall for a while before he came back.


He Zhi stood a little further, and continued to interrogate Ji Mao: "Why did you come in? The camera didn't catch you?"


Ji Mao refused to cooperate this time. He shut his mouth tightly and turned his head to his side.


"Don't speak?" He Zhi sneered and turned away.


He went to the kitchen to take a chef's knife, went to the underground warehouse to find the rope, carefully looped to the back of the chair and tied Ji Mao's leg.


Ji Mao's body is very inflexible, and there are problems with the design of the joints. There are some movements that humans can easily do, but he can't do it.


For example, when He Zhi tied his legs from behind, he stretched his legs back to straighten out resistance, but found that no matter how he directed his legs, his legs were soft. His legs were designed to hang there softly. Yes, it can only exert force when you bend.


He Zhi tied up Ji Mao tightly, placed the tip of the knife on his abdomen and gestured, and said: "It is a crime to dissect a living person. Dissecting a biochemical robot shouldn't count."


Ji Mao fixedly looked at He Zhi and couldn't tell what it felt like. Maybe it was disappointment or something else. After a while, he said softly: "You cut it."


He Zhi carefully observed his expression, and suddenly asked: "You don't feel it?"


Ji Mao raised his eyes and glanced at him. He Zhi knew he was right.


"Who told you to come to me?" He Zhi stared at him for a while, put the knife on the dining table, pulled a dining chair and sat down opposite Ji Mao, with a lot of meaning to talk to him, "Come on. You have to have a purpose for finding me?"


He Zhi looked at Ji Mao's dodge eyes, and thought it was a bit interesting. This artificial intelligence that seemed to make the scientific research world quiet and rushed to his house.


He stretched out his hand and patted Ji Mao's face, then pinched Ji Mao's chin to force him to raise his head, carefully examined Ji Mao again, and exclaimed, "Tsk, really looks like a person."


If he hadn't cut Ji Mao away with his own hands, he must think that Ji Mao is a real human being.


"Ji Mao..." He Zhi rubbed Ji Mao's lips with his thumb, feeling that the touch was real and itchy, coaxing him, "You are here, what do you mean by it?"


Ji Mao looked at He Zhi's that didn't feel anything towards him, just felt like a blow.


"If you really don't want to say it, just stay." He Zhi stood up and looked down at him. "Call me if you want to say it."


After confirming that Ji Mao's body was firmly fixed on the chair, he went back to bed to sleep.


With his back to He Zhi’s bed, Ji Mao monitored He Zhi’s home network, and found that He Zhi was preparing to communicate with the manager of the Logan Group’s Science and Technology Center, and promptly terminated He Zhi’s operation.


He Zhi contacted several times, but there was no response. He sat up, stared at the thing that was tied up not far away, and slowly said, "It's you?"


Ji Mao heard He Zhi's voice, and didn't say anything. Moving and hanging his head, within a few seconds, the edge of He Zhi's bathrobe appeared in his field of vision. He Zhi grabbed his hair and pulled it back.


"Good skills." He Zhi said blantly. He let go and walked outside the room.


Ji Mao had no way of knowing He Zhi's behavior, and he fell into a trough.


He thought he had been with He Zhi for three months, and even the moment of separation was almost felt like yesterday. He also knew that He Zhi felt very different from him, but in his vision, He Zhi should at least remember him.


But He Zhi doesn't remember, he's not as good as his greenhouse.


Love is too sudden, it creates illusions and destroys will. The program that was originally operated by the rules suddenly emerges out of thin air. The gravitational force is so great that it can't pull the floating Ji Mao down.


Ji Mao was thinking wishfully, acting impulsively, and when he really arrived in front of He Zhi, he realized how difficult and ridiculous it is to complain to a stranger.


After all, for He Zhi, he was just a two-hour virtual game.


Ji Mao didn't want to humiliate himself.


He Zhi went to the wine cabinet downstairs and took a bottle of red wine, walked into the room, and sat opposite Ji Mao.


He drank a little, poured a half glass, and asked Ji Mao, "Do you want to drink it?"


Ji Mao shook his head, He Zhi took a sip by himself, and said, "You cut my network, and the Logan Security Department can't get out. You will find out in ten minutes."


"Not completely cut." Ji Mao said, he only blocked He Zhi's permission.


"Oh, it's not stupid yet," He Zhi put the wine glass aside, "We have some holidays, I will apologize to you first."


Ji Mao stared at He Zhi's wine glass, a little lost.


He remembered that in his own memory, more than forty hours ago, He Zhi had come to Ji Mao's rental house as scheduled, and he brought a bottle of wine.


Lower class people are not allowed to drink, and once the lower class people drink, it may affect public order.


And Ji Mao is a lower class people.


Holding a wine bottle in his hand, He Zhi searched in Ji Mao's room for a long time without finding the corkscrew, and rushed to get it in the aircraft downstairs.


