After coming out of the hospital after completing all the formalities, Ke Qinghe suddenly felt that he had returned to the state he was in twenty years ago. At that time, I had the courage to move forward, so I was thriving in my career. Courage and courage are necessary, so I will be decisive to do what I decide.

Aya was right, he had wasted twenty years of his time. Even if I don't live for twenty years, at least I've missed a lot in those years. Missing out on friends, loved ones, and the development of the world.

He threw the car keys into Lucy's hand: "You can drive." ”

Lucy took the key, and she was a little puzzled for a moment, because Ke Qinghe had rejected her many times.

"What are you hesitating about?" Ke Qinghe was already in the co-pilot, "Now that you are mine, I am no longer at ease with you, then I am also skeptical of my decision." ”

Lucy laughed, "Okay, Mr. Ke. ”

After getting in the car, she naturally fastened her seat belt, and didn't forget to check Ke Qinghe's.

"Mr. Ke, please sit tight, I'm going to get ready to drive."

"Let's go, let's go." Ke Qinghe was in a good mood, "In the future, we can just talk like normal people, you are too polite to see the outside." ”

"Mr. Ke, but I'm your robot, and I have to show more respect than you."

"Okay, okay." Ke Qinghe leaned back comfortably on the seat, "Just do it in moderation." ”

He was free, and he didn't even have to listen to the rattling of the navigation. Lucy drove quite steadily, allowing him to enjoy the world outside the window with satisfaction.

"I've really never seen the scenery like this on the road." Ke Qinghe said, "These buildings are so high, I really don't know who would choose such a tall house." Wouldn't the person who lived on the roof be starved of oxygen? ”

"Mr. Ke, every house will be equipped with a natural circulation system, which can not only purify the air, but also improve the temperature and humidity of the room, and cooperate with timely evolution to carry out disinfection and sterilization......"

"Okay, it's too professional, I'm not interested." Ke Qinghe gently interrupted her, "You don't have to be so official when you speak, I still like to communicate like a normal person." ”

"Mr. Ke, my instruction manual has been transferred to your computer and mobile phone, and you can check the settings at any time and set your preferences."

Ke Qinghe was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Okay, I'll go back and take a look." ”

He continued to look out the window: "The world is moving so fast, I don't even know if I really belong to this world. He suddenly remembered Aya's theory, "If I hadn't chosen to sleep, maybe the world I was in would still be the same as usual." ”

Lucy glanced at him and didn't answer.

"You just saw me?" Ke Qinghe asked in surprise.

"Yes, Mr. Ke." Lucy continued to look ahead and drive.

"You're looking at me." Ke Qinghe should be surprised and delighted, "I know that you must be rigorous in doing things, but I found that you are very different, your eyes, words, and even movements will be more humane, and you will have emotional communication with me." ”

Lucy was silent for a moment, as if organizing language: "Mr. Ke, because I am a medical robot, I must empathize with patients. ”

"No, it's not that simple." Ke Qinghe shook his head, "You've actually been guiding me all along. ”

Ke Qinghe looked at Lucy's perfect side, it should be said that this is an impeccable robot, almost completely copied from a human.

"You are very close to me, help me, first let me take you out of the hospital, and then let me buy you out, these are actually what you want me to do for you."

Lucy remained silent, still driving smoothly.

"It doesn't matter, though." Ke Qinghe turned his head and continued to look out the window, "You are the first person I woke up to see, you have taken care of me for so long, and I should fulfill your wishes." ”

"Mr. Ke." She finally spoke, "I'm a nurse, and taking care of people is supposed to be what I do. ”

Ke Qinghe smiled: "No, at this time, you should also thank me, I fulfilled your wish, didn't I?" ”

Lucy's expressionless face smiled, "Thank you, Mr. Ke. ”

"You're welcome." Ke Qinghe replied.

The car drove in the direction of home, weaving through the cold buildings. If the world becomes cold, then at least there are people who can warm each other.

……

The rest of his life was extremely free for both Ke Qinghe and Lucy.

He doesn't have to worry about what time to take his medication every day, he doesn't have to face tests, and he doesn't have to eat the foods that make him sick. Of course, he doesn't do what he wants, at least Lucy prepares him with recipes every day and actively works hard to protect his health.

They already got along so well that he didn't think of her as a robot at all, except for the nightly charging accident. He even asks that Lucy sit face-to-face with him and chat with him every time he eats, and not really think of herself as a babysitter.

And there is another happy thing in life, and that is to get along with Aya.

