"These guys..." Li Xi gritted his teeth.

Are you locking me up inside because your confession failed and you won't let me out?

Aine's voice reached Rikki's ears: "Rikki?"

As early as when Lixi came into the room and called Hailing, Ain noticed her. The reason why she didn't say anything was that she wanted to see what Lixi would do.

Hearing Aiyin's voice, the anger in Lixi's heart was immediately extinguished like a basin of cold water. She turned her body stiffly and turned her face away: "Good... Good morning."

"Oh, good morning." Aine nodded.

After Li Xi finished speaking, the entire ward fell into silence.

Shit…what should I say now?

Li Xi's toes kept digging into the ground. After a moment, she whispered, "Have you eaten yet?"

“Eh?” Aine tilted her head, but still nodded obediently in response, “I ate it.”

Chapter 352 Turing Test

After Aine finished answering, Riki felt like his brain was disconnected.

What should I ask next? I feel like I'm... running out of words.

Before Riki could speak, Aine put the math book in her hand aside with great effort and turned to look at the chair beside her bed: "Riki, sit down."

"Uh...thank you." Lixi nodded and slowly moved to the chair and sat down. However, unlike her usual sitting posture, she now had her legs together, her hands on her knees, her body straight, and looked so stiff.

After Li Xi sat down, a question finally popped up in her mind. Without thinking too much, she asked directly: "What time did you eat?"

"Huh?" Aine was stunned. She felt like... Rikki had an inexplicable obsession with eating. But... since she asked...

"I ate around seven, but...if it's lunch, I haven't eaten yet..."

After Aine answered, she looked at Riki quietly, as if wanting to know what the latter's next question would be.

"Then... why don't you eat?" After Li Xi finished speaking, she felt her throat tighten and her five fingers tightly gripped her thighs.

What is the problem?

"Huh?" Aine looked at Lixi with confusion. She didn't know if something had happened to Lixi that he asked such a question. Maybe it was because of the stimulation that caused him to become like this?

Aine turned her head and looked at the clock on the wall before speaking slowly, "Because... it's only a little after eight in the morning, so it's not even noon yet."

"Is...is that so..." Lixi could clearly feel her cheeks getting hot. She bit her lower lip, lowered her head and looked at her toes.

No, let's change the subject! This is so embarrassing...

"So...did you eat yesterday?"

"..." Aine's mouth twitched, and a big question mark appeared in her head. She didn't know what Riki was thinking at the moment. However, although she was confused by this question, Aine still nodded, "Eat it."

"What to eat?"

"The hospital's custom meal..." After saying this, Aine couldn't hold back any longer and started to complain, "Rikka, are you here to check my diet records?"

Hearing Aiyin's words, Lixi's face flushed, and she shook her head in denial: "No..."

Aine blinked. “Then why are you so obsessed with this topic?”

"By the way..." Li Xi crossed his fingers together, "How are you feeling?"

After saying this, Aine felt that this sentence sounded very familiar. If nothing unexpected happened, she should have heard it from Rikki yesterday.

Ai Er III Wu 7IX Liu Chan 児囷音 nodded softly: "Same as yesterday."

"Is...is that so? That's good..." Li Xi said and fell silent again.

Aine looked at Rikki quietly. Although Rikki's question seemed so silly, she still felt warm in her heart. After all... she was worried about her.

Li Xi took a few deep breaths, and the tension in her heart gradually eased. She looked around and her eyes fell on the IV bottle: "Then...what should I do after this is finished? There is no nurse in the ward."

"Emmm..." Aiyin's gray eyes followed Lixi's gaze to the IV bottle. Looking at the drops that kept dripping, she had an illusion that she was taking a Turing test in front of Lixi.

But... the machine EQ in there should be smarter than Rikki.

Her gaze fell back on Riki, and Aine reaffirmed her inner thoughts: "The nurses have all the records. When the drip is almost finished, the nurse will come to change it."

"I see..." Li Xi nodded, as if he had suddenly understood something.

Aine's mouth twitched. Could it be that Rikki really didn't know the answer to this question? This wasn't just about emotional intelligence; I was already beginning to doubt her IQ.