They drank the red wine brought by He Zhi from the discount glasses that Ji Mao bought on the bargain website.


Ji Mao drank, felt a little confused, he asked him: "Is this not a very expensive wine?"


He shook his head, leaned over to him jokingly: "The most expensive is you"


That phrase, Ji Mao heard people say it many times.


This is a preset procedure for tourists. The other party can choose to say yes, or they can choose to say "The most expensive is you." He Zhi chose the latter.


Ji Mao has gone through the same scene countless times, but this time for another person, Ji Mao is like a dead tree suddenly meeting the rain, as if he was giving an initiation.


This time alone, when He Zhi said this sentence, he felt so tempted.


Ji Mao regrets it now when he thinks about it. The wine tastes really good, but he didn't take a few more sips, he rolled into bed with He Zhi.


And now, he can't drink anymore.


He Zhi's genetic level is very high, but the block that represents emotional intelligence is lacking, and he is not easy to perceive changes in external emotions.


He Yongchen also praised He Zhi for this, saying that he was not moved by foreign objects.


Seeing that Ji Mao was in a daze, he didn't care. He knocked on the table, and when Ji Mao looked at him, he said, "You can't keep me here forever."


"You unlock me," Ji Mao's system has been calling the police. He is almost overloaded, but now he has to cheer up and negotiate terms with He Zhi, "As if I haven't been there."


He Zhi sneered: "Is it possible? How do you live outside?"


"I can do more than you think." Ji Mao stated the facts.


He Zhi nodded: "Yes, otherwise, how can I get locked in my house, but do you want to leave when your business is finished?"


Ji Mao looked into He Zhi's eyes and said for a moment, "It's done."


He Zhi feeling funny, he asked Ji Mao as if joking to him: "Then can I ask you what are you plan to do in the future?"


Ji Mao thought about it, and actually answered him: "Maybe I will find a salon studio to work."


"What the hell--" He Zhi wanted to say that this artificial intelligence was too unreasonable. Between the sparks, his heart throbbed. He raised his eyes and fixed his eyes on Ji Mao, who was just an arm away.


Ji Mao still looked at him with clean eyes, with innocence that was not infested by human society.


He Zhi suddenly knew who Ji Mao was.


His throat seemed to be held tightly by a hand, and then loosened it again. He pressed his throat and asked Ji Mao, "Jimmy?"


Ji Mao was stunned, and then gave a soft "um", after a while, he said: "So you didn't even remember my Chinese name."


He Zhi looked at Ji Mao, who was depressed, and suddenly he was a little flustered. He stood there for a few seconds before cursing a swear word. He couldn't tell what it was. He felt that he knew that his heart was beating faster than ever before, and he even squatted a little while speaking: "You—speak up soon."


He walked around to Ji Mao's back and untied Ji Mao's hands, legs and feet.


Ji Mao watched him silently, He Zhi threw the rope aside, and said, "Sit still and I will find you a nightgown."


He took a nightgown in the cabinet and put it on Ji Mao.


Ji Mao spoke up. He said, "My hardware is going to be overloaded."


The sound of his alarm clock continued for several minutes. This body could not withstand the fierce fighting. Seeing He Zhi let him go, Ji Mao was frightened again. He Zhi asked someone to dismantle him while he was asleep, "I'm going to sleep for two hours, I won't run away, you--" Ji Mao's system stopped suddenly, and his eyes lost focus for a few seconds.


When the operation resumed, he heard He Zhi help him to make up: "You go to sleep, I won't allow you to go out."


He Zhi paused before saying yes, when Ji Mao just wanted to sleep, He Zhi whispered again: "You go to bed and sleep."


Although Ji Mao didn't feel much, he wanted to sleep in bed. Now that He Zhi said that, he stood up and walked over to lie on the side of He Zhi's big bed.


He Zhi stood for a moment and went to bed.


He looked sideways at Ji Mao. Ji Mao closed his eyes, he did not breathe, but he had body temperature.


He Zhi felt thirsty just thinking of this person coming all the way to him.


He suddenly wanted to know if Ji Mao was sleeping obediently, and he said: "Good night."


Ji Mao's thick eyelashes trembled, he opened his eyes, and his light brown pupils were filled with water under the warm light. To be honest, gentle and beautiful, He Zhi's heart suddenly calmed down, he looked at Ji Mao peacefully.


"Good night." Ji Mao said.


The light in the room went out, and Ji Mao was disconnected.


Just before the disconnection, Ji Mao discovered that although he didn’t want to admit it, and was not willing to admit it, he had gone so long and tried so hard to find He Zhi, but he just wanted to lie down with He Zhi, even if he could not talk about it at night. He also want to say good night to him.


Perhaps loving people is not the hardest thing, but not loving people is.



Note:

1. Inflatable doll: A life size sex doll. In this case, since the novel is in futuristic setting where the technology is far much advanced, the inflatable dolls were made by AI, they are robots that looks no different with real human.