438 Naughty Conversation (2/2)
”Oh… Mommy will be very upset. Uncle Dom is very important to her. She'll probably scold Ketchup for being a bad kitty. Meow… Sorry, Daddy. Ketchup won't do it again. I still don't like Xu Tian, though. Meow~”
Back to the present, Xu Tian still couldn't get used to his boss' cat AI, even though it had been two weeks already since he learned about its existence. Ketchup sounded too human that Xu Tian would sometimes forget that his boss was interacting with an artificial intelligence. It was actually creepy, especially since his boss and Miss Long were treating it like their own kid alongside their real cats.
Xu Tian didn't know that it was Iris who developed this amazing hyper-realistic cat AI. He thought that perhaps his boss bought it from a genius developer somewhere for his personal use. At least, it didn't look like his boss was preparing it to be released commercially by Jin Corporation.
It took Iris quite some time but she was finally able to optimize Ketchup and made her fit for installation into their electronic devices without taking up too much storage space and data. She encouraged Jin Liwei to regularly interact with her in order to aid her self-learning function.
Xu Tian sighed at the ridiculous situation of the couple and their new virtual cat. He headed out of the door instead to prepare refreshing tea for his boss.
As for Jin Liwei, he chatted with his baby girl on the phone.
”Darling, did you really ask Ketchup to comment on Brother Chonglin's post earlier?”
”En.”
”See, Mommy? I told you Ketchup wasn't being a bad kitty and posted using Daddy's account without his knowledge. Daddy asked me to do it so I did! Ketchup is an obedient kitty. Right, Daddy? Meow~”
”En. Very obedient,” Jin Liwei agreed.
Ketchup giggled and began purring. A small window on Jin Liwei's computer monitor showed her tail quivering in happiness.
”But darling, do you know what Ketchup posted?”
”I do. She found the most appropriate stickers to convey what I wanted to say without using any words. I think she did a great job.”
”Ehehehe. Meow~”
”Oh, I see. That's fine, then.” Iris released a faint chuckle. ”You don't usually use those stickers, so I thought that maybe Ketchup was playing around with your account without your permission. People also think that those cute stickers don't match your 'cold and intimidating' image at all.”
”I don't care what they say. They don't know me at all,” he said.
”Right. Nobody knows except me that the real Jin Liwei is actually a kind and passionate lover—and a pervert, too.”
”Hm? But you love that I'm a pervert.”
Iris giggled.
The couple started teasing each other.
Interestingly enough, Ketchup's image on the computer monitor suddenly showed her ears stuffed with cotton balls to ”prevent” her from listening in to her parents' naughty conversation. It seemed that Iris triggered the command.
After a lovey-dovey talk, the couple moved on to another topic. Ketchup began playing with a ball of yarn. It seemed that Iris had now removed the cotton balls from her ears.
”Darling, have you cleared your schedule yet for our plan? The end of the month is coming soon, you know,” Iris reminded Jin Liwei.
”En. Don't worry, love. Xu Tian is currently clearing my schedule and moving my appointments, so that I can attend the entire duration of the event with you. I'll follow you the day after. I'll be there,” he reassured her. ”There is no way I'll miss this opportunity to announce our relationship in a grand fashion. I've been waiting for this moment to finally let the whole world know that you're mine.”