Chapter 173: 172 – A New Child
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Fang led Ren to the garage, where he had parked the new luxury car next to the car that Ren had gifted to him last year.
Ren's eyes widened in shock when he saw the gorgeous red car that was all decked up for him.
While Ren didn't like to drive himself, that didn't mean that he had no idea about cars at all – and this, this was Miccan43's latest concept car, that had not even hit the markets yet, and it was rumoured that Miccan43 had stated that he would only sell this concept car to people who came up with their own customisations that would be able to impress Miccan43!! Otherwise, let alone this car, no car or any other product from Miccan43 would ever be sold to them!
"I know you don't like driving," Fang said to Ren, taking Ren's hand and bringing it to his lips again. "That's why, this car can drive itself. It's very, very smart."
Ren's jaw dropped open.
Fang giggled and pulled Ren's hand. "Come, don't you want to try it out?" he teased.
Ren allowed himself to be pulled along.
Fang put Ren in the driver's seat, and took the passenger seat himself.
"It's name is 'Rudy," Fang said to Ren. "Go on, say hello."
"Hello, Rudy," Ren said obediently.
"Hello, Master Ren," came a voice that was remarkably similar to Fang's, except that it was slightly mechanised. "How are you feeling today, Master Ren?"
"Very well, thank you, Rudy," Ren replied, staring at Fang in astonishment.
"I am glad to hear that, Master Ren. Wishing you a very happy birthday," the car said to Ren. "Where would you like Rudy to take you today, Master Ren?"
Ren was at a loss. He looked to Fang for help.
"Why don't we get Ren ice cream from his favourite place?" Fang suggested.
"Certainly. Rudy will take Master Ren to Ice Bubbles Parlour. Setting destination, ten point nine kilometres. Estimated time of arrival, in light of traffic, sixteen minutes. Seatbelts on," the car said.
The seatbelts for Ren and Fang snapped into place by themselves, buckling the two of them into their seats automatically.
"The babies won't be very happy if we went to get ice cream without them," Ren pointed out to Fang in a dazed voice.
"We'll bring some back for them," Fang said easily, smiling at Ren. "How do you like Rudy?"
"Rudy is amazing," Ren murmured, as the car pulled out of the garage by itself and started driving along the road, following the map that was showing up on the screen.
"Thank you, Master Ren," Rudy said, and there was even a hint of smugness in its mechanised voice. "Do you like the sound of Rudy's voice?"
"Very much so," Ren admitted. How could he not, when Rudy sounded so similar to Fang.
Fang coughed lightly, his ears turning red. "It was Pax's idea to have Rudy sound like me," he said shyly. "I wanted to key in your favourite singer's voice, but Pax said that you would pay more attention if Rudy sounded like me instead."
Ren laughed. "Pax is right, as always," he said. His favourite singer was a classical opera singer – and while that was good for performances, he wouldn't want to hear their voice coming from the car. What if the windows cracked with the high pitch?
And Fang's voice was extremely pleasant to hear.
Ren looked at his fiancé. "Fang – you developed Rudy?" he asked softly.
Fang nodded. "Part of it," he replied. "Miccan43 did most of the work, and all of the hardware, but I did have something to do with the AI and the settings. Pax helped, too."
Ren was so happy that he didn't know what to say. How much effort had his Fang put in to prepare for his birthday? Did this mean that in the future, it was all right for Ren to expect Fang to do things for him?
Fang patted Ren's hand. "What are you thinking about in such a daze?" he asked.
Ren simply smiled in response.
"Master Ren, we are approaching Ice Bubbles Parlour," Rudy spoke up.
"Wonderful, thank you, Rudy," Ren said politely, with a small laugh.
The AI seemed to preen. "You are very welcome, Master Ren," it replied. "Do you want to drive through and pick up your ice cream?"
"Yes, do that, Rudy," Fang ordered.
"Rudy is asking Master Ren," the car said crossly.
