969 You’ll Never Understand (1/2)

”Understood, Father. Bacon will tell Uncle Zihao your exact words and not just paraphrase.”

”En. Good.” His frown remained as he glanced at the closed bedroom door with worry. ”And don't let your mom know about this for now. You know how she frets when it comes to your uncle's purpose in creating Shadow Winds.”

Bacon didn't reply right away. When he finally replied, he did so in a careful tone. ”Alright, Father. But if Mother notices something and asks Bacon, I will immediately tell her the truth without leaving anything. Mother might reprogram Bacon if she discovers that I hid something from her.”

”Don't worry, Father. Bacon remembers Father and Mother's repeated reminder to always prioritize Uncle Zihao and my safety once I started working for him at Shadow Winds. In fact, I already devised a few recommendations on how Shadow Winds could act safely during this risky time which I will present to Uncle Zihao as soon as he stops sulking like a spoiled, little child because of his breakup with Aunt Jinjing.”

Ketchup went next after Bacon finished reporting. Since her scope of tasks were much larger and diverse than Bacon's, she had a lot to report on. Jin Liwei was patient in listening to her entire report, feeling pleased about how organized she was in the task. Her business reporting style was deeply influenced by his long-time assistant Xu Tian's way.

Everything was excellent. His only complaint was that his AI daughter had the tendency to veer-off topic mid-report and start chattering away about something completely unrelated. As a result, the report which should have lasted for only thirty minutes went on for over one hour despite Jin Liwei's repeated stern attempts to redirect her back to her current task.

It was increasingly obvious that Ketchup might surpass his Uncle Dom very soon and take away his crown of being the number one chatterbox in their household.

Jin Liwei released a big sigh of relief when Ketchup finally went to her own merry way playing in who knows where on the internet. He immediately returned to bed and hugged his sleeping wife. However, sleep eluded him.

An hour passed by and he still couldn't fall asleep. Sighing, he reached over and grabbed the tablet on his bedside table. Then he began reading the familiar report that he had read for so many times now.

The Vetrov Report.

He skipped the first few pages to the part about his brother-in-law.

Nikolai Armanovich Vetrov.

The sense of horror and rejection toward a villainous figure that Jin Liwei instinctively felt when he first read about his brother-in-law's former identity in his past life had already long been numbed after reading the Vetrov report over and over again.

He had read the report so many times now that he already memorized a large chunk of it, especially the part about his wife. He could recite the part about her line by line.