novelden Chapter 139 Favorability
Chapter 139 Favorability
Places with many children are always noisy, but also lively.
Since it wasn't a weekend, the older kids were all in school. The rest, except for the ones who couldn't walk, were all at the age where they loved to play, were naughty and cute, and were interested in everything.
Innocent children can have a whole day of fun with a straight branch, a round or oddly shaped stone with special patterns, a pile of sand, and their wild imagination.
Especially for children living in orphanages. Supplies are scarce, and the entertainment options are even more limited. But fortunately, there are many people their own age around, so they can always find something fun to do.
Fu Fu looks like a big kid, but in essence, there is no generation gap between her and these little kids who are not yet of school age. In some ways, she may even be more childish.
"Grandpa Dean! Sister Fufu is amazing! She built a huge, beautiful castle!
It’s as cool as something out of a cartoon!!”
"Yes! Yes! Sister is really amazing.
I also want to build a beautiful castle like that.
Teacher, can I skip school next year and go to the construction site to do the plastering instead?
My sister said that she was able to build such a beautiful castle because she learned it at the construction site.
I want to learn too!
But why fight against Hui? Is he a bad guy? "
"I want to go too! I'll learn better than her! And build a bigger, more beautiful castle!"
Then, take back my title of "Sand Castle King"! !"
"Huh!? This... is quite ambitious.
cough cough.
When you grow up, you can choose your own career, but you still have to go to school now.
Be good, let’s eat first.”
"...What did you teach the kids?" Bai Yu frowned when he heard these conversations.
He scratched Fu Fu's nose, which was so proud of the children's praise that it was about to rise to the sky, and felt a little amused. "Is it necessary to be serious with children in a place like this?
And that design, did you copy Wolfsburg?"
"You don't understand! This is called respecting my opponent!" Fu Fu clenched her fists and said seriously, "Besides, he provoked me first!
Of course I have to use my strength to show this ignorant little fellow that there are always people better than you.
I am the real strong one!"
"...If you had this kind of fighting spirit in studying, you wouldn't be affected by the 'anti-addiction' system." Bai Yu complained speechlessly.
"That's different~" As soon as she mentioned studying, Fu Fu's burning fighting spirit immediately extinguished. She hugged Bai Yu's arm and said confidently: "Studying is the "medicine" to cure ignorance.
Just like Xiaobai, you don’t like taking medicine, and I don’t like studying.
Isn’t this normal? "
"...You're a good metaphorist." Bai Yu smiled at Fu Fu's sophistry. However, he had brought Fu Fu out to relax today, and Bai Yu didn't want to spoil her fun under such circumstances, so he didn't expose Fu Fu's sophistry.
"Hehe~" Fufu's beautiful eyes curved into a pair of beautiful crescent moons. Then she suddenly remembered something and said to Baiyu in her mind:
"By the way, Xiaobai, what did you do? I just received a huge surge of emotional energy from Nicole."
It tastes sweet and sour. It's quite delicious (?????).
"It's nothing? We just said a few words." Bai Yu thought about it carefully and didn't feel that he had done anything special.
"I see."
Xiaobai doesn't know either, so forget it. It's a good mood anyway.
This is the first time I've received such pure emotions from Nicole. 』
"Hmm? Why do you say that?
"Haven't Nicole and the others always provided us with emotional energy?" Bai Yu asked doubtfully as he watched Fu Fu washing her hands.
"It's different."
Although the three people in the Cunning Rabbit House were very nice to us and provided us with emotional energy from time to time.
But based on our impression, there are differences in the purity they provide.
Among the three, Ambi actually provides the purest emotions and has the highest conversion rate.
Then there's Billy, and Nicole, who seems the most enthusiastic, has always been the lowest. The emotions she gives are also salty and bitter, mixed with a lot of complicated weighing of pros and cons.
But the conversion rate of emotional energy just now suddenly increased, and the taste also changed.
To put it in a more understandable way: Nicole's favorability towards the host has increased.
That's why I'm curious about what Xiaobai did to cause this.
"Improving your favorability? I'm not playing a strategy game...
But, so there's this hidden condition for converting emotions into energy? Why didn't you mention it before, Fufu?"
"Because I didn't know this before. This is something I only learned recently." Fu Fu answered confidently.
"..."
"Hey~ I'm learning, I'm learning~"
I'm already knowing more and more!
I used to swallow all my emotional energy, but now I can analyze the reasons.
I will study harder to learn more knowledge, but even if it is a system, professional knowledge still needs time to digest!
Moreover, the knowledge that the system needs to learn is encryption, which I need to crack myself.
Who on earth came up with this? Can't it just be installed and loaded with one click?!
I'm so angry~ I'm so annoyed~ I don't want to study QAQ. 』
"Learning is a never-ending journey, and we must continue to work hard."
"Hmmmm, let's change the subject. Don't talk about hopeless things like 'unified life' when you're having a good time."
