Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Tang Ran sat on the hospital bed, the tears on her face not yet dry, and she just stared blankly at Luo Zhan walking step by step towards her from the ward door.
Luo Zhan stopped beside the girl’s bed.
He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears on Tang Ran’s cheeks. Then he leaned over the edge of the bed and whispered, “I’m sorry, Ran Ran, I’m late again.” The mechanical voice was close at hand, revealing a hoarse magnetism.
“……!”
The unbelievable sounds and images to Tang Ran finally came together in an undeniable way at the closest distance.
Her pupils shrank slightly, and she finally came to her senses: “Luo, Luo Luo?”
“AI voice assistant, bionic robot, and Luo Zhan, which one do you want to call Luo Luo?” Luo Zhan lowered his eyes and smiled helplessly, “But no matter which one it is, they are all me.”
“How could it be…”
Tang Ran lowered her eyes and looked at Luo Zhan blankly, as if she couldn’t understand how her bionic robot could suddenly become her most familiar person.
Luo Zhan didn’t say anything or move, just let Tang Ran look at him.
After a long time, the girl on the bed moved and murmured, “Are you afraid that I will be sad, so you pretended to be my robot to deceive me?”
Luo Zhan was stunned. Coming back to his senses, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “I did lie to you, but not now, but before – from the very beginning, the robot Luo Luo who came to you was me.”
Tang Ran lay on the hospital bed in a daze.
“You still don’t believe it?” Luo Zhan laughed dumbly. Then he held Tang Ran’s hand, hooked her fingers and lifted them up, “Then let’s recall it.”
“?”
Tang Ran’s thoughts were in a mess, and she didn’t resist as Luo Zhan held her fingers and lifted them between them.
Luo Zhan whispered, “Close your eyes.”
Tang Ran asked in confusion: “What are you going to do?”
“Be obedient, Ran Ran.”
“…” Tang Ran hesitated for a moment, then slowly closed her eyes.
In the darkness that she was most familiar with, Tang Ran could feel every bit of external force pulling her – Luo Zhan pulled her hand slowly upwards, and then her fingertips touched the familiar temperature of the skin.
As if being scalded, Tang Ran’s fingertips suddenly retracted.
Luo Zhan’s eyes darkened. He just looked at the girl with her eyes closed as if she was frightened. Then he couldn’t help but lower his eyes slightly and laugh hoarsely: “When we first met, you were much bolder than you are now… Master.”
Tang Ran’s mind suddenly wandered, and she automatically began to recall what happened on that day a year ago. After experiencing great sadness and surprise, she said and did something to the “birthday gift” that suddenly appeared in front of her.
[Your eyelashes are so long. They feel soft and a little curled.]
[….]
[The nose bridge is also high…the lips are thin…is there temperature control here?]
[Yes, Master.]
[What’s this?]
At this moment, Tang Ran suddenly remembered very clearly the robot that had frozen at that time, and then the mechanical voice suddenly became a little low and hoarse.
Tang Ran suddenly opened her eyes as if frightened.
What he said was…
Tang Ran’s fingers were held tighter, and the distance that she had retracted was shortened again – her fingertips were pressed against the delicate and slightly cool skin on the man’s neck, and there was an obvious bulge under her fingertips.
Luo Zhan was looking at her and smiling faintly.
“This is the Adam’s apple, Master.”
Tang Ran: “——!”
The quiet and obedient hand that Luo Zhan was holding in his palm suddenly broke free and was pulled back.
The little girl looked at Luo Zhan with her eyes wide open, innocently and panickily, like a frightened kitten or some other creature.
The expression was filled with some kind of silent accusation.
Luo Zhan laughed: “Don’t look at me like that, as if I did something to you. Ran Ran, you should have remembered it – it was you who attacked me first.”
Tang Ran instinctively argued: “But I thought you were a robot at that time.”
Luo Zhan nodded: “I was indeed like that at that time.”