Ren laughed. "Please do as my Fang says, Rudy," he said, patting the car's dashboard as if cajoling a small child.
"All right, Master Ren," Rudy replied.
Ren watched, astonished and impressed, as Rudy not only placed the order for the two of them, but also ordered for the babies. It was only at the time of collecting the ice creams that Ren and Fang had to do anything. Even for that, Rudy rolled down the window, and the attendant handed the packed ice cream box to Ren, which Fang immediately took and deposited in the back seat, and then the attendant handed out two ice cream cones, one for Ren and one for Fang.
"Thank you," Ren said politely to the attendant who had frozen in shock when he saw the faces of the famous Chairman Ren and Prince Fang in the car.
Rudy didn't waste any time in rolling up the window and driving off.
"Well done, Rudy," Ren said, licking his ice cream.
"Rudy is always happy to serve Master Ren," the car replied in a coquettish voice.
"Hey, don't you act cheeky with my Ren," Fang scolded. "Remember, I designed you, and so I'm your creator, and the equivalent of your parent, and so is Ren. You had better not have any designs on my Ren!"
Ren frowned at Fang. "Are you getting jealous of Rudy?" he asked, arching an eyebrow.
Fang flushed in embarrassment.
Ren burst out laughing. "Rudy, never mind your temperamental Papa. Geniuses are often weird. And there's no need to call me Master Ren, Rudy. You can call me Daddy, like our other children, and you can call Fang Papa, too," he said to the car, patting the dashboard lightly again.
"Yes, Daddy," the car said obediently. "Papa is just jealous that Daddy likes Rudy so much!"
"Ren likes you only because you sound like me!" Fang said peevishly.
"Well, it is good for children to sound like their parents," Ren said, barely managing to stop himself from bursting out laughing loudly.
Ren thought that Rudy was just too cute, and he was very, very pleased with the car.
"Daddy! Rudy will drive you to work every day from now! Daddy, you can also install Rudy on your phone!" Rudy said excitedly. "Daddy, put your phone on the phone charging point on the dashboard!"
Ren obediently pulled out his phone and placed it in the charging docket on the dashboard. Instantly, his screen lit up, and Rudy's voice came from Ren's phone.
"Daddy! Now I'm on your phone, too!" Rudy said happily.
Ren laughed happily, liking this AI very much. Rudy was like a childish version of Fang, he thought to himself – well, perhaps a bratty, pampered and childish version of Fang, he amended.
"Great, Rudy, now Daddy will carry you in his pocket," Ren said.
Rudy preened.
Fang, meanwhile, had been staring at the whole series of actions with his mouth open.
"How is that possible?" Fang said finally, his voice full of shock. "I didn't program Rudy to be able to do that!"
Ren looked at Fang in surprise. "You didn't?" he asked. "Then how was Rudy able to do it?"
"I don't know," Fang said helplessly.
"Hmph!" Rudy said. "Papa, have you never heard of machine learning? If normal softwares can learn things so easily, then I, Rudy, the super smart AI, do you think I can't upgrade myself?"
Rudy was clearly looking down on Fang.
"You humans can't even think as fast as Rudy, how much of an upgrade do you think you can give Rudy?" the AI continued. "Rudy is going to be the best AI and Rudy is going to look after Daddy properly and make sure that Daddy doesn't get sick again! Rudy is very good, isn't it, Daddy?"
Rudy shamelessly appealed to Ren in a cute voice.
Ren laughed again, really liking this new child of theirs. "Rudy is definitely very good," he said fondly. "So, Rudy, tell Daddy – what are the things that you are capable of?"
Ren and Rudy continued chatting happily with each other for the rest of the way home, and Ren didn't notice that Rudy actually took a much longer route home instead of the short, straight route they had taken to travel to the ice cream parlour. Fang did, but then, looking at how much Ren was enjoying chatting with their new child, Fang decided to let things be.. After all, Fang was the one who had created Rudy, and he knew that Rudy would never cause harm to Ren.
