Chapter 44: Learning How to Coax Women

Perhaps the heat from the devil king’s gaze was too obvious because Gu Anbao knew what he was trying to convey. “I don’t feel like playing on the computer right now…” She said weakly.

Chen Yuheng tilted his head and looked at her. “Do you want to read a book?”

Gu Anbao shook her head slowly.

She didn’t understand the majority of the books on the shelves in the CEO’s office. Financial, the Internet, new technology, market effectiveness, what not… The few books she could read were the Sherlock Holmes case series placed at the side. However, she couldn’t bring herself to read all those mysteries right now.

Chen Yuheng thought about it, then he took out his phone, unlocked it and handed it to Gu Anbao.

Gu Anbao looked at the phone and looked at Chen Yuheng again before shaking her head. “I don’t want to play anything on the phone either.”

Chen Yuheng was perplexed.

This robot was clearly unhappy…

But she was fine earlier when they were out. Why had she suddenly changed in a blink of an eye?

Ultimately, he wasn’t that scrupulous. He wouldn’t waste his time on small matters like these. Thinking that she would be fine after a while, he didn’t put too much thought into it and began to mind his own business again.

Alan came by to return Gu Anbao’s phone.

Chen Yuheng specifically watched her for her reaction. However, after Gu Anbao received her phone, she still sat there distractedly, lost in her thoughts for some reason.

Chen Yuheng began to feel frustrated…

“Why aren’t you looking at more jokes?” He asked.

Finally, there was a shift in Gu Anbao’s expression. She slowly straightened her posture and put her phone in her small bag. “I am not in the mood,” she replied in a low voice.

“…”

He mulled it over. Was she… throwing a temper with him?

If Gu Anbao knew what Chen Yuheng was thinking, she would have felt extremely wronged. Why would she dare to throw a temper? She was obedient to the point that she almost didn’t even have a temper… She didn’t want to do anything right now because she was feeling down when she thought about how she wasn’t well-liked by others.

In the eyes of Chen Yuheng, this uncomfortable expression seemed humorous but also aggravating. Unable to think of a way to deal with the situation, he simply continued to flip through the long document in his hand.

But Chen Yuheng did not expect Gu Anbao to continue looking this way till the end of the day.

In the past, when they were home, she would follow the robot Nono in high spirits to do some chores, like tidying up the house, making coffee and whatnot. But today, she was dispirited. She didn’t even want to watch her favorite cartoon. Instead, she just sat blankly in the living room, before finding her power cable and plugging herself in to charge…

Chen Yuheng found it outrageous!

The devil king lay in bed that night and was unable to fall asleep for the first time…

Still awake, Chen Yuheng sat up and opened his bedroom door halfway. From his angle, he could see a figure huddled up on the couch, resting.

Chen Yuheng stared quietly at Gu Anbao.

It was as Ace had said. Her habits were becoming more like a human’s. At night when no one was around, she would mimic the sleeping posture of humans and lay down. Even though robots did not even need to sleep at all…

Closing the door silently, Chen Yuheng returned to his bed. His deep, dark eyes stared at the ceiling. After a moment, he suddenly sat back up again. He picked up his phone by the bed and dialed a number.

From the other end of the line, Ace’s voice was heard. “… Boss, do you know what time it is? If you don’t, let me remind you right now! It’s two! Two in the morning!—”

“Ruan Ruan, she…” Chen Yuheng began.

“Ruan Ruan?! What’s wrong with Ruan Ruan? Did she run away again? Quick, say it! Say it!”

Chen Yuheng frowned, suddenly a little regretful about making this call…

“There seems to be something wrong with her.” Chen Yuheng couldn’t find a proper way to describe Gu Anbao’s abnormal behavior. Thinking over it, he could only use such a phrase to conclude his observations.

Ace was stirred up. “Something—wrong—?! What’s wrong and in what way? Wasn’t she fine this afternoon?”

“After returning to the office, it seems…” Chen Yuheng suddenly began to feel strangely embarrassed for mentioning it, “It seems as if… she is…. throwing a tantrum with me…”

Ace’s intonation ascended as he responded, “Throwing… a tantrum? After the blind date?”

“Yes,” Chen Yuheng furrowed his eyebrows as he thought about it. Could this… have something to do with the blind date? But apart from filming the video, he didn’t ask her to do anything else… Was she angry because of the filming?

“Ha ha ha ha ha! Yuheng, you wooden fish head! Ruan Ruan is just jealous!” Ace laughed without warning.

Chen Yuheng was stunned.

… Jealous?

A robot, being jealous?

“… Are you sure you aren’t kidding around?”

“What’s weird about that! Didn’t you say that she has feelings for you? This is called a fledgling effect, do you understand! She follows you every single day, that’s why it has created such an effect! It’s very normal to be jealous. This means that AI has begun to grow and is becoming more advanced…”

And here they were, back to talking about artificial intelligence again…

Ace continued to ramble and began to talk arrogantly on the phone, imagining the different possibilities of artificial intelligence.

Chen Yuheng’s head ached. He didn’t want to listen to this any longer. “I am asking for a solution from you.”

“You can try to coax her!” Ace blurted.

Coax?

Coax a robot?

Chen Yuheng found it extremely strange. Forget about coaxing a robot, he had never… even coaxed a human before…

“Will it work?”

“Of course it will work! Do you know why Lu Lu and Ruan Ruan are so close? It’s because Lu Lu is always coaxing her! Gifting her hair grips and a phone cover. It’s the same way to coax every other girl…”

Chen Yuheng was a little depressed. “The hair grip and phone cover were bought using my money.”

“Oh…”

He could tell that the other was holding back his laughter.

Chen Yuheng didn’t need to ask and he could already see Ace’s ridiculous expression. With no intention to bicker with him, he hung up the phone and crossed his arms behind the back of his head as he stared at the ceiling quietly.

Would it be fine… just by coaxing?

…

The next day.

After waking up, Chen Yuheng specifically went to observe Gu Anbao.

She didn’t seem that bad…

Even though her mood was still a little down, she was no longer lost in her thoughts. She stood by the table and placed two cubes of sugar into the milk, her dainty fingers picking up the silver teaspoon. She began to stir the drink slowly, with a serious expression on her face.

As she sensed Chen Yuheng’s gaze, the robot raised her head to look at him before quickly withdrawing her neck and looking down while biting her lip. She placed the milk at his usual position at the table, before turning around to start tidying the clothes strewn around the living room.

Chen Yuheng walked over and sat down, speedily finishing his sandwiches and milk as per normal. After staring at Gu Anbao’s busy figure for a moment, he spoke. “Is there anything you want?”

After tidying the clothes, Gu Anbao had fetched a pot of water and was preparing to water the plants in the house. When she heard Chen Yuheng’s voice, she looked over in a startled manner.

Chen Yuheng cleared his throat and continued, ‘Or perhaps, is there… somewhere you want to go?”

Gu Anbaowas perplexed as she looked at Chen Yuheng, not able to comprehend what he was trying to do…

Chen Yuheng was feeling a little uneasy.

Giving gifts was the method that came to mind when he thought about the ways he knew to ‘coax’ someone.

“New clothes, new bag, new shoes, anything is fine with me,” Chen Yuheng tried to recover her spirit, “Is there anything that you’d like?”

Gu Anbao stood blankly before asking in an uncertain tone, “I can ask for anything?”