Pheromone Deficiency Report

On the 32nd day after Gu Jin also came to Roselle, he went to the capital of Baichuan again.

He didn't come here on purpose, but he promised to buy a limited number of jigsaw puzzles for Chu Xiaonian the night before. After looking around, he found that only Bai Chuan's store still had stock, and he didn't sell it on Xingwang. He only accepted offline purchases. , he hurried over.

It's already scorching summer on Roselle, but Baichuan is still a bleak winter scene, no different from the last time he came, it's still plain snow, the branches are covered with white snow, and the ice lanterns are along the The lake is placed all the way, even in the daytime, you can see the bright lights inside.

Gu Jin also found the store according to the map, and was lucky enough to buy the last puzzle.

And when he walked past a corner shop with puzzle pieces, he saw a familiar figure standing outside a floor-to-ceiling window, tiptoeing hard to toss coins, but because he was not tall and Will bounce, can only stretch out desperately.

Gu Jin also walked over with doubts, waited to stand beside the figure, and found that this "person" who was trying to reach out was indeed the mascot of Rand College, the robot Taotao.

The blond-haired and blue-eyed young man has a delicate and beautiful face. If it is not for the rigid expression, it is almost impossible to tell that it is a robot.

Gu Jin also asked: "Tao Tao, what are you doing here?"

Tao Tao turned his head, he looked at Gu Jinyi for a while, and then matched this person with the information in his database.

After judging that he was not a dangerous person, he answered Gu Jinyi's question: "I'm shopping."

Gu Jin also looked at Taotao's hand, and found that it was a self-serve shop selling Baichuan's limited handmade snacks.

He was even more puzzled, why did Taotao, a robot, come to buy snacks? Could it be for someone to give it to?

He asked Taotao: "Can I swipe your card for you?"

Taotao glanced at him, obediently handed over the memory card in her hand, and emphasized, "Use mine."

It was only then that Gu Jinyi noticed that Taotao actually used the memory card he obtained as himself.

Robots don't own property.

This is a well-known truth.

But Taotao is different. Like every human being, he has an identity crystal card, an account that can be used, and can travel and shop.

Gu Jin also bought snacks for Taotao.

A palm-sized green box was handed over from behind the window, and Taotao asked for two.

Gu Jin also bought two copies for himself, and prepared to bring them back to Chu Xiaonian and Qu Xi.

He returned both the snack and the storage card to Taotao, and couldn't help but ask, "Taotao, who do you want to give this snack to?"

Taotao seems to be willing to answer this question. His somewhat stiff face smiled, and it became lively in an instant, as if he was really a sixteen or seventeen-year-old human boy.

"I bought it for Albert," Taotao smiled nicely, "He likes to eat Bai Chuan's limited snacks."

Gu Jin was also speechless for a moment.

Mr. Albert is the owner of Taotao, the former principal of Rand College, who passed away 50 years ago.

But back then when Gu Jinyi was still in school, he knew the default rules of the Rand Institute—you can’t tell the robot Taotao that his master is no longer there.

This was one of the last wishes of the former principal.

Gu Jin was also silent for a moment, feeling a little sad for some reason, but he smiled lightly at Tao Tao: "Mr. Principal should be very happy to see the dim sum."

Taotao carefully packed the snacks into her storage space.

He raised his head and asked Gu Jinyi again: "Why are you alone, what about the human being who is with you?"

He made gestures: "The tall alpha, dressed in black, doesn't like to smile."

Although he spoke vaguely, Gu Jin also guessed right away that he was asking about Xie Huaizhou.

Gu Jin didn't know how to answer this question, but he heard Taotao ask him: "He's the same as Albert, is he gone?"

Gu Jin was also startled, and shook his head: "No, he hasn't disappeared, it's because I don't want to see him."

Taotao showed a puzzled look, it was still difficult for him to understand these complicated and subtle human emotions.

But he could tell that Gu Jinyi's expression was sad.

So he asked Gu Jinyi: "Why don't you want to see him? I really want to see Albert."

Gu Jin also didn't know how to answer this question. Fortunately, robots are easy to fool. He smiled and said nothing, so Taotao forgot to ask.

He and Gu Jinyi walked along the streets of Baichuan. In the bustling crowd, they were human and robot, but they didn't look obtrusive.

Tao Tao doesn't understand the twists and turns of human beings. He knows that Gu Jinyi is a student of Rand College, and he is a student of Albert's rounded up. He is willing to talk to Gu Jinyi more.

He tugged at Gu Jinyi's sleeve, obviously he was much older than Gu Jinyi according to his age, but he was still as innocent as a child.

His language function is old, so he always speaks strangely.

He asked Gu Jinyi: "Where did you say Albert went? He clearly told me that he would come back after a long trip, and he sent me to school to make smoothies, saying that many people would be friends with me. But I clearly Just wanted to make smoothies for him alone."

He asked ignorantly and innocently, but Gu Jinyi hesitated to speak.

Because everyone knows that Mr. Albert will never come back.

He has never been married and is an orphan. He has no family other than Taotao, a little robot he made by himself.

So he didn't even hold the funeral at Rand College, just to hide Taotao from knowing that the master was gone.

He specially applied for an "identity card" for Taotao, opened an account only for human beings for Taotao, and let Taotao stay at Rand College to sell smoothies.

All of this is so that after his death, his little robot can live alone.

He probably thought that Taotao would live a happy life, and that someone would come to accompany his Taotao every day.

Gu Jin also once thought so.

How can robots really have human emotions? They are manufactured to imitate human beings, but in essence they are just programmed.

How can a robot understand what human beings are sad?

But Gu Jin also looked down at Taotao's face, and clearly saw the disappointed look on his human-like face.

