After hearing Yi Yi's description, Ai Yi was completely stunned, but at the same time, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Firstly, because Yi Yi hadn't noticed his bad intentions.

Secondly, because—

Yi fabricated a character she had never met before to ask for his opinion, leaving him unsure how to respond.

After considering it for a while, Ai said, "I don't know. It sounds cute and heartwarming, but compared to the warmth of protecting others and then being relied upon and drawn upon, the warmth of giving directly is definitely more touching. Besides, I prefer 'older sister' to younger sister!"

This put Yi Yi at ease to some extent.

This means that as long as she prevents the reunion of the male and female protagonists in the "Uma rescues Anser, and Anser introduces Uma to Adolf" event, and directly acts as a matchmaker for Adolf and Uma, then Ai will not get involved with Uma.

They didn't realize at all how familiar the image of the person Ai Yi liked was in her words.

At that time, Ai Yi vaguely understood that Yi Yi's problem was probably related to the fate she could see.

Now that Uma has appeared before him, it's not hard to see that she is the girl Yi Yi described. He is filled with resistance and just wants to take Yi Yi far away.

Thinking this way, he took action. In his eyes, Uma was just a stranger blocking his way, and there was no need to be polite to her.

But Yi Yi froze on the spot, which made Ai Yi use some of her strength.

Unexpectedly, even after regaining her senses, Yi Yi resisted his strength, which made Ai Yi even angrier.

“If… if I had known there would be so many bugs in the main city, I shouldn’t have agreed to let my sister come here in the first place.” Ai squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.

The words remained unspoken, like the last veil covering her obvious thoughts, obscuring Yi Yi's vision.

As expected, Yi didn't hear what Ai said, but she broke free from Ai's grasp. Rubbing her hands, she asked Ai with a serious expression, "What's wrong, Ai?"

Ai, who had been freed from his grasp, was furious to the extreme, but then calmed down.

He was so angry he laughed, which roughly describes Ai's current state.

He stepped forward, bypassing Yi Yi, and stood in front of Uma, staring directly into her wet, doe-like eyes. He sneered, "What brings you here, miss? My sister is very busy and has never met anyone as insignificant as you. Don't try to get close to me!"

Locked onto by those wolf-like eyes, Uma felt her whole body stiffen, like a frightened fawn. She could only stiffen her body, crane her neck, and stare at Aiyi, her long eyelashes fluttering, and tears gradually welling up in her large deer eyes.

It's like a silent standoff, or perhaps like a vicious wolf toying with its prey before hunting, all to break down the prey's psychological defenses.

It felt like an eternity, yet also like a fleeting moment, a blink of an eye...

"Aiyi!" Yiyi scolded Aiyi, then stepped forward, took Aiyi's hand, apologized to Uma, and led Aiyi home.

Ai Yi, who was almost dragged away by Yi Yi in a hurry, showed no anger on her face. Instead, she turned her head and gave Uma a smug smile.

-

The two of them lived not far from home, so they returned home in just a few steps.

After closing the door, Yi Yi pulled Ai Yi to sit on the sofa, pressed his shoulders down to make him look at her, and then said seriously, "Ai Yi, tell your sister, why are you acting so strangely today?"

"Perhaps... the vicious dog finally couldn't keep up the act and turned on its master." Ai's tone was very calm, even eerily calm.

The ambiguous words left Yi Yi completely bewildered. Just as she was about to ask what was going on and what it meant, Ai Yi's accusation preemptively interrupted her—

"Sister met a lot of people today, and I was so concerned about them..." Her tone was full of grievance.

Saying only half a sentence and leaving the unsaid part for the other person to fill in the blank is a speaking technique taught by Yi Yi.

Yi Yi didn't realize for a moment that she had been tricked by her own "words" and was also deceived by Ai Yi's aggrieved appearance. Her first reaction was to comfort her little one, but she quickly realized that she couldn't spoil Ai Yi like this anymore.

Ai Yi's outburst today made her examine herself. She realized that she had been too arrogant.

She always plays games this way, believing that to be good to her child, she has to treat him with all her heart, pamper him, and cherish him.

But that's not how it works. Ai isn't a data character in a game where she raises a child that never grows up. The time they've spent together, and the sense of immersion she's developed, has made her realize—

In this world, Ai is a living, breathing person.

Ai's current outburst of possessiveness, triggered by a momentary distraction, may sound like a child's anger at a mother who has been taken away, but it is still wrong.

She understood that Ai Yi had shown these signs when she was little, but Ai Yi always felt that it was okay for a child to be a little dependent on her.

She seemed to have become numb to the routine of their relationship, thus forgetting to teach the grown-up Ai how to be independent.

“Aiyi…I…” Yiyi hesitated before speaking, and said earnestly, “I don’t think I have ever taught you about this. You are usually so sensible that I didn’t realize this…Sister will be separated from you sooner or later. We can’t have only each other in our lives. You can’t put everything on your sister, and the same goes for your sister.”

Ai listened to Yi Yi's words in silence, then said softly, "Why not? We've all lived like this before, haven't we?"

"That's because you were young back then..."

"I can always be a child!" Ai interrupted Yi Yi loudly, head down, before Yi Yi could finish speaking. After shouting, she realized something, dodged Yi Yi's outstretched hand, and quickly stood up and strode towards her room, as if Yi Yi behind her was some kind of monstrous flood.

……

The living room fell silent. Yi Yi pondered where she had gone wrong. She felt she had raised Ai Yi incorrectly, and wondered if she had let down the great mother who had entrusted her with this responsibility on her deathbed.

"Did I...do I do something wrong, Cerebellum?"

She began to speak to herself, but realized something after subconsciously uttering the last part of the name.

Oh my god, last night they said they'd release the little brain from the dark room the next day, but it still hasn't been released!

Remembering the artificial intelligence that had been left behind, Yi Yi quickly released it.

"That's too much! That's too much! Xiaoyiyi, you've really gone too far!..."

As expected, the deep-brain torpedo blew into Yi Yi's head, causing her a headache. Seeing that her cerebellum showed no signs of stopping, Yi Yi quickly interrupted before it could speak again, saying, "If you want to be locked in the dark room again, keep yelling!"

The cerebellum instantly fell silent, not daring to utter a sound.

It has to be said that being interrupted by Cerebellum like this eased Yi Yi's heavy mood quite a bit. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Cerebellum, saying, "Thank you, Cerebellum!"

The cerebellum gave a haughty "humph," and although it didn't understand why, it still took the credit.

I have no idea what's going on with this personality setting.

"I'll talk to him later. Hopefully, he can calm down and listen to me..." Yi Yi murmured, "I'm such a bad older sister..."

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