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Fang led Ren to the garage, where he had parked the new luxury car next to the car that Ren had gifted to him last year.
Ren's eyes widened in shock when he saw the gorgeous red car that was all decked up for him.
While Ren didn't like to drive himself, that didn't mean that he had no idea about cars at all – and this, this was Miccan43's latest concept car, that had not even hit the markets yet, and it was rumoured that Miccan43 had stated that he would only sell this concept car to people who came up with their own customisations that would be able to impress Miccan43!! Otherwise, let alone this car, no car or any other product from Miccan43 would ever be sold to them!
"I know you don't like driving," Fang said to Ren, taking Ren's hand and bringing it to his lips again. "That's why, this car can drive itself. It's very, very smart."
Ren's jaw dropped open.
Fang giggled and pulled Ren's hand. "Come, don't you want to try it out?" he teased.
Ren allowed himself to be pulled along.
Fang put Ren in the driver's seat, and took the passenger seat himself.
"It's name is 'Rudy," Fang said to Ren. "Go on, say hello."
"Hello, Rudy," Ren said obediently.
"Hello, Master Ren," came a voice that was remarkably similar to Fang's, except that it was slightly mechanised. "How are you feeling today, Master Ren?"
"Very well, thank you, Rudy," Ren replied, staring at Fang in astonishment.
"I am glad to hear that, Master Ren. Wishing you a very happy birthday," the car said to Ren. "Where would you like Rudy to take you today, Master Ren?"
Ren was at a loss. He looked to Fang for help.
"Why don't we get Ren ice cream from his favourite place?" Fang suggested.
"Certainly. Rudy will take Master Ren to Ice Bubbles Parlour. Setting destination, ten point nine kilometres. Estimated time of arrival, in light of traffic, sixteen minutes. Seatbelts on," the car said.
The seatbelts for Ren and Fang snapped into place by themselves, buckling the two of them into their seats automatically.
"The babies won't be very happy if we went to get ice cream without them," Ren pointed out to Fang in a dazed voice.
"We'll bring some back for them," Fang said easily, smiling at Ren. "How do you like Rudy?"
"Rudy is amazing," Ren murmured, as the car pulled out of the garage by itself and started driving along the road, following the map that was showing up on the screen.
"Thank you, Master Ren," Rudy said, and there was even a hint of smugness in its mechanised voice. "Do you like the sound of Rudy's voice?"
"Very much so," Ren admitted. How could he not, when Rudy sounded so similar to Fang.
Fang coughed lightly, his ears turning red. "It was Pax's idea to have Rudy sound like me," he said shyly. "I wanted to key in your favourite singer's voice, but Pax said that you would pay more attention if Rudy sounded like me instead."
Ren laughed. "Pax is right, as always," he said. His favourite singer was a classical opera singer – and while that was good for performances, he wouldn't want to hear their voice coming from the car. What if the windows cracked with the high pitch?
And Fang's voice was extremely pleasant to hear.
Ren looked at his fiancé. "Fang – you developed Rudy?" he asked softly.
Fang nodded. "Part of it," he replied. "Miccan43 did most of the work, and all of the hardware, but I did have something to do with the AI and the settings. Pax helped, too."
Ren was so happy that he didn't know what to say. How much effort had his Fang put in to prepare for his birthday? Did this mean that in the future, it was all right for Ren to expect Fang to do things for him?
Fang patted Ren's hand. "What are you thinking about in such a daze?" he asked.
Ren simply smiled in response.
"Master Ren, we are approaching Ice Bubbles Parlour," Rudy spoke up.
"Wonderful, thank you, Rudy," Ren said politely, with a small laugh.
The AI seemed to preen. "You are very welcome, Master Ren," it replied. "Do you want to drive through and pick up your ice cream?"
