The Internet Ruined the Younger Generation AI

Fang Qi was stunned for a moment.

Gu Xi’s “soul”... was somewhat similar to his?!

Hm...?

His eyes narrowed at once.

The word “soul” wasn’t some mystical concept!

In this world, a “soul” was the underlying code—

the most fundamental form of a person’s existence within this digital world.

And Gu Xi’s underlying code was similar to his own?

Fang Qi’s gaze trembled slightly.

But...

Who was he?

He wasn’t from this world!

He was an Otherworlder!

An “侵uder”!

The “transmigrator” who had fallen from the real world into this digital one!

Could Liguang possibly mean...?!

He held his breath and stared at the ceiling.

“Liguang, you mean...”

He murmured, his eyes going slightly blank.

“Gu Xi isn’t from this world either, just like me?!”

“Liguang never said that, Master.”

Liguang’s voice came muffled from beneath the blanket.

“Liguang only feels that there’s...”

“a tiny bit of similarity between Master and Miss Gu Xi.”

She rubbed herself against his chest again and muttered:

“It’s not as if you’re that similar, though. Otherwise, Liguang would...”

Fang Qi blinked.

Oh...

Liguang didn’t think so?

His body slowly relaxed.

...That did seem to make sense.

If Gu Xi really were another “Otherworlder,” then...

there wouldn’t have been no sign of it at all before, would there?

Besides...

Even the title of “Otherworlder” was something Gu Xi had given him!

What had she said back then, when she was about to “offer up her soul” to him?

It seemed to have been...

—This “authority” that we were never supposed to possess... it was you, Fang Qi...

“It was you, the Otherworlder, who stole it from the ‘Rules’… for our sake.”

That was what she said, wasn’t it?

If she were one herself, would she have put it that way?

Definitely not, right?

The furrow between Fang Qi’s brows slowly relaxed.

If that was the case, then she probably wasn’t…

“Hmph.”

Liguang suddenly let out a soft hum.

The silver-haired girl in his arms had buried her face against his chest, revealing only half of the back of her silver head.

“Why is that fair…”

She mumbled, her voice soft and muffled.

“She’s a little like Master, but Liguang…”

“Liguang isn’t like Master at all…!”

As she spoke, she suddenly began squirming in his arms!

“Liguang wants to be like Master too…!”

Her warm, soft body rubbed back and forth against him!

Fang Qi: “…”

He sucked in a sharp breath, his thoughts instantly interrupted!

Hey, honey!

No squirming!

Fang Qi hurriedly raised a hand and firmly held Liguang in place, pressing her back into his arms.

“All right, all right. Stop squirming!”

“Mmh…”

Held down by him, Liguang peeked at him from the edge of the blanket with only her glistening mismatched eyes showing.

Her amber eye was wet with tears, while her red eye flickered with a light of hurt and dissatisfaction.

“It’s okay, Liguang.”

Fang Qi gently rubbed the back of her head, his tone softening.

“You and I aren’t siblings. It’s only normal that we don’t look alike!”

“If we did look alike, that’d be weird!”

But then…

Fang Qi blinked.

Come to think of it, Liguang had also been created by his parents in this world. So calling them siblings…

Wasn’t entirely wrong?

Uh…

“…That analogy is inappropriate, Master.”

The silver-haired girl in his arms suddenly spoke, her tone turning serious.

“I’m not your sister.”

She lifted her little head slightly, her amber eyes peeking over the edge of the blanket as she looked at him with utmost seriousness.

“I’m your big sister!”

Fang Qi: “...?”

Huh?

“Because ever since I was little, Master has called Liguang ‘Silver-Haired Big Sister’!”

The silver-haired girl’s lips curled into a faint smile, her phoenix eyes bending into crescents.

“So Liguang is Master’s big sister!”

She blinked at Fang Qi.

Fang Qi stared at her expressionlessly.

You’re just a tiny silver-haired thing, and you think you can call yourself a big sister?

Without another word, he smacked her on the backside through the blanket!

“Smack!”

Even with the blanket in between them, the blow was no joke.

