Super Mothership
The next day.
“Shhh~” Nie Yun whistled, wearing an expression that said I’ve conquered the whole world as he walked out of Chu Xiaoxiao’s room.
Having crossed the stars and the seas, the two who had reunited after a long separation naturally let things take their course. Seizing the moment while Chu Xiaoxiao was flustered and intoxicated with emotion, Nie Yun successfully made it to home base.
“Sir, the hormonal levels in your body are spiking. Do you need a full-body examination?”
The little subordinate, code-named Codename, who had been waiting outside for a long time, tilted her head in puzzlement.
“Cough, cough!”
When your subordinate’s detection capabilities are too good, it can get awkward sometimes.
And what was even more awkward was that just as Nie Yun stepped out, he unexpectedly ran straight into his future mother-in-law…
The two of them immediately stared at each other, wide-eyed.
“Oh? Nie Yun, you’re here too?” Chu Feng asked in surprise.
After Chu Xiaoxiao left Earth, Chu Feng worried that her daughter might feel lonely on her own, so she had immigrated to the Moon with her long ago.
Now that the global office system had become fully virtualized, most companies’ workplaces had moved into virtual networks. Even while on the Moon, Chu Feng could still remotely command her business empire.
“Uh… Auntie Chu.” Nie Yun greeted her guiltily.
Chu Feng was far too experienced to miss it. Seeing Nie Yun coming out of her daughter’s room so early in the morning, and then looking at his expression, how could she not tell what had happened last night?
To keep their daily schedules in sync with Earth, the Moon still used Earth’s timekeeping system—and it was now 7:30 a.m.
Ah… the cabbage I raised for over ten years has finally been rooted up by someone…
Chu Feng sighed inwardly. Her expression grew conflicted for a moment, making Nie Yun feel even more awkward.
He had just “eaten” her daughter, and the very next moment the mother-in-law showed up at the door. Nie Yun felt that he must not have checked the almanac before acting—today was clearly a day when nothing went smoothly…
Eh? Wait!
As his hormones gradually settled and his IQ came back online, Nie Yun started to sense something was off.
This wasn’t right! With his mother-in-law here, how could his hyper-capable detection subordinate not have known?!
What about the promised mother-in-law early warning system?!
He looked at Codename belatedly, just in time to catch the faint curve of a smile that she had just withdrawn.
Nie Yun: “……”
Damn it! He’d been sabotaged by his own AI!
There’s no way my robot secretary could be this devious! Was the humanoid freedom parameter set too high…?
Raising a tiger only to be harmed by it!
“Well… Auntie Chu, good morning! You came to see Xiaoxiao so early? What a coincidence—I was just doing the same!” Nie Yun forced an awkward smile.
Chu Feng’s mouth twitched.
Could your acting be any faker?
“Mmm. I cooked her some porridge. Since you’re here, let’s have breakfast together.” Chu Feng said expressionlessly, lifting the thermos in her hand.
As she spoke, she was about to knock on Chu Xiaoxiao’s door.
“Auntie Chu, let me, let me!” Nie Yun instantly teleported ahead, pressing the intercom while shouting loudly.
“Xiaoxiao! Auntie Chu and I are here to see you—open the door!”
Chu Feng: “……”
After quite some time…
The door slid open, and Chu Xiaoxiao appeared before them in her home pajamas, her face slightly flushed.
There didn’t seem to be anything unusual at first glance, but as someone who’d been through it, Chu Feng could vaguely tell from Chu Xiaoxiao’s way of walking what had happened.
“Mom, you came so early.” Chu Xiaoxiao hooked her arm around Chu Feng’s, speaking in a sickeningly sweet tone.
“Mmm.” Chu Feng squeezed out a single syllable through her nose, then said meaningfully,
“I cooked some coix seed porridge—your favorite. But now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem very suitable at the moment.
If I’d known, I would’ve made some red date millet porridge instead…”
Chu Xiaoxiao’s face instantly turned bright red!
Both embarrassed and annoyed, she subtly extended her right hand—and the next moment, the soft flesh at Nie Yun’s waist suffered a tremendous twisting force…
Codename, meanwhile, acted completely at home, slurping away contentedly at the porridge on the side, eyes curved as she quietly watched the show.
……
After baring his teeth through the most awkward breakfast imaginable, Nie Yun quickly made his escape under the pretext of work.
While riding the escalator at Atlantis headquarters, Nie Yun turned his head to look at Codename, whose expression was perfectly calm.
“Have I been late paying your salary lately?”
“No. A basic salary of 30,000 Infinite Coins per month, paid in full.”
Codename checked her little stash—down to six decimal places—then shook her head honestly.
“Good. Then for this month, next month, and the month after that, please set your performance metrics to zero.”
Codename: “……”
The boss was furious and was about to dock her bonus.
“Boss, listen to my explanation…”
Codename tried to save herself.
It all started on Codename’s birthday…
Ever since she acquired the mechanical insect body of a perfectly simulated lifeform, Codename gained the five human senses—naturally including taste.
Just like Captain Barbossa after becoming undead, who went crazy over biting apples… cough! Food.
From that day on, Codename completely became a captive of gourmet cuisine, and under Nie Yun’s command appeared an ultra–top-tier foodie!
Whether it was Michelin-level delicacies or instant noodles and spicy strips, anything Codename set her sights on would inevitably become part of a long shopping-cart list.
Although she was a super-intelligence controlling billions of machines—and strictly speaking, half Nie Yun’s “daughter”—Nie Yun had absolutely no intention of spoiling her.
Yes! Only by aligning with humans in all aspects could she become more human-like—and that naturally included earning her own keep…
Thus, Codename obtained her very first salary card.
And ever since Nie Yun saw Codename’s food expenditure list, he decisively implemented an internal reform of the catering benefits system.
A fixed monthly food allowance—no more free meals provided.
For everyone else, this change had little impact.
For Codename, it was a bolt from the blue.
A monthly salary of 30,000 Infinite Coins was undoubtedly a huge sum with staggering purchasing power—but it was still no match for a bottomless mechanical foodie.
“Fine. Explain yourself.” Nie Yun crossed his arms and looked at Codename with a cold sneer.
Codename started sweating a little and activated her super quantum computing assistance, analyzing the current situation. She searched through a massive soap-opera database for similar scenarios, trying to find the most reasonable explanation to move her boss—most importantly, to preserve her three months’ worth of bonuses.
The next second, Codename’s expression turned tragic.
Award-winning actress mode: activated!
At this moment, Codename was not fighting alone!
All the second female leads stood with her, and together they shouted out her true feelings!
“Actually… I’ve always liked you!”
Nie Yun: “？？？！！！”
Nie Yun was completely dumbfounded.
“This is all because of jealousy! Jealousy drives people mad—jealousy causes artificial intelligence programs to malfunction, Boss!” Codename said with a totally-not-my-fault expression, expertly shifting the blame.
Nie Yun: “……”
Mechanical insect: “……” (lll￢ω￢)
No—you’re just being deliberately devious and stirring up trouble.
TL Note- Calculated jealousy....
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