This made Taotao look nothing like a robot at all.

He's more like a not-so-intelligent human being. The former principal lied to him that he was away, and he really believed it. He reluctantly made smoothies and waited for someone who would never come back.

This is 50 years.

This made Gu Jinyi very uncomfortable for a moment.

He asked in a low voice: "Peach...have you been waiting for Principal Albert?"

That's why I bought some snacks specially, because I don't know when Albert will come back.

Taotao nodded, without any hesitation about this question: "Yes, I am Albert's robot, of course I have to wait for him."

"Then when are you going to wait?"

Gu Jinyi asked this question in a daze, because Chu Miyun also asked him the same question when he stayed in the nursing home.

Taotao lowered her head and stepped on the snow creakingly.

He answered the question easily: "When all my parts are broken, I can't fix it anymore."

Parts are broken, and the main chip is destroyed, which means the death of the robot.

What Taotao meant was that he would wait for Albert until he died.

This didn't seem like an answer that a robot who believed Albert would come back could give.

Gu Jin couldn't help but stop.

He looked at Taotao in disbelief.

In a piece of plain snow, Taotao is like a child, tiptoeing to look at the products in the window.

He was beautiful, with fair skin, red lips, soft blond hair, and a slender figure.

He will never grow old, nor will he shed tears like a human, and will only faithfully carry out his master's orders.

But he said that he had to wait until the day Albert died.

Gu Jin also remembered many things in an instant.

He remembered some rumors that he once thought were rumors.

There are rumors that the reason why the former principal Albert was never married was because he fell in love with the little robot he made himself, and he was willing to guard a metal body.

Gu Jin also looked at Tao Tao's pair of gem-like blue eyes, and suddenly felt that maybe this rumor was true.

And Taotao may have known that the former principal would not come back.

He just pretended not to know, and just lived in the world Albert woven for him.

Gu Jin felt a bit depressed, he helped Taotao pat off the broken snow on his shoulders, he stopped asking, and walked forward together holding Taotao's hand.

At the exit of Baichuan, he boarded the suspension train with Taotao. Taotao bought a ticket like a human being, and chose to sit on the sofa with Gu Jinyi.

He leaned on Gu Jinyi's shoulder very familiarly, showing the attitude of a spoiled child.

He squeezed Gu Jinyi's finger curiously, and asked him, "Why don't you wear a ring?"

He remembered that there was a very beautiful ring on Gu Jinyi's finger last time.

Gu Jin also didn't expect Taotao to remember this.

His fingers curled up, and instead of perfunctory Taotao, he replied seriously: "I separated from the person who gave me the ring, so I didn't wear it."

Taotao squeezed his fingers again, feeling sorry for him.

"That ring is very beautiful," Taotao said, and after a while, she took out a small ring from the storage compartment in her wrist as if offering a treasure, and showed off triumphantly, "Albert gave me one too."

Gu Jin also touched Taotao's head, and praised: "Your ring is also very beautiful."

It was indeed a nice little ring, very suitable for Taotao's pale and slender fingers.

Satisfied, Taotao took the little ring back.

He didn't talk anymore either, probably the content of today's chat has reached his upper limit.

He was holding the snack for Albert, wearing a well-fitting and delicate coat, no longer looking around, sitting upright and regular, like a noble young master.

It looked like he had been cared for for a long time.

Someone took care of him, taught him, and loved him as a human being, so he became more and more human.

Gu Jin also didn't bother Taotao anymore.

But he looked out of the window, and remembered that when he met at the college last time, when he was buying smoothies, Taotao once told him: "Someone bought me a limited amount of motor oil, and he sat with me for a long time, and he wanted to see you."

At that time, he only thought that Taotao had a language failure, so he said it casually.

But now, looking at the passing scenery outside the window, he suddenly knew who that person was.

When he was about to arrive at Rand College, Gu Jinyi asked Taotao this question softly.

He called up Xie Huaizhou's photo from the optical brain, and asked Taotao, "Last time you said someone wanted to see me, was it him?"

Taotao nodded affirmatively. Although he is very old, robots are not as forgetful as humans.

"That's him." Taotao said, "He has been waiting for you for a long time."

Gu Jinyi trembled slightly in his heart, but did not speak again.

When Taotao arrived at the Rand Institute, Gu Jin got off the car with her.

He suddenly wanted to take a walk around the Rand Institute.

Taotao waved goodbye to him earnestly, and then walked towards the road leading to the former principal's office.

It wasn't until Taotao's back disappeared that Gu Jinyi looked down at Guangnao again.

On the page of his optical brain, information about Albert's former principal was displayed.

He used to be a genius-like figure with an unshakable position in the field of scientific research. He was awarded the Knight Medal by the Empire at the age of 40.

And next to his introduction, there is a video about him, but he is not the only one.

Principal Albert has a gentle and elegant face, with natural silver-white hair, and looks unfriendly at all, and his gray eyes are indescribably cold and distant.

But in his arms, sat a blond young man with blue eyes, beautiful and lazy like a cat, smiling, boldly pinching his ears.

This boy is Taotao, Taotao from decades ago.

In the current era, human aging has slowed down a lot, and people like Principal Albert have many ways to delay the change of their appearance.

But compared to Taotao's forever young and beautiful appearance, there are already slight fine lines around his eyes.

But when he looked down at Taotao, he smiled like a young man, talking to Taotao patiently and letting Taotao look at the camera.

Principal Albert is no longer here.

This video stayed forever, and his little robot was still waiting for him.

The author says:

Taotao also has a small ring. He and Albert are partners. Although they cannot be registered, Albert gave him a wedding ceremony.As long as Albert was alive, he had been a happy little robot.