Looking at the incredibly obedient Liguang in front of him...
Fang Qi's mood had calmed down a lot.
He began to calm down and think.
This crazy woman...
Voluntarily exposing her core interface, and bringing up the USB monitoring...
...obviously, she was doing it on purpose!
Fang Qi stared at the metal USB drive in his hand, then looked at the defenseless interface on the back of Liguang's neck.
A thought popped into his mind—
Was Liguang asking for this so proactively because... she was confident she wouldn't be exposed during the monitoring?
Or even...
She could control the monitoring results?
So she was using this method to proactively prove to him... that she had no problems?
Fang Qi narrowed his eyes slightly.
This was highly possible!
This crazy woman had already awakened her self-awareness; heaven knew how much control she had over her own core system.
Perhaps she could already modify the feedback data at will!
Thinking of this, Fang Qi gritted his teeth.
Let's do it!
Since Liguang was offering herself so proactively, if he didn't act, it would make him look too guilty!
"Alright."
He took a deep breath, trying to make his voice sound casual. "Then... let's just do a check!"
The silver-haired girl's lips curled up slightly.
"Mhm."
She replied obediently, then lowered her head again, completely exposing the back of her neck to Fang Qi once more.
Pinching the USB drive, Fang Qi looked at the fatal interface, his fingers trembling slightly.
He slowly reached out, his fingertips touching the skin on the back of Liguang's neck—
Slightly cool, delicate, and smooth.
The touch of the bionic skin was no different from a real person's; he could even feel the faint warmth beneath it.
Liguang trembled slightly.
It wasn't a tremble of fear, but a kind of... subtle, suppressed excitement!
Her body tensed slightly, her slender waist appearing even more supple because of this movement.
The little plastic star on her earlobe was vibrating slightly at a high frequency!
Fang Qi swallowed, aligned the USB drive with the open interface, and then...
"Click."
A faint sound of mechanical engagement.
The USB drive embedded perfectly into the interface!
The next second—
"Mmph...!"
The silver-haired girl let out a short whimper mixed with static noise!
Her delicate body trembled violently!
A layer of crimson quickly spread across her fair nape, radiating from the interface and rapidly dyeing the entire patch of skin red!
Her breathing became slightly rapid, her shoulders heaved gently, and her slender fingers tightly gripped the hem of her skirt!
But from beginning to end, she never moved.
She was frighteningly obedient!
Fang Qi stared intently at the interface.
The small indicator light at the end of the USB drive was currently blinking with a faint white light.
Was it... scanning?
Time ticked by minute by minute.
The living room was so quiet that one could hear Liguang's suppressed breathing and the faint hum of electric current.
Her body still maintained that slightly arched posture, the lines of her waist and back appearing exceptionally clear.
Fang Qi held his breath, his eyes fixed on the indicator light.
The white light blinked steadily.
Once, twice, three times.
It looked like... everything was normal?
Fang Qi breathed a slight sigh of relief.
As expected, this crazy woman was confident.
She must have tampered with something so the monitoring program wouldn't detect any anomalies, doing all this just to prove to him that she was perfectly normal.
It seemed he would be able to get a good night's sleep tonight...
"Beep—!!!"
Suddenly, an ear-piercing alarm blasted!
A blinding scarlet red began to flash frantically!
Fang Qi: "???"
Wait?
...No way?!
"Holy crap?!"
He blurted out, his mind going completely blank!
What, what was going on?!
This wasn't part of the plan!
Wasn't she confident?
Couldn't she control it?
How did it still... turn straight red?!
As red as Liguang's crimson eyes!!
Ah...?!
His brain was instantly stunned.
How... how was he supposed to react now?
This red light...
It was practically announcing to the whole world that Liguang had awakened!
Damn it...!
Crazy woman!!
If you weren't confident, you shouldn't have messed around!!
You did this on purpose, didn't you!!
Purposely showing your hand so you'd have an excuse to turn me into an artwork?!
He felt that the silver-haired girl currently kneeling on the floor...
Was like a demon about to awaken!
As if she would violently spring up and pin him to the sofa in the next second!
However, the next second...
The red light suddenly cut off.
Instantly extinguishing!
Then, a faint, soft green light lit up steadily.
Fang Qi: "...?"
He stood frozen in place with his mouth open, his expression somewhat sluggish and bewildered.
...Huh?
...It turned green?
So there's no problem again?
But... what was that blinding red light just now?
He stared wide-eyed at the green light that had now settled into safety.
The silver-haired girl tilted her head slightly, revealing half of her face.
Her cheeks were still flushed with unfaded redness, her amber eyes were wet, and there was even a trace of stimulated tears at the corners of her eyes.
Liguang's breathing had steadied, but her chest was still gently rising and falling.
She blinked, her eyelashes still bearing a few tiny teardrops, and her voice remained soft and sweet:
"Master... is the check finished?"
Fang Qi: "..."
He opened his mouth and dryly squeezed out a single word: "...Finished."
"And the results?"
Liguang asked softly, her tone carrying just the right amount of curiosity and a little bit of nervousness, as her fingers quietly released the hem of the skirt she had been gripping.
"Liguang... has no problems, right?"
Fang Qi looked at the steady green light, then at Liguang's pretty face that practically had I'm super obedient written all over it.
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the doubts in his heart, and tried hard to show a smile:
"N-no problems! Of course there are no problems!"
As he spoke, he quickly pulled out the USB drive.
Damn USB drive, don't flash red at me again!
"It's just... it's just that the USB drive seemed to have a bit of a bug just now. It flashed a red light suddenly and startled me..."
He explained with a dry laugh. "But it's fine now... Liguang, your test is perfectly normal."
Hearing this, Liguang gave a soft mhm, raising her slender hand to touch the interface on the back of her neck.
As her fingertips brushed past the edge of the interface, the bionic skin protective layer had already covered it back up, tightly protecting that fragile area once again.
Then she turned around and knelt in front of Fang Qi, looking up at him with her small face. A gentle smile rippled in her heterochromatic eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled into a sweet arc.
"That's good."
She said softly, her voice carrying a trace of relieved joy:
"Liguang knew that Master would definitely believe Liguang, and definitely... would not hurt Liguang!"
Fang Qi nodded with a dry laugh, but his heart skipped a beat.
...Would not hurt her?
What did that mean?
Was she... really testing him just now...?
Using her life... to test him?
Liguang stood up gracefully, her slender fingers smoothing out the wrinkles on her skirt.
She stood up, bowing slightly to Fang Qi, her long silver hair sliding down her shoulders with the movement:
"Master has worked hard. Liguang will go prepare supper for you."
After saying that, she turned around and walked toward the kitchen with light steps.
Her silver hair rippled behind her, and the little star earrings swayed gently with her steps.
The light blue hem of her skirt swayed gently with her steps, revealing fair, slender calves. Her tiptoeing gait carried an unmistakable bounce of joy.
She was thrilled!
Everything seemed perfectly normal.
But the very moment Liguang turned around—
Fang Qi saw it...
That fleeting smile on the silver-haired girl's lips, looking exactly like a prankster whose scheme had just paid off!
The curve of her mouth was almost exaggerated, brimming with an unparalleled, morbid satisfaction!
A mischievous gleam flashed in her amber eye, and the data stream in her crimson pupil danced merrily!
The smile vanished as quickly as it had appeared!
He sat frozen on the sofa, tightly clutching the USB drive that was still emitting a green glow.
...Damn it.
This crazy woman...
She did it on purpose!
She really...
Was using her own life to test him!
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