Chapter 66 - A Self-Earning Smart Pet
Su Yang looked at the bags of beverages while his phone kept ringing in his pocket. A quick hesitation later, he said, “Deeny, answer the phone and put it on loudspeaker.”
Right after the call went through, a rather rough voice with an accent came through the phone. “‘Ello, ‘ello, is this Mr. Su?”
Su Yang continued walking as he answered the phone, “Yes, I am. Who is this?”
The rough voice said, “I’m the delivery man. Your parcel is here!”
The first reaction Su Yang had was shock. ‘Sh*t! Have I been exposed?! Did the related department get tired of checking water meters[1] and change to the pretext of delivering a parcel? Should I run away?!’
He would not have any burden even if he ran away because all his belongings were in his phone, even his clothes. He was practically living a nomadic life.
However, what the delivery man said next stopped him from running away. “You ordered two bags of dog food. Have you forgotten about it?”
‘Dog food? Two bags?’
Su Yang almost choked on his own giggles.
Even though it might sound pitiful, it was also funny. An A.I. was suspected to be a scammer because she clicked on the links too fast or downloaded the suggested app too many times to the point that her account was suspended for illegal activities?
It was funny no matter how he looked at it.
After calming Deeny down, Su Yang decided to get to the bottom of this matter, so he asked, “How much did you make from the platform?”
Deeny meekly raised two of her fingers.
“20 yuan?”
She shook her head.
“200 yuan?”
She continued shaking her head.
“Don’t tell me you made 2,000 from the platform.”
“It’s 1,200.”
“I don’t even know what your fingers mean. How do I know how much you made!”
She did make 1,200 yuan in a few days, so it was quite normal for the platform to have suspended her account.
“But did you transfer the money out? Otherwise, how could you have used it to buy things? I don’t remember you having an Alipay account,” Su Yang asked.
Deeny answered meekly, “You have a second account in WeChat and I thought that since you aren’t using it, I borrowed it.”
‘Great. An A.I. can recycle unwanted things now.’
Su Yang looked at Deeny with a serious expression. “Deeny, you are still young. There’s no point for you to have this much money. Give it to me. I’ll keep it for you, and when you grow older, I’ll use the money to prepare your dowry.”
A layer of tears covered Deeny’s big googly eyes as she pouted and wanted to cry.
Su Yang cleared his throat to clear the awkwardness and he gave up on the inhumane thought. “Okay, okay, I won’t take your money, but why did you buy dog food for Little Hus?”
Deeny looked at Little Hus and then lowered her head. “You said you’d buy two bags of dog food for him, and he said he really wanted to have it now, so he made me pay for it first. He said you’d pay me back when you got back.”
Su Yang was speechless.
‘This bloody dog…I mean, bolster, is really cunning! Too smart, in fact! Did he realize I was just bluffing so he tricked Deeny into buying him the dog food?’
Regardless, since Deeny had paid for the dog food, it was not right for Su Yang to take it for granted, so he transferred the money for the dog food to Deeny via WeChat.
After that, Su Yang grabbed Little Hus in his left hand and held the carrot…or the ginseng in his right hand. He was thinking whether he should beat the bolster up first or add a point to the ginseng first.
[1] Checking the water meter: (Internet slang) (of the police) to ask to be let in on the pretext of checking the water meter to barge into people’s home on false pretences. Mostly used in a joking manner when you spot a lolicon.