Owes Her Something?

By the time the two finished eating, it was already evening.

After leaving the restaurant and saying goodbye to Chen Mo, Zhao Min dialed a number.

After talking with him, Zhao Min had gotten a good impression of Chen Mo. He did not seem like a flashy young man. If the phone system Chen Mo had mentioned was real, then things were about to get interesting.

"President Zhao, calling me this late? That's rare." The moment the call connected, a teasing female voice came through.

"Female engineer, I want to ask you a technical question. I don't think you'll refuse." Zhao Min said, "Also, stop calling me President Zhao. I've resigned already. I'm all alone now."

"You want to discuss technical issues with me? That's truly unusual. Then I'll come to your house tonight and sleep with you. I'm bored at home by myself anyway."

"Fine. I'm heading back now."

After hanging up, Zhao Min drove away. By the time she reached a villa complex in Bin Hai City, night had already fallen.

After parking her car, Zhao Min walked toward the villa's entrance.

"Sis, why were you in such a hurry to see me? What technical question did you want to ask about? Bedroom techniques? I can teach you a hundred and eight positions and help you shed that Great Sage Equaling Heaven title."

The moment she entered the villa, a beautiful woman playing games on the sofa glanced at Zhao Min with a teasing expression.

"Watch your mouth."

Zhao Min rolled her eyes at her, took off her shoes, and sank comfortably onto the sofa. "I met a handsome guy and treated him to dinner."

"Hehe, something's going on."

"What could possibly be going on? He helped me once before. I happened to run into him today, so we talked for a bit."

"Then you two really are fated. Next, you exchange contact details, go on dates and watch movies, then hug, kiss, and finally roll into bed. Or just do it, it's all the same in essence. Do you want me to teach you a hundred and eight positions in advance? They'll definitely help you conquer a man."

"Get lost. I asked you to help me see what's different about this phone."

Zhao Min nearly laughed in exasperation. She took out Chen Mo's phone and tossed it to her, helpless before her cousin's imagination.

"Sis, this phone is a little strange. The operating system isn't Huawei Micro's. Is it some knockoff?" The beauty picked up the phone and looked it over, frowning as she continued examining it.

"That handsome guy gave it to me. He said he developed a phone system. I didn't believe him, so he made a bet with me." Zhao Min sprawled on the sofa, not wanting to move at all.

"Are pickup techniques this advanced now? Developing a phone system? What bullshit."

"I didn't believe it either, which is why I asked you to take a look."

"I'm curious about the wager. Don't tell me you promised yourself to him?"

"Get lost, Wang Sijia. Is that all your brain is filled with?" Zhao Min said irritably.

Wang Sijia gave a mischievous smile, but her fingers tapped across the phone several times. As her fingers moved, the teasing smile vanished from her face, replaced by a serious expression.

"Wang Sijia? Are you all right?"

Noticing something was off with Wang Sijia, Zhao Min waved a hand in front of her eyes.

"Sis." Wang Sijia put down the phone and blinked at Zhao Min. "Is that handsome guy single right now?"

"Wang Sijia, are you sick? I asked you to inspect the phone system, not find a man for me." Zhao Min rubbed her forehead, sat up, and picked up the glass of water beside her.

"I'm not finding one for you. I'm finding one for myself."

"Pfft... cough, cough..."

Zhao Min sprayed all the water in her mouth across Wang Sijia's face, then pounded her chest and coughed violently. It took her quite a while to catch her breath before she glared at her.

"Are you trying to make me die faster?"

"I'm serious. Is he single?"

"You really are sick. No, he isn't."

"Sis, you moved that fast? You'd only met him for the first time." Wang Sijia jumped up and pointed at Zhao Min. "Women should be reserved. The first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar, but you went straight for him."

"Get lost. He has a girlfriend. I asked you to look at the phone system, so why are you rambling about this?" Zhao Min was nearly angered into coughing blood. After saying that, she noticed something strange about Wang Sijia. "Wang Sijia, why do you look like some old man dumped you?"

"Sis, another high-quality man is gone."

"You mean... this phone system is real?" Zhao Min pointed at the phone in Wang Sijia's hand, finding the possibility increasingly likely.

"This system is called Army Ant, which means marching ants. It should be called the Army Ant System. It's a new system, and its interface differs from Android, Apple System, and YUN OS. Sis, do you think my looks could make him dump his girlfriend and fall in love with me?"

"You spend all day trying to catch rich, handsome men." Zhao Min snatched the phone from Wang Sijia's hand and ignored her question. "You're not lying to me? It really is a new system?"

"It is a new system." Wang Sijia nodded. "The apps on the phone are Android apps. I don't know whether it was developed based on Linux, but the programming language should be JAVA, which is why it can support Android apps. Let me benchmark it."

Wang Sijia snatched the phone back from Zhao Min, dug out a data cable from Zhao Min's bag, and connected it to the computer. After turning it on, she clicked the mouse a few times and stared carefully at the screen.

Before long, Wang Sijia's mouth fell open, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Wang Sijia? Are you all right?"

"Sis, I'm going to marry him!" Wang Sijia screamed.

"She's beyond saving."

Zhao Min covered her face, not knowing what to say. Her only thought was that this girl had gone crazy, though she was already used to it.

"Sis, its benchmark score exceeded 300,000. The latest Apple S, equipped with the newest iOS and its unique Bionic Chip, only scores 250,000. Do you know what that means?"

"What does it mean?"

"This phone uses the first smart chip, and its system is optimized based on Android, but its overall performance was just a tiny bit lower than the Apple S. Now that its performance is stronger than the Apple S, it means this system is better than the Apple System. If this system is released publicly, I believe it can definitely become Android and Apple's biggest competitor."

The more Wang Sijia spoke, the more excited she became, as though the phone system belonged to her. Then she seemed to think of something and slumped onto the sofa in dejection.

"The high-quality man isn't mine, so what the hell am I happy about?"

"You're beyond saving."

Zhao Min took the phone from Wang Sijia's hand and sat speechlessly on the sofa. She had begun to worry as well, because she had made a bet with Chen Mo.

"Help me check it again. Is it really real?" Zhao Min asked uneasily.

The next day, Chen Mo got up early. After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he slung his computer bag over his shoulder and rode his bicycle toward school. Not long after he left, his phone rang.

Seeing the caller ID, Chen Mo raised an eyebrow. Zhao Min, the woman he had eaten with yesterday.

"Are you free?"

The moment he answered, Zhao Min's magnetic voice came through the phone.

"Yes."

"Meet at the usual place."

"Sure."

After hanging up, Chen Mo turned his bike around and left.

At the restaurant where they had eaten the night before, Zhao Min sat quietly drinking coffee. Only after Chen Mo sat opposite her did she pull her gaze away from the window and turn it toward him.

"How was it? Did you have a professional look at the phone?" Chen Mo asked.

"I did." Zhao Min took out the phone and handed it back to Chen Mo. "It's fake."

"All right."

Chen Mo shrugged indifferently and took the phone from Zhao Min. "Just treat it as a joke."

After saying that, he turned to leave. He did not force an explanation, because there was no need. If Zhao Min did not believe him, explaining himself forcefully would be useless.

"Wait, it seems you still owe me something." Just as he turned around, Zhao Min's voice rang out again.

Chen Mo stopped and turned around. After thinking about it, he did not seem to owe Zhao Min anything. Their eyes met, and the atmosphere froze.

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