Unlike the rest of their family, Ketchup and Bacon were both artificial intelligence beings. As long as nothing catastrophic happened in the future, the two of them could live on forever. They were basically immortals.
Jin Liwei’s paternal instincts couldn’t help but feel upset at the kind of life his two AI children would experience in the future after the rest of their family still alive today were gone. Would Ketchup and Bacon have to watch all of their loved ones grow old and die one by one? He couldn’t imagine the full extent of sadness and loneliness that kind of life the two cat AIs would feel.
"Father, Bacon is sorry," his cat AI’s son’s small voice interrupted his increasingly troubled thoughts.
Jin Liwei forced himself to focus on the present but not before making a mental note to discuss his worries about their AI children with his wife.
"Bacon feels calmer now," the black cat AI said. "Mother is right. I misunderstood Father. Money is not everything. Family is more important. Bacon apologizes for accusing Father of treating me poorly. I was wrong. Father loves all of us, your children. Bacon promises to listen to my parents more, to behave, and to not be too naughty, so that the money I worked so hard to earn and the monthly allowance Father and Mother give me will stay in my savings account where it belongs until I choose to spend it."
"Good that you know how to reflect on your actions," Jin Liwei replied in a gentle yet still firm tone. "I’m proud of you, Bacon. Sometimes you may feel that I’m too strict with you but I hope that you’ll always remember that I’m only doing this for what I believe is for your own good. All your mother and I care about is for all of you, our children, to grow up properly and live with as little regret in life as possible."
"Bacon is still young so I don’t fully understand Father’s words, but yes, I will try to always remember. Does Father forgive Bacon?"
Jin Liwei chuckled. "Of course, I forgive you. You’re my son."
Bacon’s golden eyes glowed brightly, no longer wet with tears. His tail swished from side to side a couple of times before rotating like a helicopter’s rotor blades. "Thank you, Father."
Iris’ delighted laughter flowed out of the speakers like a refreshing cool breeze. "I’m glad that the two of you father and son made up."
"The cute and mighty Ketchup is super-duper happy, too! Ketchup wishes that Daddy and my little kitty brother Bacon get along always because we’re one big happy family! Right, Mommy? Meow~"
"You’re right, Ketchup." Iris chuckled but stopped.
Then they heard Dom’s distant voice through the loudspeaker. Iris and Dom spoke for a few seconds.
"Sorry, darling and babies. I need to go now. I’m going to head to Orchidia Beauty and meet up with Brother Chonglin there to do the final checks of our preparations for the upcoming launch of his men’s line."
"Alright, love. Always take care of yourself. I want to see a safe and healthy wife at home later tonight."
"Don’t worry, Daddy! The cute and mighty Ketchup will accompany Mommy on her trip to Orchidia Beauty and make sure that she and my twin human siblings are safe! Meow~"
"Good. Do that."
"Aye aye, Daddy! Meow~"
Iris laughed. The husband and wife spoke some lovey-dovey words before ending the call.
"Father, Bacon wants to accompany Mother, too. Can I go? I will return here to help Big Sister Ketchup reinforce the company’s security system and defend against the hacking attacks after making sure Mother arrives safely at Orchidia Beauty."
"En." Jin Liwei waved his hand in a go-ahead gesture.
"Thank you, Father. Bacon is lucky to have not only a classy mother but also a classy father. I will go now. Goodbye."
Bacon disappeared. Unlike Ketchup who had the ability to basically be everywhere she wanted, Bacon couldn’t perform multiple tasks at the same time very well. Helping fortify Jin Corporation’s powerful security system was a high-difficulty task, so Bacon would need 100% of his focus on it.
However, Jin Liwei wasn’t in a hurry to get his AI son to work. Ketchup was still able to handle things by herself for now, not to mention that both Gu Chang and Diao Yijue were there to help oversee the company’s security system. Besides, Jin Liwei also wanted to make sure that his wife arrived safely to her destination.
After all of that had been settled, he asked Ketchup to call Gu Chang and Diao Yijue who were both still waiting patiently outside the door to return to the control room so that they could continue their meeting.
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