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The lights in the interrogation room were blindingly white.

Fang Qi sat on the cold metal chair, unable to help but narrow his eyes.

This lighting...

It was much harsher than the warm yellow light Liguang usually set for him in the living room!

"Name?"

Across the table, Gu Xi had already sat down.

The dark blue police uniform made her complexion look even fairer. Her ponytail was neatly tied back, with a few loose strands hanging by her ears, swaying gently as she looked up.

Holding a pen, she raised her eyes to look at Fang Qi.

That gaze... was sharp enough to pierce!

Her brows were slightly furrowed, presenting a businesslike demeanor, yet faintly revealing a hint of impatience and scrutiny.

Those eyes were a light brown, looking like clear amber under the harsh light.

They were somewhat similar to Liguang's left eye...

But the warmth in her eyes was far inferior to his little yandere's!

"Fang Qi."

He answered simply.

This time, he could finally take a careful look at this tool-person police beauty he had been thinking about!

A straight nose bridge, pursed lips, and a sharp, tight jawline.

The shoulders of her police jacket were crisp, and the buttons were meticulously fastened all the way to the top.

Her whole person was like an unsheathed blade, exuding a "don't mess with me" aura!

Her real person looked even more heroic than her game character portrait, but her expression... looked really foul!

What a bad-tempered police beauty!

His first impression seemed to be a bit poor...

"Age?"

"Twenty-five."

Gu Xi's questions were concise and direct, her pen tip gliding quickly across the notepad, making a soft rustling sound.

When she asked questions, her body leaned slightly forward, arms resting on the edge of the table, revealing a section of pale wrist from the cuffs of her uniform.

But that posture of leaning on the table carried an oppressive sense of scrutiny no matter how you looked at it!

Fang Qi, remaining calm... glanced to his left out of the corner of his eye.

At this moment, the silver-haired girl was sitting quietly next to him.

A flawless smile rested on her exquisitely beautiful face, and her heterochromatic eyes were slightly unfocused.

Her pale beige skirt spread over the edge of the metal chair. She sat upright, hands folded on her lap, a silver side braid resting smoothly on her shoulder, and that little star earring...

Oh, it was confiscated by him.

Now her left earlobe was empty, which looked a bit unusual.

But that wasn't the point. The point was...

The cold, bright silver metal handcuffs were firmly locking their wrists together!

The short chain between the cuffs passed through a special metal ring in the center of the table, securing them to this side of the desk.

And Liguang's slender, slightly cool wrist was pressed tightly against the skin of his wrist.

Smooth and slightly cool.

Right now, beneath that cool touch... there were faint, continuous tremors!

That was definitely not fear. He understood this crazy woman's thoughts all too well.

That was... excitement!

It was ecstasy born from some twisted "connection"!

Because... he and she were handcuffed together!

In Liguang's logic, this was simply equivalent to...

"Master and Liguang are officially certified as bound," "Can never be separated again," "Connected forever"!

In the ending of the previous playthrough, the corrupted Liguang had also chained their ankles together... which was somewhat similar to the current situation.

However... this was an unexpected joy.

He had been worried before that this crazy woman might have a mental breakdown because she couldn't go to the company to see her colleagues for the time being.

Now it seemed... her mindset was perfectly fine!

"Course of events."

Gu Xi's somewhat stiff voice pulled him back to reality.

The beautiful police officer in front of him put down her pen, crossed her arms over her chest, and leaned back against the chair.

Her gaze pierced straight at him!

"Be clear. From the moment you entered the alley—especially the part where your AI took action, and that later... public kneeling stunt!"

She deliberately emphasized the word "stunt"!

Her light brown eyes were filled with the suspicion of "You don't look like a good person to me"!

Fang Qi: "..."

He took a deep breath and steadied himself.

Since the crazy woman was fine for now...

It was time to get down to business. To get on the good side of Gu Xi... who was right in front of him!

Even though... her attitude wasn't exactly great right now.

Under Gu Xi's gaze, he recounted the experience as concisely as possible:

They were walking normally, got robbed, the other party threatened them with a knife, and Liguang, as an AI companion equipped with guard functions, defended according to safety protocols and kicked the attacker's wrist broken...

A set of prepared words flowed smoothly from his mouth.

As Gu Xi listened, her eyebrows rose higher and higher.

The fingers crossed over her chest were still gently tapping her arm!

Hearing "kicked the wrist broken," she clicked her tongue, turned her sharp gaze to Liguang, and then back to Fang Qi's face.

Then the corners of her mouth pulled into a mirthless curve:

"Defense? Shattered a person's wrist bone with one kick? Your AI is quite ruthless."

"And then? After beating someone up, why did she kneel to you in public?"

The questioning in her tone was almost undisguised:

"Mr. Fang, your 'defense' process sounds a bit too 'custom-made'."

Fang Qi's heart tightened slightly.

It seemed he was right...

This police beauty... she really got the wrong idea from the start!

She thought of him... as one of those perverted masters with a special desire for control who condoned their AI's violent acts!

In the game, Gu Xi's character setting was one who hated evil...

No wonder her attitude towards him was so bad!

He quickly explained:

"No, Officer Gu, let me finish, there's more..."

"Enough."

Gu Xi interrupted him, waving her hand a bit impatiently: "Just listening to you is useless. Do you have evidence? On-site recordings or something?"

"Ah... I actually do."

He looked at the silver-haired girl next to him, who was still secretly rubbing her wrist against his, her gaze still dazed.

She... was still immersed in the pleasant afterglow of "being handcuffed together with the master"!

Damn it...

Unbelievable!

How could this crazy woman constantly be out of it!

Your master is being given a hard time here!

