The Dinner

That night, Gao Gong and his bionic butler arrived at their neighbor's door as promised. The bionic butler rang the doorbell.

Through the half-open windows, they could already vaguely see numerous figures inside the detached villa. Professor Yi Yun seemed to have quite an extensive network.

Soon, Yi Yun and Mrs. Yi Yun appeared at the door. Compared with the last time they had met, Mrs. Yi was visibly plumper, and her abdomen was prominently swollen. It certainly looked as though she was pregnant.

"Welcome, welcome."

"Welcome, both of you."

Gao Gong signaled for the butler to present the prepared gift. The butler had actually prepared a stack of baby clothes and said solemnly, "These are all made of the finest materials available. They are suitable for babies of any size."

"How thoughtful of you." Mrs. Yi smiled with pursed lips.

"Please, come in."

"Madam seems a little different from before." Gao Gong looked over the arranged surroundings as he spoke casually.

"Yes. After getting pregnant, I seem to have gained quite a bit of weight. I never expected that bionics could suffer from this sort of trouble as well. Ah, I suppose this is the price of giving birth to life."

"Bionics?" Gao Gong gave Mrs. Yi a strange look. "Madam is a bionic?"

Mrs. Yi seemed unable to understand Gao Gong's words. Smiling, she said, "I'm just a housewife. I follow my husband in everything."

"That's right. You can't write the character Yi with two different strokes."

The living room had been arranged for a banquet. More than a dozen pairs of bionics were chatting and conversing. Yi Yun gave his butler an instruction, then came over again and said to Gao Gong,

"Come, Brother Gao. Let me introduce you to my friends. This is TE421, a prosthetic