Chapter 218 The Rhythm of Life

“The three elements of planting: sun, soil, and water.”

With a small shovel in hand, pat and compact the soil packet.

Looking at a flower plant swaying in the wind.

Ailee cocked her head, remembering the last item that was missing – water.

“Wow.”

“Wow.”

Hands with dirt stains.

Holding the sprinkler and tapping the spout, a fine stream of clear water should come out and float over the tops of those transplanted flowers and plants.

Delicate soft water droplets, gently falling onto the petals, wetting the slender leaves, and then sliding down the stalks to the root system, completely absorbed by the soil.

Such an unusual image.

And yet with inexplicable peace.

Vaguely, the machine maiden understood a little bit why Department Xu liked flowers and plants.

With the watering done and the transplanting of the flowers and plants ushered to an end, everything was perfect.

In addition to–

Ailee put down the sprinkler and looked at her muddy hands, her silver-blue eyes revealing ice, “So dirty.”

Dirt is not allowed.

A competent house robot will never leave any dirt untouched, especially on himself.

Only a clean posture can serve the master.

“Must …… wash hands…can’t let master …… see ……”

Eyes blinking, expression serious, stride.

The machine servant walked to the corner of the compound and lightly twisted a valve, and in the next instant, a large amount of clear water spurted out of it, washing over the machine servant’s hands.

Ailee stretched out her own hands, five fingers against five fingers, rubbing and rubbing against each other.

When it bends down and bends over.

There were strands of hair falling down the pale cheeks, following the beads of water that soaked them.

The splashing of the water and the sparse sound of the water was an unusual image, but the machine maiden was a bit dazed as she looked at the rushing water.

“……”

The clouds in the clear sky were blown apart by the wind.

The sun was blazing and shining unchecked on the water stream.

The formless and colorless water, after decomposing and collapsing the light of the sun, became as gorgeous as a jewel, glittering with a bit of silver light, full of inexplicable fantasy.

“So…so beautiful ……”

Silver-blue mechanical eyes reflecting the light of the water.

Hands still rubbing subconsciously.

Thus, under the impact of the current, in the light of the sun, the palm covered with water droplets seems to reach into the sea of jewels, gently fishing for the splendor of colors, that is the visualization of light.

Ah ……

Ahhhh ……

The machine maiden’s mind was completely captivated by this mingling of water and light.

She knew, of course she knew, that the principles involved were not complicated and that it was easy to understand the full picture.

But, not quite the same.

“There are some, not in the information, oddities ……”

The girl drew out her hands in bewilderment, and the dirty mud that had originally adhered to them had long since been washed away by the water, leaving only white artificial skin and crystal clear water droplets.

The sun is still shining.

Quickly evaporate the water droplets on your palms.

As a result, the refractive splendor of light and shadow quickly disappeared before the girl’s eyes.

Wanted to see it, wanted to see it again, wanted to see more.

In the midst of the machinery, in the cold metal, there was such a sound cathartic, and following that guidance, Ailee once again put her hand into the stream of water.

“Pah-!”

The sudden reach of the palm caused the water to break off and splash, and a large amount of water splashed onto Ailee’s face.

Wet that delicate, inquisitive face.

She blinked dumbly as the thought popped into her mind:

“The water, it’s beautiful.”

“Light, beautiful.”

“My hands, with water and light.”

The sunlight dips through the gaps in the leaves and falls from the cloudless sky in wisps, evenly dispersed by the newly planted flowers and plants in intermittent patches of light.

The machine maiden reached out her hands, cupping the clear water and raising it to the sun in the air.

Under gravity.

The cupped water began to slide down his arm.

But in the process, Ailee’s flat eyes slowly widened as she watched her hands, taking on a phantasmagoric glow in the sunlight.

It’s colorful, it’s disorienting, it’s mysterious and radiant.

The halo of light falls on your fingertips and blooms into an eternal magnificence.

Ailee just watched in silence until the water droplets on her hands, evaporated by the hot sun.

…………

When the Xu system woke up from their nap.

Seen.

It was such a strange scene.

The self-same machine servant stood in the corner of the courtyard wall.

The strange process of turning on the faucet, drenching your hands, turning off the faucet, and looking at your hands in the sun was constantly repeated.

Such a picture is puzzling, but at the same time, inexplicably gorgeous and intoxicating.

The maiden’s fingers plucked at the current, churning that all-important aesthetic exoticism in a waterfall of sunlight, a sound more delicate than the rustling of dead leaves, soundless, dissolving in the still air.

“Ailee, what are you… doing?”

Xu walked over to him suspiciously, and when she heard his footsteps, Ailee raised her wet arms to him with an expression that was half joyful and half bewildered.

“This, master, is beautiful.”

The flat voice revealed joy.

The Xu system was slightly stunned, good looking?

He quickly reacted to the fact that what Ailee meant by looking good was the refraction of water and light, thus bursting with beautiful colors.

“Well, it does look good”, Xu system’s expression softened as he gently rubbed the top of the machine maiden’s head.

The words originating from Ailee didn’t end there.

“There is something very strange, master.”

Bewildered, the young girl reached out her finger, and with a metal-cast fingertip, stopped at the point of her heart.

She told the Xu system in disbelief.

Something strange, something that doesn’t exist in the data, is clouding her judgment and logic, making her malfunction and constantly play with water here.

“Hahaha.”

The Xu system was first surprised, then laughed.

Smiling in the face of Ailee’s bewildered look, she spoke, “Don’t worry, it’s nothing strange.”

“It’s the color of life, the human desire for something beautiful.”

“Ailee, you’re doing a great job, I’m glad.”

The Xu system looked at the machine servant with relief, rubbing his palm over the long, blonde hair, and was genuinely happy about Ailee’s growth.

He felt that Ailee, today, had taken a big step forward on the path of “human”, and that it was a growth to be congratulated and celebrated.

This, this? ……

“Thank you for your answer”, Ailee thanked politely, she could understand the Xu system’s words and the definition of them, but the coldness of the machine limited her sense of life.

If one is human, one should be able to fully appreciate it, right?

She thought so.

Get up and present your results for the Hsu Department.

“Master, please see, this is the plant I have prepared for you, so you can watch and enjoy it here in the future.”

“As well as this, special flavored instant squares.”

Ailee lifted the insulated lid and brought the plate of newly flavored instant squares, to the suddenly silent Xu system, well, the instant squares were still hot.

“Airey.”

“What is it, Master?”

“Actually, I don’t think I’m too hungry for lunch today.”