"Yes, do that, Rudy," Fang ordered.
"Rudy is asking Master Ren," the car said crossly.
Ren laughed. "Please do as my Fang says, Rudy," he said, patting the car's dashboard as if cajoling a small child.
"All right, Master Ren," Rudy replied.
Ren watched, astonished and impressed, as Rudy not only placed the order for the two of them, but also ordered for the babies. It was only at the time of collecting the ice creams that Ren and Fang had to do anything. Even for that, Rudy rolled down the window, and the attendant handed the packed ice cream box to Ren, which Fang immediately took and deposited in the back seat, and then the attendant handed out two ice cream cones, one for Ren and one for Fang.
"Thank you," Ren said politely to the attendant who had frozen in shock when he saw the faces of the famous Chairman Ren and Prince Fang in the car.
Rudy didn't waste any time in rolling up the window and driving off.
"Well done, Rudy," Ren said, licking his ice cream.
"Rudy is always happy to serve Master Ren," the car replied in a coquettish voice.
"Hey, don't you act cheeky with my Ren," Fang scolded. "Remember, I designed you, and so I'm your creator, and the equivalent of your parent, and so is Ren. You had better not have any designs on my Ren!"
Ren frowned at Fang. "Are you getting jealous of Rudy?" he asked, arching an eyebrow.
Fang flushed in embarrassment.
Ren burst out laughing. "Rudy, never mind your temperamental Papa. Geniuses are often weird. And there's no need to call me Master Ren, Rudy. You can call me Daddy, like our other children, and you can call Fang Papa, too," he said to the car, patting the dashboard lightly again.
"Yes, Daddy," the car said obediently. "Papa is just jealous that Daddy likes Rudy so much!"
"Ren likes you only because you sound like me!" Fang said peevishly.
"Well, it is good for children to sound like their parents," Ren said, barely managing to stop himself from bursting out laughing loudly.
Ren thought that Rudy was just too cute, and he was very, very pleased with the car.
"Daddy! Rudy will drive you to work every day from now! Daddy, you can also install Rudy on your phone!" Rudy said excitedly. "Daddy, put your phone on the phone charging point on the dashboard!"
Ren obediently pulled out his phone and placed it in the charging docket on the dashboard. Instantly, his screen lit up, and Rudy's voice came from Ren's phone.
"Daddy! Now I'm on your phone, too!" Rudy said happily.
Ren laughed happily, liking this AI very much. Rudy was like a childish version of Fang, he thought to himself – well, perhaps a bratty, pampered and childish version of Fang, he amended.
"Great, Rudy, now Daddy will carry you in his pocket," Ren said.
Rudy preened.
Fang, meanwhile, had been staring at the whole series of actions with his mouth open.
"How is that possible?" Fang said finally, his voice full of shock. "I didn't program Rudy to be able to do that!"
Ren looked at Fang in surprise. "You didn't?" he asked. "Then how was Rudy able to do it?"
"I don't know," Fang said helplessly.
"Hmph!" Rudy said. "Papa, have you never heard of machine learning? If normal softwares can learn things so easily, then I, Rudy, the super smart AI, do you think I can't upgrade myself?"
Rudy was clearly looking down on Fang.
"You humans can't even think as fast as Rudy, how much of an upgrade do you think you can give Rudy?" the AI continued. "Rudy is going to be the best AI and Rudy is going to look after Daddy properly and make sure that Daddy doesn't get sick again! Rudy is very good, isn't it, Daddy?"
Rudy shamelessly appealed to Ren in a cute voice.
Ren laughed again, really liking this new child of theirs. "Rudy is definitely very good," he said fondly. "So, Rudy, tell Daddy – what are the things that you are capable of?"
Ren and Rudy continued chatting happily with each other for the rest of the way home, and Ren didn't notice that Rudy actually took a much longer route home instead of the short, straight route they had taken to travel to the ice cream parlour. Fang did, but then, looking at how much Ren was enjoying chatting with their new child, Fang decided to let things be.. After all, Fang was the one who had created Rudy, and he knew that Rudy would never cause harm to Ren.
