Wen Bai suddenly stopped, waiting impatiently for his robot. "575, let's go."
575 finally released Sun Qi and strode to catch up.
Sun Qi tried to follow, but a dull pain shot through his wrist. He looked down and saw that the spot where the robot had grabbed him was already swollen.
He stopped in his tracks.
Gou Zhe watched the person pestering Wen Bai, only to be met with Wen Bai's blatant disgust, his eyes filled with unconcealed mockery.
This was a public engagement, a so-called true love?
Meanwhile, Wen Bai, on his way to the private room, seemed to suddenly remember something and asked, "What was this person's ending in the original world?"
System 001 whispered in Wen Bai's ear, "He died before receiving the inheritance left by the original host. He was attacked by a runaway robot, but the police never found the rogue machine."
Wen Bai nodded and asked no more.
After the previous world, Wen Bai had discovered that certain plotlines for specific characters in the original world, without external interference, would not change.
And this kind of person.
Wen Bai glanced back coldly at the other person from the corner.
Destined to die, there was no point in wasting his time.
Sun Qi felt a chill crawl up his spine at Wen Bai's gaze.
Wen Bai withdrew his attention and continued towards the private room with his robot.
-
By the time they returned to the private room, everyone was drunk.
These people had deliberately waited for Wen Bai to return.
Only when Wen Bai and Gou Zhe returned, one after the other, did the celebration officially conclude.
There was supposed to be a second round, but Wen Bai had no intention of going.
Others, some still excitedly shouting to go for a second round.
It seemed that with the female lead not present, the plot had shifted, and the runaway robot had not appeared.
Director Li and Old Zhang were both heavily intoxicated, leaning on each other.
It was unbearable to watch.
Gou Zhe was still talking with his agent.
Wen Bai simply abandoned everyone and left with 575.
Wen Bai opened the private room door, leaving the entire group behind.
They walked directly into the elevator, the doors closed, and the elevator began to descend.
However, before it reached the first floor, the elevator doors opened mid-descent. No one entered, and no one was waiting outside.
The elevator seemed to be malfunctioning, opening and closing repeatedly, repeatedly...
It never resumed its descent.
After pressing the elevator buttons a few times with no response, Wen Bai and 575 got out.
When Wen Bai emerged, he found that all the adjacent elevators were experiencing the same issue.
Wen Bai decisively decided to take the elevator at the other end of the hotel.
This floor was dedicated to banquet halls, with only one hall per floor.
To reach the other elevator, they had to walk through the banquet hall on this floor, which had a very wide corridor outside.
Wen Bai and 575 stepped out of the elevator and headed straight for the corridor.
As they passed the entrance to the banquet hall, coincidentally, there was a "bang" – the sound of fireworks exploding.
Colorful streamers and confetti rained down.
There were also sounds of people cheering in front of them.
Wen Bai walked along, turning his head at the sudden noise.
Beside him, the tall and handsome robot, with its blue eyes, stared straight ahead at its master, as if unaffected by anything.
Wen Bai stopped, and 575 stopped with him.
Someone shouted, "Come on, kiss! Kiss!"
Others joined in.
Gradually, everyone was shouting.
Wen Bai turned his head to see a woman smiling blissfully, extending her hand and nodding.
The man, kneeling on one knee, held up a half-opened box.
After she nodded, the man excitedly picked up the item from the box.
A ring was carefully placed by the man on the woman's left ring finger.
The man seemed overjoyed, standing up, spinning the woman around, and then, amidst the cheers of the crowd, they shared a deep and passionate kiss.
It happened in a very short period.
Yet, everything seemed to unfold in slow motion.
After a brief pause, Wen Bai turned his head and continued towards his destination – the elevator at the other end.
He didn't notice the tall robot, which was a few steps behind and hadn't quite caught up.
575 was currently watching the couple, who were lost in a passionate embrace.
The robot's artificial eardrums twitched, and the various sounds from the hall entered its ears clearly, processed by its brain.
"Ah! The proposal was finally successful!"
"Next is the engagement, right!"
"They'll probably get married directly~"
"I hope they can be together forever!"
"So enviable, only blessings for us single dogs."
"They've been together for a long time, so this isn't unexpected."
...
A cacophony of voices flooded in.
The tall robot noticed the fading footsteps. He turned his head, watched his master's receding back, and then strode to catch up.
Fortunately, the elevators on this side were not malfunctioning.
Wen Bai and 575 took the elevator to the first floor. As they walked towards the main entrance, they saw that someone had already noticed the problem with the other elevators; staff had placed "Elevator Under Repair" signs at the entrance to the elevators on the other side of the first floor.
Just as Wen Bai and 575 reached the main entrance, before they could leave, a staff member approached them.
The staff member held a delicate gift bag and said politely, "Hello, esteemed guest. This is our hotel's latest fruit wine, not yet officially on sale. We are currently giving it away as a gift for our 40th-anniversary celebration. All guests who patronize us recently will receive such a gift. This is yours, please take it."
Saying this, the staff member took out a remarkably luxurious gift box from the bag and opened it to show Wen Bai.
It was a large box containing only a 200ml bottle of fruit wine.
Wen Bai initially intended to decline, but he took a glance.
Judging by his discerning eye for food, the fruit wine seemed quite good.
"Alright," Wen Bai replied.
575 immediately stepped forward from Wen Bai's side and took the gift bag.
-
It was very late when they returned home.
After washing up, Wen Bai went downstairs.
Ever since he accidentally discovered that 575 also watched television, his solitary activity of watching food shows had become a pre-sleep ritual for both him and 575.
Wen Bai, in his slippers, tiptoed down the stairs and into the living room.
As expected, he found a figure sitting upright on the sofa – a dark silhouette.
The entire living room was dark, with only the television reflecting light.
The tall, handsome robot had already turned on the TV and was watching intently.
Wen Bai walked over and turned on the living room lights, restoring brightness to the space.