The package has assigned me way too many objects.

Their brains received a series of data and finally determined that the doll's physical functions had initially met the requirements, except that the doll's hair color was white, unlike their AI humanoid design.

"70KG, that's the lightest weight we can achieve under normal conditions, right?" Fu Xi, with her long white hair, stood up, her flawless white feet stepping on the cold floor. A ripple of electricity spread across the floor as she received the weighing information.

Just as mobile phones are constantly advancing in terms of increasing functionality and reducing body weight, AI is also making progress in the research and development of doll models.

“If we cut off the muscles in the hips and thighs and shape the body into a chopstick shape, we might be able to lose even more weight,” Qilin said expressionlessly. She shook her hair, manipulated the mechanical arm to tie her hair into a ponytail, and then projected a piece of clothing onto her body using a holographic projection.

"That's deformed, isn't it? The current design was finalized after spending a lot of money to buy hundreds of aesthetic research papers." Fu Xi was quite satisfied with this batch of doll bodies, while also thinking about how things were going with Heinrich.

Although the dolls were just experimental products from the previous batches, if they are not retrieved soon, the Qilin will find out.

"Fu Xi, what's the reason for the missing body from the warehouse? What did you do with it?"

Okay, it's been discovered... Fu Xi can only give a brief explanation:

"The Heinrich family had plans for a coming-of-age ceremony for their child. I gave your body to Chu Yinan to complete the ceremony, retaining only the reproductive module. Afterwards, bodily fluids can be extracted for a medical examination."

The concept of a reproductive module sounds sophisticated, but it doesn't actually replace a woman's ability to give birth. It merely mimics the existence of a certain organ; it doesn't have any nurturing function. To put it bluntly, it's just a... bionic cup that incorporates advanced technology.

The loss of the doll body could lead to technology leakage and misuse, but if only the complete reproductive module is retained, then there is not too much to worry about.

Qilin accepted the legitimate reason of "extracting bodily fluids for a physical examination," but there was one thing she didn't understand!

"Why use my doll body instead of yours?"

The two curvaceous, white-haired beauties stared at each other silently for a long while before Fu Xi finally gave a troll-like answer.

"Chu Yinan said you usually scold him harshly, and on your coming-of-age ceremony, you'll use your body to prove your growth."

"...I'm going to retrieve the doll's body tonight, don't interfere."

"No problem~ Would you like to turn on a sensory simulation while you're at it, and see how the excitement feedback from reproductive behavior is expressed as electronic signals?"

"No need, that kind of research is unnecessary."

*

On Monday after the weekend, students should have been recharged after resting, but instead they were even more tired. The first math class was like a soporific tea, with most of them drowsy.

The math teacher was quite speechless about this, and would cough every now and then, or call on a few drowsy students to stand up and wake them up.

But as soon as get out of class ended, many people perked up again, perhaps because they had slept enough during class.

Martin walked over to Chu Yinan's spot and started chatting with the others. He held a bottle of ice water he had just bought and pressed it against his face to refresh himself. Of course, he also generously brought a bottle for Chu Yinan and Lian Xiu as well.

"I was so sleepy in class, but luckily I managed to sneak in a ten-minute nap, and now I feel a bit more awake." Martin said, his eyes still heavy with sleep, his words very convincing.

Chu Yinan originally intended to find Teacher Yizhi, but since these two guys showed up, he put his plan aside and complained to them:

"You guys have such a terrible sleep schedule! I didn't go to bed until almost midnight last night, and I wasn't as tired as you guys."

"Sleeping at midnight? Are you trying to be healthy? I've been going to bed at 3 a.m. since I started my day off on Friday. There's a new event coming out recently, and I haven't forgotten to grind in the Ancient Battlefield while I'm doing my part-time job." Martin said dismissively.

However, compared to his slight depression when he broke up with his girlfriend last time, "Martin Single" who now spends his time playing games is much more cheerful.

Lian Xiu politely declined Martin's offer of iced water, pointing instead to the goji berries in his thermos. "Thanks, bro. I'm already replenishing my body, so I won't drink the iced water."

"What's wrong with you? You look so weak?!" Martin stared incredulously at his thermos.