They go out together, coffee, restaurant, cinema. He had also been to Aya's apartment and seen the paintings she had painted.

When they met eye contact, he could feel a strong electric current running through his body.

"I think you're like a robot." He looked at Aya and muttered.

"Why?" Aya pouted, "I'm a real person." ”

"Well, then why do I get electrocuted every time I see you?"

Ke Qinghe's words made Aya scream: "Ah! I didn't expect you to be such a flamboyant person! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, I was really electrocuted by you."

The joyful voices of two people filled the room. Ke Qinghe casually flipped through Aya's works, and the room also exuded a faint smell of turpentine.

"Where did you get these paintings?" He asked, flipping through it.

"It's all from the person who ordered it." Aya replied, "They'll send me the original drawings and let me draw them in the size they want." When I'm done, I'll send it to them. ”

"Hmm." Ke Qinghe looked at the paintings, "These paintings are very artistic, I can't understand them." ”

"It's their personal preference, I just need to paint."

"Huh?" Ke Qinghe found a special painting, he picked it up and looked at it carefully, "Where is this painting?" ”

Aya leaned over and looked, "I don't know." ”

The painting depicts a wilderness, with yellow earth occupying one-third of the picture, and at the far end of the picture, a modern city full of high-rise buildings, like a person in the distance, looking at the city.

"Like a wild land that doesn't look like a legend?" Ke Qinghe asked.

Aya smiled indifferently and accepted the painting: "Maybe." Over the years, many people have asked to paint some landscapes, the sea, the grassland, and even the sky. She put the painting back in its place, "because you want what you want if you don't have anything." ”

"So, doesn't anyone take the initiative to go out and see the outside world?"

"The outside world?" Aya looked at him in surprise, "Now everyone wants to stay in there forever, no one will go out again." ”

"But in this case, isn't it just keeping yourself in captivity?" Ke Qinghe felt a little incredible, "Maybe when you walk out of this city, there will be the sea and grassland outside?" ”

Aya looked at him, looked down and laughed.

"Do you think I'm naïve? I really don't know the world right now. ”

"Nope." Aya looked up, "I've had the same thought too. ”

"Really?" Ke Qinghe was pleasantly surprised.

"yes." Aya replied, "I've been living in the city for a long time and have never gone out, there is no information about the outside world, all my fantasies come from there. ”

She pulled Ke Qinghe to sit down on the sofa, and the two of them leaned together, looking at the paintings on the wall, and talking.

"You've been here twenty years ago, so you must know very well what the world was like, right?" Aya's head slowly rested on Ke Qinghe's shoulder, and the fragrance of the shampoo was particularly good. "Is there a sea and a prairie there?"

"Absolutely." Ke Qinghe smelled the fragrance of her hair, "We can go anywhere, without any hindrance." ”

"If there is a time machine, I may be able to follow you back to another time and live an ordinary life." Aya fantasizes, "You don't have to be confined to this city. ”

"Why is it called the Savage Lands? Or...... What about radiation belts? Ke Qinghe asked, "How unbearable is it that people can't avoid it?" ”

He remembered that he had wanted to know something, but all the clues that could be learned ended up leaving a blank page and being forbidden.

"Who knows, maybe it's not like the rumors."

Ke Qinghe looked at Aya in surprise, and Aya smiled and added his words: "Maybe there is a paradise over there, beautiful and rich, with green mountains and green waters, which is completely absent here." ”

"How could you imagine that?" Ke Qinghe was surprised.

"Of course I imagine that." Aya smiled and said, "Didn't you say, I'm an artist?" It's normal to be imaginative. ”

"If it's a beautiful place, why deceive everyone?"

"Perhaps, the city is a cage surrounded by high technology." Aya straightened up, "Trapping people inside, it looks like people are enjoying the convenience brought by technology, but in fact, everyone has been kidnapped by technology, and they can't leave it, and they can't escape." ”

Ke Qinghe just looked at the woman in front of him in surprise, and every word she said touched his heartstrings.

"So, the marginals reject these things, but don't want to go back to the wilderness?"

"Quite possibly." Aya nodded.

"I don't really understand that, but I'm starting to enjoy it now." Ke Qinghe sighed.

"Do you want to run away?" Aya asked him with a smile.

"Run?" Ke Qinghe was taken aback by her again, "Where to escape?" ”

"We can leave the city together, leave this mechanical world, no matter what we face in the future, at least, we can really feel the world and ourselves."

Ke Qinghe looked at the glint in Aya's eyes, and he was in this warm room, so comfortable that he didn't want to leave.