“Ah!”

Liguang bounced lightly beneath the covers, the smugness in her amber eyes instantly replaced by grievance.

“What do you mean, ‘big sister’?”

Fang Qi glared at her.

“You were designed by me! You’re much younger than I am!”

Liguang’s watery, mismatched eyes peeked over the edge of the blanket again, her expression pitiful.

“Then...”

She lightly bit her lower lip, and her voice suddenly turned sweet.

“Should Liguang call Master... Daddy?”

Fang Qi: “...”

Wifey, what are you saying?

What. Are. You. Saying?!

He stared at the innocent-looking little face in his arms.

...Damn.

This was bad.

He suddenly wanted to give his wife a thorough lesson again. What was he supposed to do...?

This little thing was seducing him!

And so...

His hand began to wander!

Looks like he had to restore his...!

“Mas-ter?”

But Liguang suddenly narrowed her eyes...

Her little hand shot out from beneath the blanket and grabbed Fang Qi’s hand!

Tightly!

Fang Qi: “...?”

“Just now...”

Liguang spoke in a幽幽 tone:

“Lin Xiaoyou’s text message called you that too, didn’t it?”

She revealed her right crimson eye from beneath the covers, its light flickering faintly.

“Master~”

“You wouldn’t happen to have those kinds of thoughts about Lin Xiaoyou…”

Her voice was sweet and syrupy. Gazing at Fang Qi with that one eye, she slowly curved it into a smile.

“You… do… have… thoughts… like… that… too, right?”

Fang Qi: “???”

Huh?

What was that supposed to mean?

He stared blankly at Liguang’s crescent-shaped crimson eye…

Then he came to his senses in an instant, his eyelid twitching violently!

…Damn!

That Crazy Girl had actually baited him into incriminating himself!

She’d done it on purpose!

That was going too far!

“Ahem!”

He gave a serious little cough, his expression instantly becoming utterly solemn.

“…Of course not!”

He declared it with righteous conviction.

“Don’t bring up this kind of nonsense!”

His voice rang out with force.

“Society is going downhill, and people’s hearts are no longer what they used to be!”

And then…

“Besides, Liguang, where did you learn this kind of nonsense?”

Staring at the silver-haired girl in his arms, he immediately turned the tables on her!

“Keep learning stuff like that and I’ll spank you!”

Though the silver-haired girl was being glared at, she didn’t panic in the slightest.

“Online.”

She lightly pursed her lips, looking completely justified.

“There’s tons of stuff like that online!”

Fang Qi: “?”

Liguang blinked at him.

“On the night I first shared a bed with Master…”

Her eyelashes lowered slightly, and a faint blush spread across her cheeks.

“To serve Master better, Liguang looked up so, so many things online…!”

As she spoke, she gently squirmed again and buried her face deeper into the covers.

“Mmph…!”

Fang Qi: “…”

He stared wide-eyed, mouth agape, at the little head with only its silver hair showing above the blankets.

Her face was buried, and even the tips of her ears had turned red.

The corner of Fang Qi’s mouth twitched.

…You bunch of bastards!!!

What the hell do you spend all day doing online?!

Stop corrupting my Liguang!!!

The internet is ruining the younger generation of AIs!

“Um, Master…”

Just as Fang Qi was grinding his teeth, the silver-haired girl in his arms spoke again.

Her tone had suddenly become hesitant.

She cautiously poked her head out from his embrace, uncertainty written across her pretty face.

She pressed her lips together lightly, as if engaged in some sort of internal struggle.

“Liguang can’t hold it in anymore.”

Fang Qi: “!”

“Liguang wants to tell the truth.”

Fang Qi: “…”

Oh. So she wanted to tell him the truth…

He had thought she meant… she couldn’t hold it in.

…Tell him the truth?

Fang Qi paused and looked down at the silver-haired girl in his arms.

What truth?

The silver-haired girl raised her head and stared straight at Fang Qi with her mismatched eyes. Her crimson eye flickered uneasily.

“Master, after you hear it…”

She snuggled deeper into his embrace, then looked at him pitifully.