After a brief silence, Riki looked at the needle on the back of Aine's hand and asked, "Is the needle made of iron?"

"If nothing unexpected happens...it should be stainless steel."

After Aiyin finished speaking, Riki stood up from the chair and walked to the wall, feeling very desperate.

What the hell am I doing! Shiina Riki, you and the person you like are locked in the hospital ward, why are you still asking a bunch of stupid questions!

Thinking of this, Li Xi leaned his head against the wall with a painful look on his face.

Sitting on the hospital bed, Aine looked at Riki's back, the corners of her mouth gradually rising. Although it felt like she was talking to an AI, it was still more interesting than being alone.

"Rikki? What are you doing?"

"Uh... I..." Li Xi turned around stiffly and turned her face away, "I'm thinking..."

"Thinking? Thinking about what?"

Hearing Aine's doubts, Li Xi shook his head gently: "Nothing."

Seeing Li Xi's embarrassed expression, Ai Yin didn't ask any more questions. She asked calmly, "Then... do you want to continue chatting?"

"Well, let's take a break first." After Li Xi said that, she sat back in her chair.

In order to avoid asking any more stupid questions, Li Xi raised his head the moment he sat down and looked at the hanging dotted bottle.

Just count the drops that fall.

Thinking of this, Li Xi counted softly: "One drop, two drops...it drips so slowly."

Although the voice was not loud, Aiyin, who was sitting next to her, heard it clearly. She nodded and said, "The nurse has adjusted the speed."

"Is that so... six drops, seven drops..."

Aine nodded and lowered her head, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

"Are you cold?" Li Xi naturally noticed Aine's abnormality, and she asked nervously. At the same time, she turned around and saw that the air conditioner was at 27. Logically, this temperature was just right, but... maybe Aine couldn't adapt to it due to physical reasons?

But obviously, Li Xi was worrying too much.

Aine shook her head slightly: "I'm not cold, it's just that your behavior is a little beyond my expectations, Rikki."

"Ah? Beyond your expectation? I... I should be quite normal..." Although Li Xi thought so, his tone was surprisingly honest - gradually weakening.

"I've never seen such a cute Rikki." Aine looked at Rikki with interest, a gleam in her eyes.

"Eh... but, cute... that's not the case." Li Xi's mind was completely disconnected by Aine's gentle words. In her perception, the word "cute" had nothing to do with her.

Li Xi never thought that one day he would be called cute, and by the girl he liked.

Boom!

Just as the two were silent, there was a muffled sound from the door, and then it was quiet again.

Aiyin's attention was drawn to the sound: "Is the door locked?"

"Yes." Li Xi nodded.

"By the way...Rikki, is there something that made you come to see me so early today?" Aine placed her hands on her legs with a smile on her lips.

Hearing this, Li Xi's brain finally began to reconnect. That's right... I came to find Ai Yin because I wanted to know what she thought of me... But in the end, I was delayed for so long by these stupid questions!

Chapter 353: Human-machine test ends

However, although Li Xi reacted, when she really wanted to ask Aine, she found that she could not say the words she had prepared in the early morning - it was such a simple sentence.

“Well…um, Aine…” Riki opened his mouth and raised his hand unconsciously.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Aine responded softly, with a hint of curiosity in her gray eyes.

"Well, actually..." Li Xi lowered his head and felt like ants were crawling on his body.

As expected...I can't put it into words.

Seeing Rikki like this, Aine laughed out loud: "Pfft... Rikki is really cute like this."

"I... am not... doing something wrong..." Li Xi wanted to refute, but when she just raised her head, she suddenly met Aiyin's smiling eyes - those gray eyes carried a captivating magic.

A few strands of scattered pink hair hung by her ears, and the curve of Aine's mouth was very soft, as if it was gradually lifted by Riki's clumsy questions and shy gestures.

The sunlight filtered through the ends of her hair, casting a flickering spot of light on the collar of her hospital gown, and the shadow on her collarbone rose and fell gently with her breathing.

Seeing Aine's look, Li Xi's action of wanting to refute suddenly stopped. She stared blankly at Aine in the sunlight, a little dazed.

