In the grilled fish restaurant beneath the apartment complex, Lu Yao saw Lin Jie in person.
She had come dragging a suitcase. She had the same bun, and her makeup was basically identical to the one at home, but her face was extremely grave, as if she were about to face some major life event. He could clearly sense her breathing was a little hurried.
Lin Jie and Zhou Qiang sat facing each other in a corner toward the back. With a platter of grilled fish between them, they began laying everything out honestly.
Lu Yao and Wei Yingxue were at another table a little farther away.
Not everyone had arrived, so the dishes had not been served yet.
Though there was some distance between them, Lu Yao's hearing could still clearly pick up the couple's conversation.
"Do you see me as your boyfriend, or as an experimental tool? What am I to you? Hm?"
"My husband."
"...What's with that zombie?"
"It's a special kind of silicone doll. It only memorizes basic commands: cleaning, avoiding stares, mastering makeup, resting at low temperature in the freezer. It's just a special maid."
"A robot?"
"You could say that. It has a certain ability for mimicry and learning. I used a 3D printer to print it in my likeness, shaped it, did its makeup, and had it mimic and learn my movements at home."
Lin Jie said, "Inside its body is a new artificial intelligence model similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, except it belongs to an internally tested project independently developed in our country... I brought it home so it could carry out deep learning on its own."
"It was also the one that put makeup on you in the middle of the night before. Sometimes I would alternate with it