Xiaobai, are you curious? Do you want to see how much people like you?
I might make a favorability panel for you~
Although the data is an approximate score based on energy efficiency analysis, it is only for reference.
“…To be honest, I’m a little curious, but I still can’t.
The feelings between people should not be measured by data.
Moreover, using my friends' affection for me to rank them is a violation of their feelings as well as mine.
If I really watched it, I would definitely be affected, and I would never be able to get along with them with the purest and most sincere attitude again.
So, delete that favorability ranking.
The amount of emotional energy is not a reason for me to become friends with them.
Fufu, you should remember this too."
"...Yeah. I understand~"
Emotional energy is emotional energy, and friends are friends.
To tell whether a friend is good to me, you can't look at their energy data, but rather their heart! Is that what Xiaobai means?
"That's right, Fu Fu learns very quickly~" Bai Yu smiled and touched Fu Fu's head, feeling pleased with the progress of this small system that was originally unable to understand the complex emotions of humans.
While Bai Yu and Fu Fu were chatting, the three people from [Cunning Rabbit House] were also talking about them.
"Nicole, you look like you're in a good mood? Did the stock price go up?" Amby asked curiously while chewing on a cucumber.
"Ah... don't mention this." Nicole, who had originally had a smile on her face, suddenly stopped smiling when she thought of the stocks that were as green as the stir-fried vegetables in front of her.
"Boss Nicole's mood suddenly brightened after she finished chatting with Brother Bai Yu." Billy, who was mopping the floor, said, "Could it be that Brother Bai Yu finally agreed to join us?!"
"It's not even dark yet, it's too early to dream, Billy." Nicole rolled her eyes at Billy and washed the pot in the sink. After hesitating for a moment, she explained, "I just realized that Bai Yu is really a good person."
"Coming from Boss Nicole's mouth... why does it sound like she's cursing?" Billy said bluntly, leaning on the mop.
Then a dishcloth covered with water stains and foam was slapped onto Billy's face.
"Billy! Do you know how to speak? Your language module is out of date, right?" Nicole yelled at Billy with a cross sign popping up above her head.
"Ah~ chew chew chew
...Xiao Bai is very good, but why did Nicole suddenly think this way? Ignoring Billy's screams (Billy: Aaaaaah! My handsome hairstyle! It's all wet! There's grease on the face panel too!! Wuuwuwu~), Amby looked at Nicole seriously, waiting for her answer.
"Nothing." Nicole rubbed the tip of her nose with the back of her hand, thought for a while and then said: "I know Bai Yu is a good person, but in our industry, simple and kind people don't live long.
I was originally on good terms with them, and I was only interested in his and Fufu's abilities. After all, when you're out there, having more friends means having more options.
Just now, I sensed something from him that was different from all of us. I couldn't describe it right now.
But that feeling made me feel that he was a bit like the way the dean looked at me when I was a child, or like the way a doctor looked at a patient."
"Well... Boss Nicole, what you want to say is: kindness? Compassion?" Billy spoke carefully while wiping his face with a clean handkerchief.
“A little bit, but not vividly.
I just feel that Bai Yu has a kind of tranquility and gentleness that is different from all of us.
He seemed to be able to notice the sadness that others had hidden, even forgotten and ignored, and he could empathize with them.
And try to heal those wounds in your own way."
"Sounds like a priest? Or a psychiatrist." Billy used the smooth mirror of a kitchen knife to carefully look at his handsome face.
"Anyway, for a man this kind, who's as good as a cherished animal, I, Nicole, have decided to protect him from now on." Nicole announced loudly to her employees, "And Bai Yu said he can make a prosthetic limb for Haohao! For free!
All we need is the materials! If we can really make it, we can save a lot of money!"
"...So the point is that it's free." Billy instantly felt that he had discovered the truth.
"You idiot! Do you know what this means?
If Xiaobai can make prosthetic limbs, then he can also make a new body for you!
In the future, if any of your body parts are damaged in battle, won’t there be someone who can repair it?
If we establish a good relationship with him, you can save money on repairs in the future! Did you know that?!"
An Bi closed his eyes and looked at Nicole's shining eyes. He felt that it would be better not to let Bai Yu and the others know the real reason.
It’s different…
Ambi chewed a cucumber and thought silently: The biggest difference between Bai Yu and them is probably the equal kindness he has towards anyone who does not show any malice.
In such a chaotic and cruel world, those who struggle to survive are very vigilant.
Only Bai Yu would look at every stranger who wanted to get close to him and touch him with such an expectant look.
It was a kind of peace that was imprinted deep in his soul, revealing his gentleness from the bottom of his heart, a gentleness that could not be concealed even by his exquisite and sharp appearance that could appear aggressive.
"...I'm really curious about what kind of environment can grow pure white flowers." Ambi murmured to herself.
Small Theater
Why the sudden increase in favorability?
Nicole: He said it’s free! Free!!!
Bai Yu: ...This reason is too real!