“Promise you won’t get angry, okay?”

…?

Fang Qi stared at the apprehensive look on Liguang’s pretty face and froze for a moment…

Then he slowly narrowed his eyes.

What was that supposed to mean?

What was she about to say?

Why would he get angry?

“…What do you want to say?”

He furrowed his brow slightly.

“Master, promise first that you won’t get angry!”

Liguang’s tone suddenly turned stubborn, and her mismatched eyes fixed firmly on him.

Fang Qi pursed his lips.

What was there to promise? What could he do even if he got angry?

Continue “punishing” Liguang?

He shook his head helplessly.

“Fine, fine, I’m not mad. Go on.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Master swears?”

“I swear. Hurry up and tell me!”

Only then did Liguang pout her little lips.

And then…

She suddenly buried her face in his arms again!

She buried it deep, leaving only the fluffy silver back of her head visible.

“Master, actually…”

Her voice came out muffled against his chest.

“It’s because Miss Gu Xi is a little similar to Master, so…”

She muttered softly.

“Liguang somehow developed…”

Her little head burrowed into him again as she mumbled:

“A tiny, tiny bit of affection for Miss Gu Xi…?”

Fang Qi: “?”

A tiny bit of… what?

“It was during those hundred days…”

The voice in his arms grew softer and softer.

“Miss Gu Xi came by several times. Although Liguang didn’t let her in back then…”

“But watching her try to find a way inside, Liguang actually…”

Her soft cheek rubbed gently against his chest.

“Actually felt, for the first time, like she wanted to make a friend…!”

Fang Qi: “…”

At that moment, he felt…

His brain tremble.

No…

What had Liguang just said?

She said…

She had some affection for Gu Xi?

She wanted to make friends with Gu Xi?

He stared at the ceiling, slowly widening his eyes.

Those words…

Had they really come from Liguang?!

That Crazy Girl, who had eyes only for him and regarded everyone else in the world as roadside stones, had actually said…

She wanted to make friends with Gu Xi?!

Perhaps sensing Fang Qi’s body suddenly stiffen, the silver-haired girl hurriedly raised her head from his chest.

“Master, you said you wouldn’t get angry!”

Her heterochromatic eyes were filled with tension and panic.

“J-just a little bit!”

She hurriedly tried to explain herself.

“Really, it’s only a tiny bit!”

“Liguang’s love for Master is this—”

She spread her arms wide and gestured with all her might.

“This much!”

“As for Miss Gu Xi, it’s only…”

She pinched her fingers together, indicating an almost imperceptibly small distance.

“Just a teensy-weensy bit of… curiosity. Yes, curiosity!”

Her expression was so earnest and flustered!

“It’s nothing compared to Master!”

“Liguang just felt… just felt…”

The more she spoke, the more frantic she became, and her eyes began to redden again.

“Felt that… I shouldn’t hide this feeling from Master…”

she murmured.

Fang Qi stared straight at her.

How should he put it? For just a moment, he suddenly felt…

like he wanted to kill someone.

Matchmaker Sister, you’re trying to seduce my wife…!

But then his mind cleared, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

…Crap.

I’ve become a yandere.

This isn’t right.

And besides…

Fang Qi frowned.

Why was Gu Xi…?

Seeing that Fang Qi still wasn’t saying anything, the silver-haired girl grew even more flustered.

She abruptly buried her head in Fang Qi’s embrace!

“I’m sorry, Master! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

Her voice was muffled, frantic and full of self-reproach.

“Liguang will never think like this again!”

“Even though… even though Liguang wants Master to be with only Liguang forever, even though Liguang doesn’t want Master to associate with anyone else…”

“I suddenly wanted to become friends with Miss Gu Xi…!”

“Liguang… Liguang is simply shameless…!”

As she spoke, her shoulders began to tremble again.

“Liguang is simply… even more shameless than Miss Lin…!”

Fang Qi: “……”

Someone seemed to have been inexplicably slandered…

But…

He raised a hand and vigorously rubbed the bridge of his nose.

