Come to your place?
Chen Mo muttered under his breath—just for a smart assistant app? Was that really necessary?
At that moment…
The voice of Red Queen, the little loli AI, rang in his head at the worst possible time:
"Master, hurry and go. This is a rare chance to feast your eyes. Tian Tian might be wearing black stockings… no, she might be barefoot and naturally stunning."
"…"
Chen Mo's forehead was full of dark lines. "You're a female AI. Why are you so pervy?"
Red Queen replied, "I'm just a bunch of code—gender doesn't apply. What I said was just a probability based on big data. That's how love movies from that small island nation go—often more outrageous."
Chen Mo: "Stop learning from those movies. They'll ruin you. From now on, keep your mouth shut."
Red Queen: "…"
"Hey, Chen Mo, what did you just say? Were you talking to me or someone else?"
Tian Tian's voice came faintly through the receiver.
Chen Mo had been speaking to his wireless earpiece while covering the phone mic, so she hadn't heard his conversation.
"Nothing important," he replied.
"Well, thank you for believing in my product. I'll come over then. By the way, which building is your dorm in?"
Chen Mo smiled innocently.
Although he was a top student in the class, he had never been to Professor Tian Tian's place before.
Tian Tian was so focused on the smart assistant that she didn't realize she'd just been the subject of a mental debate between Red Queen and her student about her possibly wearing black stockings.
"Faculty Building 3, Room 404."
"404 again?" Chen Mo was stunned.
"Yes! What a coincidence. If I'm not mistaken, isn't your dorm room also 404?" Tian Tian chuckled.
"Yeah. What a coincidence. I'll stop talking now and come over."
"Okay."
Chen Mo ended the call with a tap, figured out the direction, and headed quickly toward Faculty Building 3.
It wasn't far from the library—just a few hundred meters. He got there in minutes.
Straight to the fourth floor.
Standing before Room 404.
Just as he raised his hand to knock, he realized the door wasn't locked—it was slightly ajar.
Chen Mo gently pushed the door open and walked in. Was Tian Tian this eager? She even left the door open for me…
The faculty apartments at Qingmu University were quite luxurious. Though Tian Tian was single, as the youngest professor, she was given a two-bedroom suite—fully furnished and equipped.
Upon entering, Chen Mo noticed her home was decorated warmly—like a little girl's room.
There was no trace of her strict, stern classroom persona.
Pink accents everywhere, in a soft creamy aesthetic—cozy, cute, like a girlish bachelorette pad.
"Professor Tian Tian, are you home?" Chen Mo glanced around but didn't see her. One of the room lights was on.
"I'm here. Chen Mo, come in!"
Tian Tian's sweet voice came from inside.
Soon, Chen Mo saw her—dressed in a pink pajama set.
She had an impressive figure, perfect proportions, skin white as milk, and long legs—no wonder she loved wearing black stockings.
Though it was late and she wore no makeup, her bare face was still beautiful—the kind that grew more charming the more you looked.
But still…
Professor, you invited me to your home and greeted me in pajamas? Isn't that a bit too casual?
If this is a test for cadres… even cadres can make mistakes sometimes!
Tian Tian didn't seem to mind. Or perhaps she'd completely forgotten about gender propriety. At this moment, her mind was fully occupied by the Hatsune app—an artificial intelligence!
"What are you waiting for? Get in here!"
She took Chen Mo by the hand and pulled him in.
Inside, he saw that one room had been turned into a computer lab, complete with a server cluster.
Five monitors were displaying the code of the Hatsune app and a neural network interface—but the most crucial core code was missing.
"Chen Mo, did you develop this software?"
"Sort of. I led the development. The Red Queen team from Black Domain handled the execution."
Chen Mo used the "Red Queen team" as cover to deflect attention from himself and avoid standing out too much.
Tian Tian didn't doubt him.
The Hatsune app was beyond what ordinary people could build. Besides the local neural net, it also required cloud-based intelligence support. The engineering was massive.
If Chen Mo had a research team behind him, it all made sense.
"Can I take a look at the core code?"
Tian Tian asked excitedly, but after speaking, she realized that asking for the core code of Black Domain's proprietary software might've been too forward.
"Well… only if it's not too much trouble…"
"I can show you the finished version. As for the real core code—I'll share that after you officially join Black Domain."
Chen Mo smiled.
Seeing how excited she was, he was already 90% sure she'd join.
"A finished product?"
"That's fine. Let me see. Honestly, I'm already tempted by your Hatsune app." Tian Tian smiled, then made space for Chen Mo to install the app on her computer.
"No need to go through all that trouble. Just tell me your router's IP address. I'll install it on both your phone and computer."
"172.0.22," Tian Tian replied.
"Mainframe, install Hatsune app," Chen Mo said, deliberately avoiding Red Queen's name. But as a super AI, she'd know what he meant.
As soon as Chen Mo spoke, Tian Tian noticed the installation progress bar appear simultaneously on her phone and computer.
In less than a second, it was installed.
Tian Tian was stunned—deeply shaken.
What kind of freakish AI was this Black Domain company developing? It could install software on a device just using an IP address?
Her computer had a custom firewall blocking all outside operations.
Yet Chen Mo bypassed it and installed the app?
Insane.
She began to suspect that asking for her IP address was just a formality. The mainframe could probably do it without it.
Has Black Domain's AI gotten this terrifying?
If I joined Black Domain…
What Chen Mo didn't know was that this one simple display of skill had already convinced Tian Tian to join the company.