431 Ketchup (2/2)

Iris looked at Jin Liwei again, waiting for his verdict.

He nodded.

Relief flooded her after receiving his approval. A bright and lovely smile broke out of her face, lighting up her entire expression.

It certainly wasn't the first time Jin Liwei saw her smile, but he still couldn't stop his breath from catching at her beauty. How could a woman—his woman—be so utterly beautiful?

And it wasn't only him.

His two tech people also felt mesmerized by Iris' breathtaking smile. They became dazed once again. At this rate, there was a possibility that these two could turn into complete idiots if they kept on being dazed every few moments or so.

”Does Daddy still hate Ketchup? Meow?”

”Of course not,” Jin Liwei replied. ”I will never hate you because you are your mommy and daddy's child. I was just surprised that I suddenly have another child without my knowledge, that's all.”

”Really? Ketchup is happy! I love you, Daddy! Meow~”

The white cat on the computer monitor started jumping around to show its happiness. It even started appearing on the other monitors, as if it was really moving around the room.

Jin Liwei already knew that his baby girl was a genius, but this was just on another level. He looked at her in amazement.

”How is this possible?” he asked her.

Iris beamed at him, feeling proud of her accomplishment. She struggled with it for so long that it felt amazing to finally have a breakthrough.

”Lots of trial and error. Ketchup is still not that powerful yet, though. She still has a lot of limitations. After all, it was only this morning that I successfully completed this form of hers. I still have many plans on how to further develop her. She's restricted to my computer room for now, while I continue developing her. I still need to test if she'll work and perform as normal if I install her to our mobile devices, maybe even to our cars and home security. My goal is for her to develop into a powerful virtual assistant who'll help us do our tasks more efficiently so that we can have more time to spend with each other.”

”Hmm… I see. Sounds good,” he murmured.

”Meow~ Ketchup is a self-learning kitty and will only become smarter with time and more experience! Ketchup will do her best and work hard so that Mommy and Daddy will love me more. Meow~”

A light chuckle escaped from Jin Liwei's lips. ”This personality…”

”I based it from Popcorn, Ice Cream, Little Jun—”

”Oh.” Jin Liwei nodded in approval.

”—and Dom.”

”…”

Jin Liwei sighed.

”I figured as much,” he said and sighed again.

Then he thought of something else.

”Why did you name her Ketchup? Does it have any other significant meaning? I know that most AI names are abbreviations. Is Ketchup also an abbreviation of something?” he asked.

His two tech people also wanted to know. They moved a bit closer to hear her answer. They had already somewhat recovered from their earlier daze and were now filled with awed curiosity at Iris and her cat AI. They never imagined that a celebrity like her would be so amazing like this, not to mention that she was actually their President's fiancée. The two felt like what they were experiencing today was not real and that they were just dreaming.

They couldn't wait to learn what the name ”Ketchup” meant. The gears in their minds started turning, as they tried to guess what K-E-T-C-H-U-P could possibly stand for.

Their best guess was...

Kinetic Electro-Technical Computerized Hi-performance…uh…er…Pet?