Fang led Ren to the garage, where he had parked the new luxury car next to the car that Ren had gifted to him last year.Ren's eyes widened in shock when he saw the gorgeous red car that was all decked up for him.While Ren didn't like to drive himself, that didn't mean that he had no idea about cars at all and this, this was Miccan43's latest concept car, that had not even hit the markets yet, and it was rumoured that Miccan43 had stated that he would only sell this concept car to people who came up with their own customisations that would be able to impress Miccan43!! Otherwise, let alone this car, no car or any other product from Miccan43 would ever be sold to them!"I know you don't like driving," Fang said to Ren, taking Ren's hand and bringing it to his lips again. "That's why, this car can drive itself. It's very, very smart."Ren's jaw dropped open.Fang giggled and pulled Ren's hand. "Come, don't you want to try it out?" he teased.Ren allowed himself to be pulled along.Fang put Ren in the driver's seat, and took the passenger seat himself."It's name is 'Rudy," Fang said to Ren. "Go on, say hello.""Hello, Rudy," Ren said obediently."Hello, Master Ren," came a voice that was remarkably similar to Fang's, except that it was slightly mechanised. "How are you feeling today, Master Ren?""Very well, thank you, Rudy," Ren replied, staring at Fang in astonishment."I am glad to hear that, Master Ren. Wishing you a very happy birthday," the car said to Ren. "Where would you like Rudy to take you today, Master Ren?"Ren was at a loss. He looked to Fang for help."Why don't we get Ren ice cream from his favourite place?" Fang suggested."Certainly. Rudy will take Master Ren to Ice Bubbles Parlour. Setting destination, ten point nine kilometres. Estimated time of arrival, in light of traffic, sixteen minutes. Seatbelts on," the car said.The seatbelts for Ren and Fang snapped into place by themselves, buckling the two of them into their seats automatically."The babies won't be very happy if we went to get ice cream without them," Ren pointed out to Fang in a dazed voice."We'll bring some back for them," Fang said easily, smiling at Ren. "How do you like Rudy?""Rudy is amazing," Ren murmured, as the car pulled out of the garage by itself and started driving along the road, following the map that was showing up on the screen."Thank you, Master Ren," Rudy said, and there was even a hint of smugness in its mechanised voice. "Do you like the sound of Rudy's voice?""Very much so," Ren admitted. How could he not, when Rudy sounded so similar to Fang.Fang coughed lightly, his ears turning red. "It was Pax's idea to have Rudy sound like me," he said shyly. "I wanted to key in your favourite singer's voice, but Pax said that you would pay more attention if Rudy sounded like me instead."Ren laughed. "Pax is right, as always," he said. His favourite singer was a classical opera singer and while that was good for performances, he wouldn't want to hear their voice coming from the car. What if the windows cracked with the high pitch?And Fang's voice was extremely pleasant to hear.Ren looked at his fianc. "Fang you developed Rudy?" he asked softly.Fang nodded. "Part of it," he replied. "Miccan43 did most of the work, and all of the hardware, but I did have something to do with the AI and the settings. Pax helped, too."Ren was so happy that he didn't know what to say. How much effort had his Fang put in to prepare for his birthday? Did this mean that in the future, it was all right for Ren to expect Fang to do things for him?Fang patted Ren's hand. "What are you thinking about in such a daze?" he asked.Ren simply smiled in response."Master Ren, we are approaching Ice Bubbles Parlour," Rudy spoke up."Wonderful, thank you, Rudy," Ren said politely, with a small laugh.The AI seemed to preen. "You are very welcome, Master Ren," it replied. "Do you want to drive through and pick up your ice cream?""Yes, do that, Rudy," Fang ordered."Rudy is asking Master Ren," the car said crossly.Ren laughed. "Please do as my Fang says, Rudy," he said, patting