432 Crazy Family (1/2)
Was their guess close to the correct meaning of the abbreviation?
The two tech people leaned forward, excited to hear Iris' answer.
”Hmm, not really. I just felt like naming her Ketchup,” she said.
The two stumbled on their own feet upon hearing her anti-climactic answer. She had created such a revolutionary AI technology, and yet she didn't take this chance to give it a majestic name? She named the AI Ketchup because…she felt like it?! Such a waste!
They all swivelled their heads to their President and gave him a meaningful look. They hoped that at least he would encourage his fiancée to take naming such impressive technology more seriously.
However, he didn't even glance at them. All his attention was on his fiancée. It was as if he had already forgotten about his employees' presence in the room.
”I see. I thought as much,” Jin Liwei said. Then he looked at the digital white cat. Ketchup was now playing with a ball of yarn. ”You already named our first cats Ice Cream and Popcorn after all, so I'm not surprised that you named this next one Ketchup. Although I wonder why you chose Ketchup.”
”Actually, I originally wanted to name her Mayonnaise because she's white but when I tried calling her Mayonnaise, it just sounded wrong and…well, stupid,” Iris revealed. ”So I changed it and decided to name her Ketchup instead. So what if she's white and I named her Ketchup? I can name her whatever I want. Besides, Ketchup sounds so much better than stupid Mayonnaise. Imagine calling her Mayonnaise. Won't you feel stupid, too?”
'And Ketchup isn't stupid?' the two tech people thought to themselves but didn't dare say out loud.
”You're right. Ketchup is an excellent name,” Jin Liwei agreed with her.
”I know, right?” Iris beamed again.
'What do you mean that it's an excellent name?! President, please get a hold of yourself!' the two men almost cried seeing their boss acting like this.
Suddenly, the white cat stopped playing with the ball of yarn.
”Oh, right! I still have some tasks to do. Ketchup got distracted! Sorry. Meow~
”Resume scanning…
”Second person scanned matched the profile of… Gu Chang, Senior Database Administrator at Jin Corporation…
”Third person scanned matched the profile of… Diao Yijue, Senior Information Security Specialist at Jin Corporation…
Iris studied the basic employment information of the two men displayed on the nearest computer monitors.
”Ketchup, search through all available public and private records about Gu Chang and Diao Yijue. Copy their information and start a dossier for each of them. If there are any records that you can't access, take note of them and I'll personally hack and get those records when I have some free time,” Iris instructed.
”Okay, Mommy! Meow~
”Starting search now…”
Ketchup's green eyes glowed even more brightly, as she worked on her assigned task.
In just a few seconds, various information about the two men started flooding the screens covering one wall. Their birth certificates, school records starting from pre-school to university, drivers' licences, marriage licences, traffic violation records, bank account balances—everything was being displayed for all of them to see.
Gu Chang and Diao Yijue felt like their souls just flew out of their bodies. It was like they were being stripped naked in front of their President and his crazy fiancée.
Yes, she might be a genius but she was also crazy! Who would create a creepy talking cat AI and order it to search everything about them?
When the screens started showing information from their past that they'd rather forget, the two couldn't take it anymore.
”Ah ah! Please stop! We understand! We didn't see anything here today! Right, Bro Yijue?” Gu Chang said in a panic.
”Right! In fact, I don't remember anything at all about last night and today!” Diao Yijue declared. Then he turned to the white cat on the computer monitor who was currently staring vacantly with its glowing green eyes while it focused on gathering information about them. ”Ketchup—I mean, Young Miss Ketchup! Please stop searching! We beg you!”
”Negative! Ketchup only obeys Mommy and Daddy! Gu Chang…and…Diao Yijue—have no authority to give orders to Ketchup.
”Who do you think you are? Meow~
”Resuming search...”
Gu Chang and Diao Yijue turned to Iris next, begging her to order her cat AI to stop. However, she wasn't the least bit affected by their pleas. She even covered her mouth and delicately yawned.
Sensing no hope from her, they turned to their President instead. Unfortunately, their hopes were dashed because he wasn't even looking at them. Like before, all of his attention was on his crazy fiancée.
It was now beginning to dawn on the two poor men that their President might even be crazier than her for acting like everything was normal. He even had a faint smile on his face, as he watched what his crazy woman and freakish digital child were doing together.
Gu Chang and Diao Yijue could only cry a river inside their hearts at their fates in the hands of this crazy family.
Wuwuwu! Poor them!
”Oh, right!” Iris suddenly exclaimed. ”Where are my manners? Mr. Gu, Mr. Diao, please take a seat.”
She led everyone to the centre of the room where there was a comfortable set of couches and a low table. The biggest couch had two pillows and a rumpled blanket on it. This must be where she slept. An empty reusable water bottle and an energy bar wrapper sat on top of the low table.
Jin Liwei frowned upon seeing them. He grabbed the energy bar wrapper.
”You've been in here for fifteen hours and this is the only thing you ate?” he asked her while waving the wrapper in his hand.