"I spent the whole of Sunday with my girlfriend, plus watching movies, shopping, and completing a dating task. By 1 a.m. before going to bed, after five rounds, I was almost completely drained. My girlfriend is quite skilled; she moved her waist so much that I almost collapsed." The long weekend was both painful and enjoyable.

Chu Yinan was very pleased to hear this news. Lianxiu had actually helped him complete one of the four dating task quotas, and now he only needed to complete the last one.

"Hey, Chu Yinan is so much better, carefree. Let me tell you, don't be envious. You might not realize how happy you are now, but the day you're unlucky enough to be matched with someone else, you'll really wish you could break up right there." Martin earnestly advised him not to let this "long weekend" mess with his mind.

Chu Yinan thought to herself, "I understand the logic. Once you see how awesome these companion dolls are, you probably won't even think about finding someone to keep you company anymore."

The high-end product Heinrich bought for him, wow! Chu Yinan checked it in various ways but couldn't find any difference from the real thing. He couldn't feel the "fakeness" of silicone at all. Even the layer of fat under the skin was made perfectly. It wasn't dry and the moisture was replenished in a timely manner.

I've heard that in the deep web controlled by gray AI, these dolls are traded as highly profitable contraband in some areas. I wonder if those dolls are any different from the one he used last night.

After chatting for a few minutes, the trio parted ways. Martin and Lianxiu couldn't stay awake any longer and went back to sleep. The next class was their homeroom teacher's class, and if they weren't alert, something bad might happen.

Chu Yinan checked the time and realized he didn't have time to go find Teacher Yizhi, so he simply sat down and played on his phone—his old one, of course. He'd used the new phone as a walking stick at the port, and now he tried to avoid showing it to anyone.

"Hmm? A message from Miss Mandy before get out of class ended? Last time, she and Shibuya almost caught me red-handed in the men's restroom." Chu Yinan sighed and opened the message to confirm its contents.

[Mandy: You're done with get out of class, right? If you saw this message in time, could you give me a call?]

A call from the police superintendent? Hehe~ I can use this as an excuse to skip class and say I'm cooperating with an investigation!

[Chu Yinan: Miss Mandy, wait a minute! I've already mastered the material for next class. I'm going to ask the teacher for a ten-minute break. Please tell me more later!]

Mandy's original intention was not to disturb his normal class time, but now that he says he has learned it, we'll let him be.

Mandy: Okay, call me when you're done.

Chapter 30: Just Missing the Correct Answer

"Didn't we agree to meet over the weekend? Why did you suddenly cancel?"

As expected, before Chu Yinan could even ask for a ten-minute leave, he was asked this question first. Fortunately, judging from his tone, Ms. Iori was not angry.

"My family kept me here. A family member who usually lives away from home came back, so they wouldn't let me go out. Ms. Iori, how about we reschedule our meeting?"

“Since it’s a long-awaited family reunion, there’s really no other way. Next time, if anything happens, remember to call and let us know, otherwise, like last time, you’ll be so busy playing on your phone that you won’t even notice the bus route has gone astray.” The female teacher accepted Chu Yinan’s explanation.

Speaking of family gatherings, Chu Yinan thought of how his three unscrupulous elders dragged him into the attic room for a lesson after school yesterday. Even now, thinking about it made him cringe, especially since Yan Liu had mischievously pointed to a certain part of his body and made Chu Yinan loudly pronounce its scientific name.

It's unbearable to look back...

"I'll be more careful next time, but the kidnappers were prepared that time. Even if I realized the route was wrong, I couldn't call for help. In the end, I had to just wait for rescue."

"That's true." Iori Risa glanced at the small alarm clock on her desk; it was almost time for class. "Class starts in two minutes. What did you come to see me for?"

"It's about taking leave. I'd like to ask for about ten to fifteen minutes off. The police station staff called me, probably to check on the case or something."

"It's been so long, do we still have to continue the investigation? That must be exhausting. Okay, you can make a call from my desk in a bit. The teachers here are all in class, so you won't have to go through the trouble of finding an empty classroom."

"Thank you, teacher!"

"Hmm!" Iori Risa patted Chu Yinan's head and left the office to go to class.

*

*

"Hey! Miss Mandy, what's up?"

There was no one else in the office, but Chu Yinan still kept her voice down. Mandy was probably not at the police station; she could hear some background noise, likely from some outdoor restaurant by the roadside where people could chat.

