Master, I Need Charging

“Ruan Ruan,” he called out.

Even he did not realize how gentle he sounded.

The black-colored cat ears shook a little after a while, and some scuffling sounds could be heard coming from behind the cartons as if someone was trying to stand up. A thin layer of dust scattered off the cupboards with the movements.

He waited patiently and finally saw Gu Anbao’s showing half of her face as she tried to stretch her torso out for a look.

She saw her master and cried forlornly, ” Chen Yuheng, I’m broken…”

There were no tears. It was just a feeble cry for help, much like a kitten whimpering…

For some unknown reason, when the man heard her voice, his agitation seemed to gradually subside and instead, there was an impulse to break into a chuckle…

He walked over, rounded the pile of worn-out cardboard cartons to find the dust-layered robot sitting at the back. Stooping down to look at her at eye-level, he reached out to wipe away the dirt on her face. “You aren’t broken, you just ran out of battery.”

She was stunned.

No battery…?

And she thought she was broken! That was why she hurriedly found a place to hide in case the old scrap collector came to drag her away!

So this was the reason… she was out of battery!

“Although, you shouldn’t run out of battery so soon.” He reached for the button on the nape of her neck and pressed twice. There was no beeping sound heard. This meant that even the back-up battery was about to die off, too. “There should be enough battery power to last for half a month. Did you do any taxing activities?”

Erm…

She looked at him, startled. After pausing for a while, she whispered, “Is… running counted?”

“Yes,” he nodded, “how far did you run?”

“I… I don’t know…” At that time, she was too scared to consider how far. However, the sun had set after that… so she would suppose that she had run for a long while…

The man asked again, “So, did you come here on foot?”

She nodded.

He chuckled. “No wonder there isn’t any power left… From the production base to here, you have walked at least 150 kilometers.”

She lowered her head… Did this mean that he has found out that she had run away…

The phone rang all of a sudden…

He picked up the call.

“President Chen, the robot has run out of power. We lost her location on the map.”

“It’s fine. I’ve found her. You go back to the office to get ready now, I’ll bring her back.”

After putting down the phone, he looked at the robot, which was still in a state of shock, and asked, “Are you able to stand up?”

She struggled to stand up but alas, other than shaking off the layer of dust on her, she was unable to move an inch from the dirty pile.

She could only hang her sorry-looking face and looked at him pitifully.

He shook his head in resignation and yet, seemed to be stifling a laugh as he reached out for her back and knees…

Taken aback, she hurriedly exclaimed, “No! I’m… I’m too heavy!”

Before she could finish her sentence, she was carried in his arms.

Oh my god…

He’s so strong…

She looked at him unbelievably.

The structure of the robotic body was basically made of metal. Right now, she weighed at least 170 to 180 kilograms… She did not expect him to be able to carry her!

He hugged and carried her all the way to the car, put her down, opened the car door and lifted her onto the seat. After that, he pulled a USB cable from the car to attach to her for charging.

“How did you end up in such a mess?” He asked quietly as he found a wet tissue to wipe her face.

She dared not move for fear of tugging the charging wire. As she sat obediently on the companion seat beside the driver’s seat for him to wipe her face, she muttered, “I was afraid that someone would take me away… so I went to hide… I knew that place was dirty but I could not find a better spot…”

After wiping her face clean, his two fingers picked lightly at a tear along the hemline and asked smilingly, “Then, what about this?”

She opened her mouth… but was unable to give an answer.

He reckoned that she had torn her skirt and stocking when she fell so he did not press her for a reply. As he was about to start the car, he caught a quick glance of her bra strap, half-exposed at the collar…

Before she could react, he plucked at the strap and with a light tug, her bra slipped off her torso as he easily pulled it off from her collar…

She was thoroughly shocked…

Within two seconds, her face was so red that one could not tell the difference from a cooked lobster!

On the other hand, the man’s face had sunk quite deep, however. Looking at the torn bra strap, he asked eerily, “What happened?”

Can a bra strap be cut by a fall? Obviously someone has tugged and pulled it off!

She sucked her lips and refused to talk.

Maintaining a sullen silence for some time, a thought seemed to strike him suddenly as he threw aside the bra and turned to flip up her skirt for a closer examination!

She almost exploded with mortification! Desperately holding onto the hemline, she screamed in utter embarrassment, “No! He didn’t…!”

She regretted her action the moment the words left her mouth.

“He?” He fixed his pensive orbs on her. “Who was he?”

She dared not look into his eyes. Looking down, she explained softly, “… It was a misunderstanding. The director… thought that… I’m that kinda SOL11 model…”

His face darkened instantly! Smashing his fist against the back of her car seat, the force was so great that it shook even the sunny doll¹ hanging inside the car.

Disgust welled up inside him as if he had swallowed a fly alive!

“Where did he touch you?” He asked, trying his best to suppress his anger.

“He… he…” she was terrified by his strong reaction and stammered along, “… pushed me to the tabletop, so I… picked up an ashtray… and hit him…”

As she was speaking, she recalled how the man had lay motionless on the floor and shuddered in fear. Then she added, “Then he stopped moving… he was bleeding, too… I… did I kill a man…?”

He sniggered when he heard that.

That man didn’t die.

A well-known director would surely stir up a storm if he were to collapse suddenly. And furthermore, Shen Xinran had kept to the schedule on the production set as usual. This meant that not only was the man not dead, but his injury was not serious at all.

“Hit harder next time,” he retorted coldly.

She gave a slow and difficult nod this time.

Satisfied, he turned around to start the car with his face still sullen.

As the car moved along, she sat in her seat and finally understood what he meant…

That man… did not die…

She had not killed anyone!

She had not killed anyone!

Haha! I… didn’t… kill… the… man…

Her heavy heart relaxed finally, and a smile broke out on her face.

This is really good news… I don’t have to worry about being complained…

“Are you happy to know that he isn’t dead?” he asked her sarcastically.

She held a doleful smile as she shook her head. “Not very happy.”

In her heart, she was thinking: Of course, I’m happy to know that I won’t be sent back to the factory for destruction…

The man suddenly stopped the car without warning!

The brake was so sudden that she was thrown forward and hit her forehead on the window screen.

PONG!