Deceitful Game

Chapter 121 Paradoxical Technology: Xiao Gao Robot

"I……"

Gao Fan hesitated, a wave of doubt washing over him.

He didn't know what to say.

Many words flowed in my heart, but whenever they were about to overflow, they were suppressed again by the rising and falling of my Adam's apple.

After trying for a long time, he finally sighed slowly, "I... don't know either."

"Who is Gao Song to you?"

"Yes...it's my uncle."

Gao Fan slowly walked over and sat at the foot of the bed.

He looked up at Mingpo standing at the head of the bed and said, "Remember what I told you before... how tough it was when I first took over the company? I barely managed to keep the business afloat... all because of my uncle."

"Your father's brother? His biological brother?"

"Yes, my brother. But we don't have the same mother."

Gao Fan explained, "My grandfather met his first wife when he was in college. He made some money in Wenzhou at the time, and around the 1950s or 60s, he decided to go to Shanghai to make a living. But after that, my grandfather's first wife ran off with someone else."

"Society was quite chaotic at the time. She abandoned my grandfather and ran off to Hong Kong with a wealthy businessman. We probably lost contact after that, and I don't know the specifics."

"My grandmother was a local woman whom my grandfather met in Shanghai. After the reform and opening up, it was her family's investment that gave my grandfather the start-up capital."

"Back then, the law wasn't widespread, and the internet and surveillance were even less so. Because he didn't know where my grandfather's first wife went or how to contact her, he didn't know how to get a divorce... Even though my grandmother was ten years younger than him, he still married her in the end." ...Huh?

Mingpo was somewhat shocked: "Then your grandfather's actions constitute bigamy, right?"

"No, that was back in the 1970s."

Gao Fan shook his head: "Before 1994, there was no crime of bigamy, so according to the principle of not punishing past offenses, it actually didn't count... But that's precisely why my uncle's situation is more complicated."

When my grandparents got married, my eldest uncle was already sixteen or seventeen years old. Later, my grandfather had two daughters and a son. My father was the youngest and the most favored in the family.

"Due to social unrest, my uncle dropped out of school after primary school, which caused some trouble for my grandmother's family. Furthermore, by the time my father was born, the national college entrance examination had already been reinstated… so my father and aunt both received their education normally and went to university. And because of these reasons, my grandfather didn't give my uncle any important position in the company later…"

Gao Fan stopped there, and didn't say anything more.

But his meaning was already quite clear: for this reason, his uncle must have had a bad relationship with his father.

"No wonder," Mingpo sighed, "So it's a struggle for the crown prince position... It's not surprising, after all, your family really has a 'throne' to fight for." In fact, in Mingpo's opinion, it was reasonable for the old man to do this.

He already harbored resentment towards his first wife, and on top of that, his grandmother's family had been incredibly kind to him—not only financially, but also sending their daughter, ten years his junior, to marry him, a man who had built his fortune from scratch. And his "ex-wife"—though theoretically not divorced—had a son who had caused their family considerable trouble…

Under these circumstances, it's normal for him to have prejudice against Gao Fan's uncle.

Yes, this is definitely biased. Because in the world of family businesses, a child's education is often a minor issue.

After all, if your own children aren't highly educated or smart, does that mean you can't let them inherit your legacy?

That's impossible; at the very least, he would reserve some positions or give his son a sinecure. The fact that he directly excluded Gao Fan's uncle from the core power circle shows that he simply doesn't like his son.

A world-class family business...

In modern society, this would indeed qualify as a "throne." The motive for killing one's own hated younger brother is perfectly valid. "So, from this perspective, I now tend to believe that your father wasn't a fraudster, and that unnatural and completely illogical cause of death was very likely orchestrated directly by your uncle."

Mingpo analyzed carefully: "Because murder is undoubtedly a cause and effect, and they are related by blood, which makes it even more so. It's practically impossible for him to kill your father without being involved in cause and effect..."

"Look, even Tianwen judged that he killed your father, which means he left traces. How could this possibly fool the Deceitful Game?"

"Or rather... why are you so sure your parents were con artists? If you accept that they were directly murdered by the con artists, then this makes perfect sense."

Mingpo found Gao Fan's perspective somewhat strange.

It's as if he first determined that his parents were charlatans before making his reasoning.

After hesitating for a while, Gao Fan finally nodded.

"Wait a moment."

As he spoke, he quickly walked out of the bedroom.

He went to the next room, and after a while, he came back with something in his hand.

It was something that looked like a music box. A palm-sized wooden box, and if you looked through its only transparent side, you would see that it was full of intricate gears.

Looking at it, Mingbo was reminded of the music box she had seen in the newly released instance.

"What is this?"

Mingpo asked curiously.

Its name is "Xiao Gao".

Gao Fan replied, "It's artificial intelligence."

As he spoke, he spun the music box around a few times before placing it on the ground.

"Yes, it is!"

A childlike voice rang out: "I'm Xiao Gao, a portable AI robot. Hello, big brother I've never met before. The fact that my master allowed me to meet you means you're much more reliable than those two!"

"...What?"

Mingpo was truly shocked this time: "How is this possible?!"

Although he was just a screenwriter, he was still somewhat of an internet company employee, and Mingpo genuinely understood some technology.

How could such advanced artificial intelligence be contained in a tiny box the size of a palm?

Most importantly, it still contains gears... and even uses a hand-cranked drive to provide power!

Are gears actually just decorative items?

"This is completely unreasonable!"

Mingpo was puzzled: "Could this be a treasure?"

"Yes, that's not right."

Gao Fan, however, remained calm: "But this is not a treasure... because it is paradoxical technology."

"The voice it uses is the voice I heard when I was a child. So I think... this must have been made by my parents."

"Because my anchor point should also be their anchor point. So..."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "That's how I found it."

Mingpo finally understood.

Why would Gao Fan, with his mild-mannered and even timid nature, harbor such murderous intent towards his two former teammates who had taken over his home? Especially that "Wen Yu" young lady... Ming Po could tell that Gao Fan probably had some feelings for her. After all, she was a beautiful woman with a good personality, and also a friend who had helped him survive the difficult initial stages of the game.

Although it was she who later attracted that "iron-blooded leader" and took over his house...

But given Gao Fan's personality, he should have hoped that Mingpo wouldn't kill Wenyu.

Of course, given the relationship between Mingpo and Gao Fan back then, even if he pleaded with Mingpo like that, she wouldn't listen at all.

The reason he had such murderous intent was because, to Gao Fan... this house held great significance.

Although he was also loaned out, Gao Fan was not one of those "zero-out" players. He had some chips, even if few, but he did have some. In other words, he could actually change his cause of death at any time and withdraw from the game of deception.

Gao Fan was timid, lacked confidence, and had no reliable teammates. He should have run away long ago.

But he never did.

That's the reason for all of this.

The existence of the Xiao Gao robot proves that Gao Fan's parents must be liars.

This anchor point is not only Gao Fan's own anchor point... but also the anchor point used by his parents.

These are their belongings.

Gao Fan definitely wanted to investigate all of this, which is why he endured the humiliation and exploitation, but remained silent and never ran away; it was precisely because he could no longer tolerate this that he was willing to risk being killed in order to contact Ming Po and try to kill his teammates.

These two seemingly contradictory behavioral patterns actually share the same motivation.

This house is his obsession itself.