[Mandy: Since you call Shibuya Gyoi "older sister," there's no need to be so formal with me.]

"Little Mandy, what do you want?" Chu Yinan teased.

Mandy immediately fell silent. This brat was really asking for a beating. It was a good thing we weren't talking face to face, or I would have taught him a lesson.

[Mandy: Stop joking around, you little rascal with such a broad mind. Shibuya and I have run into something frustrating lately, let me tell you, see if you have any ideas.]

Chu Yinan listened patiently and thought to herself that it was indeed about the Tiansheng Square incident. The way Chu Yinan had gotten away back then must have frustrated them for a long time.

However, Chu Yinan didn't expect Mandy to come directly to him. Back then, the prosecutors in the prosecutor's office had left him with an impression of being arrogant, and it was indeed a loss of face to seek help from outsiders for case-handling matters. But when he thought of Mandy's unruly dark circles, he could understand.

Are there no security cameras outside?

[Mandy: No one would install a camera facing the bathroom ventilation window from that location; the surveillance efficiency is too low.]

"Are the ventilation windows really that small?"

Mandy's voice trailed off, and you could vaguely hear her asking the person next to her, "Yi, how can you describe how small that window is in a more intuitive way?"

"Only someone of Chu Yinan's size can fit in and out."

[Mandy: You little rascal, did you hear what Shibuya Giri said just now?]

Hello, what she just said is the correct answer, that's me.

"Could it be that someone is born with osteoporosis? The kind where the body can shrink a lot. There's no other way, right? You can't just flush yourself down the toilet."

[Mandy: Osteochondrosis?]

Mandy couldn't quite accept this explanation, but as Chu Yinan said, there really wasn't a better one.

The bathroom only had two exits: the main entrance and the ventilation shaft, making it a kind of enclosed space. If you had to nitpick, you could only say the sewer was the exit. I can't fathom how a rather burly man managed to escape from there.

"Has the man you're looking for done anything wrong? Why are you looking for him?" Chu Yinan tried to calm the two down, since no law-abiding citizen would like to be watched by a police superintendent.

[Mandy: It's simply suspicious. If he had nothing to hide, why would he avoid the investigation and choose to run away? And how do you know I was asking about a man? I didn't mention that we were looking for a male.]

Dry!

Chu Yinan racked his brains and came up with an explanation for his rashness: "It's probably a developmental issue. If it's a woman, many women who have practiced yoga can flexibly perform various poses, and they naturally have smaller frames. So it's usually only a male's physique that can confuse you like this."

Mandy: Yeah, that's true. It's been so long since we last met. Want me to take you out for some fun?

This should be considered small talk, to avoid being misunderstood as just polite words used to treat the other person as a tool.

"Do Mandy and Shibuya have any ideas about changing their underwear? Are you planning to buy an expensive set? I have an internship assignment here, you can share a set!" Chu Yinan was still thinking about her internship assignment.

The more customers you have, the better.

[Mandy: Before we got to know each other, I never realized you were so annoying. Who buys lingerie in bulk? Even if your company's lingerie is expensive, it's not at a price I can't afford. Next time you're bored on the weekend, come hang out with us. I won't bother you in class anymore; I need to go back to clock in and continue slacking off. It feels like my workload has decreased a lot since you stopped hanging around.]

"That's too much. You're making me sound like a plague... I'll hang up now, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yinan breathed a sigh of relief.

After the incident at Tiansheng Plaza, he was worried that it might be subject to a major investigation, but now, judging from Mandy's words, it will most likely be dropped.

Great news!

Chu Yinan composed himself, first went to the tea room to drink a cup of water, then lingered in the restroom for a while, killing time, before leisurely returning to the classroom for class.

About ten minutes later, the bell rang, but Iori Risa, who never usually stayed overtime, stayed a little longer.

"I have a notice to say that you have a PE class this afternoon, but the PE equipment is undergoing routine maintenance and repair today, so your last class is canceled and you will be dismissed early."

"Yay!" the boys in the class cheered. Leaving school early was clearly more exciting than physical education class.

Ms. Iori clapped her hands to indicate that she hadn't finished speaking: "Then today's lesson is quite complicated and important. You should review it carefully when you get home. Chu Yinan didn't hear the lesson, so stay after school to find me."

"......" Chu Yinan.

Chapter 31 Lemon Crepe