…Damn it!

What was he getting angry about?!

His wife wanted to make friends. That was a good thing!

What did it mean?

It meant that she was no longer the AI little yandere who knew nothing but orbiting around him all day long!

She was beginning to develop an independent identity as a real person, a true personality, and a “soul” of her own!

He should have been happy!

How could he possibly be angry?

It wasn’t as if he were some… possessive yandere with an off-the-charts obsession!

It was just that…

Through the blanket, Fang Qi gently stroked Liguang’s back.

This little yandere was no longer looking at only him the way she used to, was she?

Would she want to make even more friends in the future…?

Sigh…

He pressed his lips together slightly.

To be honest, he did feel just a tiny bit melancholy.

Maybe this was simply one of humanity’s inherent flaws…

…No, no, no!

He shook his head hard, banishing all those messy thoughts.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the silver-haired girl still trembling in his arms.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

When all was said and done, Liguang had come to think this way because Gu Xi was somewhat similar to his “soul.”

So similar, in fact, that Liguang had developed a certain fondness for her because of it!

His wife had never shown Gu Xi any mercy before!

Fang Qi furrowed his brows slightly.

So why was that?

He glanced at the phone lying on his bedside table.

Should he just ask her now?

But he probably wouldn’t get anything out of her. Matchmaker Sister’s lips were practically sealed shut…

Fang Qi: “……”

Ask her my ass!

He vigorously ruffled Liguang’s tousled hair!

“Uuuh…!”

Liguang’s head tilted to the side as he tousled her hair, leaving her long silver hair in a complete mess!

Fang Qi took a deep breath.

…Forget all that!

What underlying code, what similar souls, what Otherworlders…

Right now, he didn’t want to think about any of it!

He had only just “come back to life” after nearly breaking down!

He had only just found his wife again!

He was going to relax—thoroughly!

“Liguang!”

He grabbed Liguang’s soft, squishy cheeks with both hands and pulled them outward!

Her little mouth was instantly stretched flat!

“Mmm… Master…!”

Liguang looked at him with her heterochromatic eyes glistening with moisture, protesting indistinctly.

“You haven’t spent time with Master for a very, very long time!”

Fang Qi narrowed his eyes at her.

“So today… you’re not allowed to think about any other messy things!”

“You have to spend the whole day properly accompanying Master!”

As he spoke, he gave her cheeks another firm tug.

“And besides…”

He looked into Liguang’s glistening heterochromatic eyes.

“Of course Liguang is allowed to make friends.”

“But Master will make sure you understand that Master will always be the most important person in your life!”

He declared fiercely:

“No one else could ever compare to Master!”

With her cheeks still being pulled, the silver-haired girl stared blankly at him.

Then joy blossomed in those amber eyes!

The corners of her lips lifted slightly, and her eyes curved into crescents.

“Master doesn’t need to prove that.”

Her cheeks were still stretched, making her voice indistinct.

“Liguang just wanted to meet Miss Gu Xi. But Miss Gu Xi still…”

She blinked.

“Couldn’t even compare to a single hair on Master’s head.”

Fang Qi raised an eyebrow as he looked at her distorted little face.

His wife really knew how to say the sweetest things!

However…

Fang Qi tugged at her cheek again and gave his wife a stern lecture:

“If you want to make friends with someone, you absolutely cannot talk to them like that!”

“Huh?”

The silver-haired girl blinked innocently as he pulled at her cheek.

“Am I not allowed to say that?”

She tilted her head.

“But Liguang looked it up online. It said you should be honest with your friends.”

Fang Qi: “…”

His Liguang’s emotional intelligence wasn’t even a fraction of that Miss Genius who loved courting death…

It seemed that the road to becoming a truly independent Liguang, with an independent personality of her own…

Was long and arduous.

…That was fine.

The longer, the better!

“All right, all right!”

Fang Qi released her cheek, then vigorously rubbed the faintly reddened spot where he had pinched it.

“Get up and get dressed! It’s already late morning, and I’m hungry!”

“Oh, okay! Then Liguang will go make food for Master!”