the car's dashboard as if cajoling a small child."All right, Master Ren," Rudy replied.Ren watched, astonished and impressed, as Rudy not only placed the order for the two of them, but also ordered for the babies. It was only at the time of collecting the ice creams that Ren and Fang had to do anything. Even for that, Rudy rolled down the window, and the attendant handed the packed ice cream box to Ren, which Fang immediately took and deposited in the back seat, and then the attendant handed out two ice cream cones, one for Ren and one for Fang."Thank you," Ren said politely to the attendant who had frozen in shock when he saw the faces of the famous Chairman Ren and Prince Fang in the car.Rudy didn't waste any time in rolling up the window and driving off."Well done, Rudy," Ren said, licking his ice cream."Rudy is always happy to serve Master Ren," the car replied in a coquettish voice."Hey, don't you act cheeky with my Ren," Fang scolded. "Remember, I designed you, and so I'm your creator, and the equivalent of your parent, and so is Ren. You had better not have any designs on my Ren!"Ren frowned at Fang. "Are you getting jealous of Rudy?" he asked, arching an eyebrow.Fang flushed in embarrassment.Ren burst out laughing. "Rudy, never mind your temperamental Papa. Geniuses are often weird. And there's no need to call me Master Ren, Rudy. You can call me Daddy, like our other children, and you can call Fang Papa, too," he said to the car, patting the dashboard lightly again."Yes, Daddy," the car said obediently. "Papa is just jealous that Daddy likes Rudy so much!""Ren likes you only because you sound like me!" Fang said peevishly."Well, it is good for children to sound like their parents," Ren said, barely managing to stop himself from bursting out laughing loudly.Ren thought that Rudy was just too cute, and he was very, very pleased with the car."Daddy! Rudy will drive you to work every day from now! Daddy, you can also install Rudy on your phone!" Rudy said excitedly. "Daddy, put your phone on the phone charging point on the dashboard!"Ren obediently pulled out his phone and placed it in the charging docket on the dashboard. Instantly, his screen lit up, and Rudy's voice came from Ren's phone."Daddy! Now I'm on your phone, too!" Rudy said happily.Ren laughed happily, liking this AI very much. Rudy was like a childish version of Fang, he thought to himself well, perhaps a bratty, pampered and childish version of Fang, he amended."Great, Rudy, now Daddy will carry you in his pocket," Ren said.Rudy preened.Fang, meanwhile, had been staring at the whole series of actions with his mouth open."How is that possible?" Fang said finally, his voice full of shock. "I didn't program Rudy to be able to do that!"Ren looked at Fang in surprise. "You didn't?" he asked. "Then how was Rudy able to do it?""I don't know," Fang said helplessly."Hmph!" Rudy said. "Papa, have you never heard of machine learning? If normal softwares can learn things so easily, then I, Rudy, the super smart AI, do you think I can't upgrade myself?"Rudy was clearly looking down on Fang."You humans can't even think as fast as Rudy, how much of an upgrade do you think you can give Rudy?" the AI continued. "Rudy is going to be the best AI and Rudy is going to look after Daddy properly and make sure that Daddy doesn't get sick again! Rudy is very good, isn't it, Daddy?"Rudy shamelessly appealed to Ren in a cute voice.Ren laughed again, really liking this new child of theirs. "Rudy is definitely very good," he said fondly. "So, Rudy, tell Daddy what are the things that you are capable of?"Ren and Rudy continued chatting happily with each other for the rest of the way home, and Ren didn't notice that Rudy actually took a much longer route home instead of the short, straight route they had taken to travel to the ice cream parlour. Fang did, but then, looking at how much Ren was enjoying chatting with their new child, Fang decided to let things be.. After all, Fang was the one who had created Rudy, and he knew that Rudy would never cause harm to Ren.
