Chapter 5

My plan was disrupted; this prey hadn't walked obediently into the trap.

Chloe and Daniel were clearly panicking.

Daniel tried to pick up the glasses to check them, but I stopped him in time:

“Chloe said this thing is fragile. Don’t mess with it. Let her handle it when she gets back.”

He sheepishly withdrew his hand.

And Chloe? She started to bombard me with messages on SnapChat.

From initial accusations like, “What exactly did you do to Adam?”

To playing the victim and whining, “Lily, Adam is my life, I can’t live without him.”

To finally, almost incoherently, threatening me, “You don’t understand, Adam can’t be harmed! Otherwise, we’ll all regret it!”

I looked at these messages, feigning innocence as I replied:

“Chloe, are you under too much stress from your training? I think you need to calm down. Adam is just a program.”

She didn’t reply.

But I knew they wouldn’t give up.

Sure enough, that evening, after Daniel took a call, he turned to me with a grim expression:

“Lily, something came up with Chloe’s training. She’s coming back early. She’s at the airport now, asking us to pick her up and bring the glasses. She needs them urgently.”

*So eager? They’re not even bothering with the pretense anymore?*

I looked at him:

“Now? Is it that urgent?”

His eyes flickered, but his tone was unusually firm:

“Extremely urgent! She said if Adam doesn’t stabilize soon, he’ll really crash!”

I frowned, just about to find an excuse not to go.

It was then that I suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

Right after that, I fainted.

***截断点***

When I next awoke, I found myself in the passenger seat.

I instinctively reached for my pocket. *Damn it, my strong magnetic jammer was gone!*

Daniel was driving fast, looking somewhat agitated.

Seeing me awake, his eyes darted away.

“You have low blood sugar, you fainted, so I carried you to the car. We’re going to pick up Chloe together!”

My head was spinning, my brain racing.

I had no history of low blood sugar, and I felt completely weak right now, so fainting definitely wasn’t because of that.

To avoid tipping them off, I watched the night scenery rushing past the window, pretending to change the subject.

“Daniel, are you and Chloe very close?”

Daniel’s grip on the steering wheel tightened.

“Isn’t she your best friend? Of course, we’re close.”

I hummed in response.

“I just feel like you seem particularly concerned about her, and her AI boyfriend.”

The atmosphere in the car instantly solidified.

Daniel’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he explained,

“I just think this thing is pretty interesting, and you know, helping a friend.”

I didn’t press further.

The car didn’t head towards the airport. Instead, it turned onto a secluded, dimly lit road.

Seeing my expression change, Daniel stopped the car, just about to say something.

Chloe suddenly rushed out from the shadows, yanked open the car door, and dragged me out of the passenger seat.

Then she looked up, glaring at me with resentment:

“Lily, you almost ruined everything for me!”

With that, she shot a glance at Daniel, who was behind me.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Daniel get out of the car, something clutched in his hand, quietly approaching me.

Seeing him so obedient, I scoffed:

“‘Everything’? Are you talking about how you two conspired with an AI to harm me?”