Tang Ran choked.
After several seconds, she finally frowned and spoke slowly: “So, you are really the robot Luo Luo?”
Luo Zhan’s smile faded and he nodded seriously: “Yes. You should be able to feel it, and you can feel more – the robot that has been with you has always been me.”
“Why would you do that.”
Luo Zhan was helpless: “Most of what Tan Yunchang said is right – the newcomers in the INT laboratory broke the bionic robot gift that grandpa prepared for you. But the time was not in the two months when I went to Country T, but before your birthday.”
“You can explain it to me clearly.”
Luo Zhan said frankly: “At that time, you had just arrived at the Tang family and lived alone. You were looking forward to that gift. How could I bear to disappoint you?”
The little girl pursed her lips: “So you have been lying to me from the beginning.”
Luo Zhan was silent.
“At first you told me you were Luo Xiu, then you pretended to be my robot, and even…”
Tang Ran paused abruptly.
Luo Zhan’s heart skipped a beat, and he raised his eyes alertly: “Even what?”
“Nothing,” the girl wrinkled her nose and muttered softly after a moment, “I was just wondering how many things you have lied to me about.”
“…”
Luo Zhan couldn’t help but look away with a guilty conscience.
The room fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, the little girl on the bed finally moved. Luo Zhan immediately looked at her, waiting for some unknown “judgment”.
The little girl said honestly: “My robot is fine, I am very happy; but you had countless opportunities to tell me the truth, but you kept it from me, I am not happy. So I am very confused now, I still want to…”
Luo Zhan frowned as he listened: “Want to be alone for a while?”
Tang Ran looked up in surprise: “How did you know?”
Luo Zhan: “Before coming here, I have thought about all the consequences I can think of.”
Tang Ran blinked: “Then my answer, is it a good result or a bad result for Luo Luo?”
Luo Zhan: “The worst.”
Tang Ran was obviously surprised. So she wrinkled her nose and muttered in dissatisfaction: “Am I easy to deceive and coax in Luo Luo’s mind?”
“No,” Luo Zhan sighed, raising his hand to rub the little girl’s head, “All the answers that let me not see you are the worst for me.”
“…”
“But this is the ‘retribution’ I deserve. All girls should learn to be a little crueler, treat everyone the same, and don’t forgive easily.”
After Luo Zhan finished speaking, he reluctantly withdrew his hand and stood up: “Then I’ll leave, you take a rest?”
“Yeah.” Tang Ran nodded.
Luo Zhan turned around and walked out of the ward.
When he reached the door, he stopped, turned around and asked, “You really don’t want me to be here with you on your birthday?” Luo Zhan paused, smiled maliciously, “Master?”
The little girl on the hospital bed lived up to expectations and her fair face soon turned red.
She clutched the quilt under her hand and tried to straighten her face: “I will listen to Luo Luo’s advice and be a little cruel to everyone, so… no, I don’t.”
Luo Zhan sighed, feeling both angry and amused: “You plan to use everything I taught you on me?”
The little girl pursed her lips and said nothing, her eyes fixed straight ahead, her face serious and cold.
“Okay,” Luo Zhan stepped out of the room. He took one last look at the girl on the bed, his eyes softening. “Good night, my little girl.”
“…”
The ward door then closed.
In the room that had returned to darkness, after a long period of silence, the girl on the bed slowly lay down.
She stared at the dim ceiling for a long time. Then the little girl grabbed the corner of the quilt and pulled it up little by little, covering her fair and rosy cheeks.
After a long while, a low murmur with a hint of smile came from under the quilt.
“Good night, Luo Luo.”
Luo Zhan stood outside Tang Ran’s ward, leaning against the wall, waiting silently with his eyes lowered.
It was not until the only and lightest breathing sound in the silent room gradually became even and steady inside the ward door that Luo Zhan slowly stood up.
He closed the last bit of the door seam, put his hands in his trouser pockets and turned to walk towards the stairs.
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