A week had passed,
Christian, reclining in his desk chair and spinning himself around like a kid, was thinking about the past week after he'd made his intentions clear with Eva. It had actually been a relaxing week, with him not doing much work. Experience more content on m v|l e'-
But while it was indeed a relaxed week.
'Hmm.'
What should he say it? That sothing wasn't right? That sothing felt wrong?
In the end, he didn't know exactly.
But why was he expressing himself so vaguely in the first place?
It was, in fact, because of Eva.
Christian didn't think that, miraculously, after what had happened, they would beco very close, with nothing hidden between them at all.
But what he had in mind was still a bit different.
'Before we talk about her, I'll talk about myself,' was the first idea that ca to his mind right after their date at the riverside. But when it ca to putting it into action? No, this ti it wasn't about failure or anything like that.
But that he had nothing at all to say about himself.
He realized that his life had been spent doing nothing aningful.
Could the incident with his girlfriend in middle school be included? That was the only thing that stood out. However, it was sothing he didn't want to discuss unless asked, and naturally, Eva didn't ask.
Then, should he talk about his parents' incident? But what could he say about it in the first place?
Actually, he had actually ntioned it in passing before, but he hadn't elaborated on the situation at all. Sensing the atmosphere at the ti, Eva also hadn't pressed on.
But again, the problem wasn't just that; it was about opening the topic itself. He didn't like people's gazes when they learned about it. While he hadn't faced the sa situation with Eva, he struggled to explain it properly, to convey that even though it had been a devastating incident for him, he would naturally correct everything with his own hands.
Could he say that?
Naturally, no!
And that was the biggest problem. His current situation, looking into his parents' incident illegally but without finding much, made him feel impatient at tis and incompetent at others. It made it even harder to provide information, even if he could.
Anyway, putting those things aside, the biggest problem was what happened after he got his system. While he could ntion that he'd started trading and planned to create an AI, he couldn't explain anything in detail. Even with his sister, whom he trusted more than anyone in the world, he hadn't shared this. Then Eva? Naturally, it was even more impossible.
Here was the problem: if he considered the things he couldn't talk about, the things he didn't like to discuss unless asked, then, what remained?
His sister and his lonely life.
Did he talk about them?
He did! Even if shutting himself in his room wasn't exactly sothing to be proud of, considering the kind of person he was, he hadn't planned to hide anything. And over the past week, he talked more about these two things.
Now, Eva could confidently say that he really did brag about his sister, because he actually did.
The sacrifices his sister had made for him when she was young, were things no one else could ever match, and he was naturally filled with gratitude and pride for her. Even if he couldn't yet think of a way to repay her, since Ti, even with his system, wasn't sothing he could easily compensate for, but, he knew he could reflect more on this in the future. They had plenty of ti... hopefully!
While Christian's thoughts drifted slightly from the important issue, that sothing was wrong, returning to it, he realized it wasn't actually about him, but about Eva.
He still didn't hear anything important about her life, he didn't like to ask about thing, lacked the initiative and like the other person involve him, herself. But it's actually not happening, which is the reason he is feeling things are wrong.
He still hadn't heard anything significant about her life, and he didn't like to ask about personal matters, preferring the other person to involve him on their own. But that wasn't happening, which was why he felt sothing was off.
Even if there were things one couldn't talk about, it shouldn't be to this extent.
Naturally, there had been so developnt between them, as they started spending more ti together, even if there were no specific plans in mind. More importantly, it was evident in her attitude; Eva had beco more blunt, more open with him, and more expressive of herself.
But it was about things that felt unimportant!
There was still that invisible barrier, which, while it had perhaps grown thinner, was still there nonetheless.
Christian had also discovered her hobby, which was related to gardening. As while she didn't like to take care of it on her own, she still enjoyed keeping a well-maintained garden.
He wondered how that worked, why say gardening and not simply strolling through gardens? Of course, he didn't know, and even she couldn't explain it.
As for the skin-ship, it was actually just hand-holding and hugs, but Christian didn't mind and felt that if he were to advance in that regard, he wouldn't face any obstacles. However, in the end, he still didn't.
Not because he was chickening out, but because he felt he should wait. Maybe after sothing aningful happened, then sothing could develop on that front as well.
'So, why is Eva like this?'
'What could her past be that makes her so secretive?'
All kinds of theories ran through his mind. But while he thought about a lot things, he was still soone who didn't like to take the initiative. He felt he had already done enough, after all, and wanted sothing to happen from her side this ti.
He also didn't consider using his Program Hacking skill to obtain any information, even though their relationship had changed.
He wanted Eva to take a step forward this ti!
Fortunately, even though she hadn't co to his house in the past week, she would be coming in a few days to have a conversation with his sister. As like they had said, it was to get to know each other, and when he invited her, she seed pretty much unbothered. So, hopefully, things would progress then.
So, while hoping that her visit would spark so change, Christian stopped the chair from circling, now facing his desk and looking at the screen of his computer, filled with numbers, code, and the like.
'It's beautiful.'
He could never have imagined a day would co when he would call sothing so incomprehensible beautiful. Yet in the last week, he had actually done things that could be questionably called artistic as a hobby.
It was about the interface of Iris, his AI, but more importantly, it was about the voice. He thought, why not create a natural voice that is very pleasing to the ear? Sothing unreplicable, one even more beautiful than the real ones, whether from actresses or singers.
With ample ti, as he didn't read many novels or play gas like before, it was naturally possible, and while he couldn't say he had fully achieved what he had set his mind to, it was still enjoyable; he was even a little hooked.
After all, this ti, aside from his hobby work, Christian approached his other tasks lightly. Even his sister had comnted on his work with the voice project, which was sothing pretty fun, unlike the serious work he had done before.
Christian didn't intend to shroud his life in anger and other negative emotions. He genuinely wanted to resolve his parents' case and would seek revenge, but his life wasn't solely about that, and now that he had taken so proper rest, even his normal routine seed to beco easier and smoother.
So, he developed things at a normal pace with the AI this week, but with his skill level constantly rising, the speed of developnt was also accelerating.
As for the program-related skill; hacking, unfortunately, it still needed a long ti until it reached the desired level five, allowing him to make his third attempt, or more accurately his first attempt at the governnt.
Anyway, aside from the programming skills, there were new developnts with his other skills, such as Trading. Christian, now having nearly three million, with half in his bank account and the other half in his trading accounts, decided to slow down significantly more than before, following his sister's advice.
As if he worked with true determination, he could have easily reached ten million. However, after hearing his sister's reasoning that there was no need to raise any suspicion, he ultimately agreed.
As aside from that ti when they went to the shopping mall or when he bought equipnt for work, Christian didn't feel the need for money much right now, and when it beca more necessary, he could always make more, as lately, he had even more ideas for his earning inco.
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