It seemed that handcuffs linking—something she only dared to do after becoming corrupted—really gave her a taste of sweetness!

He quickly used the fingers of his handcuffed hand to gently scratch her smooth hand:

"Liguang, pull up your visual records and show them to Officer Gu!"

Touched by Fang Qi, Liguang trembled slightly and slowly snapped back to reality!

Her eyelashes fluttered, and she raised her small face to look at Gu Xi, and then at him...

Then the corners of her lips curled into a standard smiling curve:

"Yes, Master."

Immediately after, the pupil of her crimson right eye contracted slightly, and a light blue beam projected from deep within her pupil!

It formed a clear projection on the blank wall of the interrogation room!

The footage was presented from Liguang's first-person perspective:

Entering the alley, two robbers appeared, spouting filthy words, approaching with knives, the blades almost poking Fang Qi's chest.

Then Liguang kicked out, fast as lightning, the sound of wrist bones shattering piercing the air, the robbers screaming as they fell to the ground...

Everything was smooth and clear, even the sound was recorded perfectly!

Until Liguang suddenly turned around... dropped to her knees with a thud, hugged Fang Qi's legs, and started crying and begging for forgiveness!

The video abruptly ended there, freezing on Fang Qi's bewildered face looking down.

Fang Qi: "..."

No... you crazy woman, why did you broadcast this part!

Looking at the paused frame, Gu Xi slowly lowered her arms that were previously crossed over her chest.

Leaning forward slightly, she stared at the projection, her light brown eyes slowly widening!

In the footage, the robber's knife was genuinely poised to stab forward, and Liguang's kick was a very real crisis response.

But the kneeling part that followed...

From Liguang's first-person perspective, she was pitifully clinging to Fang Qi's leg, begging "Master, please don't confiscate my little stars" and "Don't cancel my kisses"...

Meanwhile, Fang Qi was looking down at her with a blank expression, looking completely bewildered and startled.

The beautiful police officer stayed silent for a full five seconds...

Then, the impatience and suspicion on her face faded away, replaced by a kind of...

Astonishment, awkwardness, and a hint of... the embarrassment of "I think I made a huge misunderstanding."

She slowly turned her head to look at Fang Qi. Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but the words got stuck in her throat.

A faint, barely noticeable blush even crept up her cheeks.

"Uh..."

She cleared her throat, her voice much softer than before. Her gaze started to wander, not daring to look Fang Qi directly in the eye:

"Um... Mr. Fang."

She tried to regain some of her imposing aura, but her tone simply couldn't toughen up anymore:

"The behavioral pattern of your... AI companion is quite... unique?"

She paused, her fingers unconsciously twirling a stray lock of hair by her ear, trying to mask her embarrassment with teasing:

"This final part... the kneeling and begging scene. Your tastes are... quite distinct, huh? Is this your personal setting, or her spontaneous behavior?"

Fang Qi breathed a slight sigh of relief inwardly.

It seemed the video had worked!

This pretty officer had realized she had wrongly accused a good person!

Now she was using teasing to cover up her awkwardness.

However, this question was a bit hard to answer.

He couldn't exactly tell the truth and say, "Liguang has gained sentience and she was afraid I'd get mad and take away her little stars," right?

But he couldn't make Liguang suspicious either. If he lied to help cover for her, Liguang would immediately sense something was wrong.

So he had to provide a reasonable explanation while also finding a way to leave a good impression on Gu Xi!

Thinking about Gu Xi's personality in the game... he steeled his resolve!

Meeting Gu Xi's forcedly natural but actually flickering gaze...

He deliberately showed a slightly embarrassed but incredibly open, almost self-righteous smile!

Then he cleared his throat:

"Well, about that... I actually do like it this way!"

He tried his best to make his tone sound casual, even carrying a hint of "it's no big deal":

"Docile, obedient, a bit clingy, willing to accept punishment when making a mistake... yeah, pretty much that kind of vibe."

As he spoke, he feigned a natural shrug. "It's a custom AI, after all. Isn't the whole point to have it tailor-made? I think it's quite cute like this."

He didn't say it was his setting; he just said he liked it this way!

And he wasn't lying. He just liked this kind of little yandere, was there a problem with that?

No!

It was much better than her after turning completely dark!

Then, before he even had time to observe the police officer's reaction...

His peripheral vision... caught the change in the silver-haired girl's expression beside him!

Upon hearing him say "like," the corners of Liguang's rosy lips actually...

Began to curl upward, little by little, completely out of control again!

It was no longer that docile and well-behaved curve, but rather... a sickly, obsessive, almost twisted smile!

Just like the one he had glimpsed in the entryway early this morning!

...?!

It's starting again?!

Fang Qi's eyelids immediately twitched, and he started to break into a cold sweat!

Hey, hey...!

You crazy woman, restrain yourself!

We're still in the interrogation room!

Your expression is going to be recorded by the surveillance cameras!!

Fortunately, the beautiful police officer in front of him didn't notice this scene.

Because Fang Qi's words...

Had also made her current expression quite spectacular!

Clearly...

She never expected Fang Qi to admit it so readily and so openly!

Her forced teasing instantly froze on her face!

Her light brown eyes blinked repeatedly, and the blush on her cheeks spread all the way to the roots of her ears. Her mouth fell slightly open in embarrassment, completely at a loss for words!

She opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to make a joke to brush it off, but seeing Fang Qi's blatant "Yeah, I just like it, so what?" look...

She gritted her teeth, and suddenly...

She stood up with a swoosh!

Her movement was a bit fierce, causing the chair legs to scrape against the floor with a piercing screech.

Then she stood up straight, her hands pressed tightly against the seams of her pants, and towards Fang Qi—

She performed a standard ninety-degree bow!

"I am sorry!"