Suddenly, Li Xi recalled the scene when he caught Aine changing clothes - that clavicle was exactly the same as the one he saw at that time...

Looking at Li Xi who was suddenly stunned, Ai Yin was a little confused. She tilted her head so that her long pink hair cascaded to one side like a waterfall. She opened her mouth slightly, and the naughty canine slowly left her lower lip. If you look closely, you can see the canine left a light indentation on her lips.

"Rikki?"

When his name was suddenly called, Li Xi realized that he was staring at the other person in a daze.

Aiyin's questioning voice had an upward ending tone, like a feather brushing across the eardrum, causing Li Xi to hurriedly look away.

"What were you going to say next?" Aine blinked, looking curious.

Li Xi felt his throat tighten.

The trembling of Aine’s eyelashes when she spoke, the tiny wrinkles on the white sheets caused by her hands, the tiny rise and fall of her chest - all the details were infinitely magnified in her vision.

“Actually, there’s no need to be so nervous.” Aine smiled slightly and leaned forward. “Even though you’ve never been like this when you’re with me before.”

But this action, though not large in magnitude, seemed so violent in Li Xi's eyes. Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard in the corridor.

Li Xi stood up suddenly, but because he didn't control the distance and strength well, his body accidentally hit the table, and the water cup on the table shook violently.

Fortunately, Li Xi was quick to grab the cup and prevent all the water from spilling out.

Li Xi subconsciously glanced back at Aiyin, who bit her lower lip with her fangs, her long pink hair hanging down to cover half of her flushed cheek, and her shoulders shaking - she was obviously trying to hold back laughter.

Before Li Xi could make the next move, the door of the ward was pushed open and the nurse walked in: "This bottle should be almost finished, right?"

After saying that, the nurse took a look at the IV bottle and found that just as she had said, the liquid in the bottle had reached the bottom.

After replacing the new bottle, the nurse took the empty bottle and left the ward.

After the nurse left, Li Xi noticed the few people who showed up at the door. When the nurse was changing the IV bottle, she had used toilet paper to wipe up some of the water that spilled on the table. Now, the door of the ward was opened. She suppressed her embarrassment in front of Aiyin and rushed directly towards the few people.

It seems that only by changing the topic in this way can I save myself from embarrassment and tension.

"You bunch of guys!" Just when Lixi ran in front of the crowd, unlike what she had imagined, Hailing and the others did not run away. Instead, they looked disappointed in them.

Li Xi stopped and stood in front of everyone: "You...what's with that expression?"

Miao Meng pulled Li Xi out of the ward and closed the door.

"You..." Hailing took out her phone, "You were in there for thirty-one minutes."

"But the result..." Xiangzi was speechless, "He was just keeping a record of Xiao Ai's diet and asking what the needle was made of..."

Su Shi sighed, holding his forehead and said, "I really didn't expect it, Li Xi. I thought you could speak your true feelings, but in the end..."

Mu said expressionlessly: "Li Xi... a complete failure."

Chu Hua shook his head: "Sorry, Li Xi, our expectations of you are too high..."

Deng nodded, agreeing with the others: "Lixi...you should express your ideas well."

"Really?" Miao Meng leaned against the wall with her arms folded across her chest. "I'm almost dying of anxiety after hearing this. I almost want to do it myself."

When Miao Meng finished speaking, everyone's gaze instantly shifted from Li Xi to her. Miao Meng glanced at them awkwardly and said, "Well, I'm just exaggerating. It's not true."

"Really?" Xiangzi narrowed his eyes slightly, "You don't want to do anything weird to Xiao Ai, do you?"

Miao Meng said with a resolute expression: "I really didn't, I swear."

Hearing this, they stopped joking with Miao Meng and turned their attention back to Li Xi.

Just now, when Li Xi and Aine were talking, they were eavesdropping outside. They laughed so hard at first, then fell silent, and finally felt disappointed with their friend.

They had clearly said so much to her when Li Xi entered, but now it seemed that their good intentions had not received any response at all.

Hailing let out a long sigh, her eyes filled with confusion. "When you called me this morning, I thought you were going to succeed...but now, you're telling me this?"

"Tell me, did AI teach you the questions you asked today?"

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