{Happy birthday, mother!}
{Happy birthday, grandmother!}
That was the first thing that greeted her the next morning when she woke up.
Listening to Andrea, Ace and the other siblings wishing her a happy birthday, Diamond was beaming with happiness.
Her eyes were crinkling and the corner of her lips turned upwards, feeling too thrilled.
"Thank you, kids!" she responded enthusiastically, feeling grateful to have these AI families accompanying her every day.
{We wish you many more years to co.}
"Hehehe, and I shall live many more years to co. Otherwise, won’t you be lonely without ?" she said happily, as she climbed down the bed, her tone a bit teasing.
She wasn’t planning on dying or going anywhere. She planned to live for a very long ti. In fact, with her level of cultivation, she was soone who could live over one hundred and fifty years old already.
She just needed to make sure that the surrounding people would live as long as her. Otherwise, she would live a lonely life and that wouldn’t do her any good.
Diamond put on her slippers and started spreading the bed. As she was doing so, Andrea appeared once again.
{Mother, I and the kids have prepared a present for you. Do you want to see it?} Suddenly, Andrea said stunning Diamond, who wasn’t expecting to have any present from the group.
She stood frozen with the sheet in her hand, her mouth wide open in shock.
{Mother!} Andrea called out to her, seeing that she was montarily frozen.
Upon hearing Andrea’s worried voice, Diamond jolted out of her thoughts and a smile blossod on her face as she threw the sheet away before asking excitedly, "Darling. What kind of present do you have for ?" eagerness in her tone.
{Hehe, how about you get hold of your tablet? It’s easier to show you that way!}
Upon hearing that, Diamond grabbed her tablet which was on the bedside and sat on the bed, which wasn’t tidied up yet.
"Now tell . What do you have for ?" she asked excitedly, holding the tablet.
Since she didn’t know what Andrea wanted to show her, she could only hold it until she saw what the present was.
{Just a mont,} Andrea said and Diamond nodded.
She didn’t lack ti at all. It was still very early. So, she had all the ti in the world.
However, she didn’t wait for long as, seconds later, an email popped on the screen.
Seeing it, she hurriedly clicked on it, eager to see what kind of wonderful things Andrea had gotten for her.
When she opened the email, Diamond felt like she was dreaming. She looked at the email repetitively, feeling as if she wasn’t seeing it right. Maybe her eyes were affected or sothing.
After checking repeatedly and yet the words remained the sa, Diamond’s hand holding the tablet was trembling. She couldn’t help but ask, a tremor in her voice. "Dear, is this true?" her tone filled with disbelief.
If Andrea was human, he would be showing a satisfied smile on his face, feeling happy and proud to have made his mother react in that way. Unfortunately, he wasn’t. But as an intelligent AI, he knew a thing or two.
{Mother, consider this as my filial piety to you. You have treated nicely, disregarding my species. I know that if I was given to soone else who wasn’t you. I would be exploited and wouldn’t be given such freedom and complete trust as you do.
You don’t treat as just an intelligent species, but you treat like your own child, a closest friend and the kind that you trust. For treating like that and giving a chance to feel at ho like this, consider this as my birthday present for you.
I wish you many more years to co. No matter what happens in the future, Andrea will always be by your side. I will fight for you and make sure that no harm will befall you as long as I am here.}
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Suddenly Diamond found herself crying.
It’s been ages since she last shed tears and yet there she was crying, just because Andrea, the AI, rewarded to her in her early days of getting the system talked so much and touched her heart strongly.
Honestly, thinking about Andrea, he was indeed an anomaly. During the ti when she was lonely, without friends she could rely on or even talk to as much as she had now. He was the only one she could talk to.
Thanks to him, she was able to boost her low self-esteem. He always encouraged her and reminded her of who she was. Thanks to him, her self-confidence was off the charts now.
With him by her side, she was at ease. She couldn’t live without him.
Such a child. If she didn’t take him as her son, she didn’t know what else to do.
Since she treated Andrea as her son, she didn’t dare exploit him much. As long as he could help her when she needed the help, he could spend the other ti doing whatever he wanted.
She just never thought that he had been busy with his side projects and they were mostly for her. How could she not be touched?
"You ... you really didn’t have to do this for , you know? It’s a bit too much!" she emotionally said as she looked at the shareholder certificate with her na on it and a glaring 51% shares on it.
{Mother, you deserve this. Besides, what’s the point of earning so much money? I might as well give it to you so that you can use it wisely. Help so people out there or eradicate the evil forces corrupting the world,} Andrea generously said to her.
Upon hearing that, Diamond smiled despite the tears streaming down her cheeks.
"You .... Fine, I will take it. Thank you very much, Andy!" seeing how adamant Andrea was, Diamond felt no need to keep on rejecting.
This was the first ti that she was receiving shares elsewhere other than the system. How could she not be touched?
Her son was truly filial.
Now the thing was, what kind of company did her son give her?
{I will tell you all about the company later. You still need to receive your grandkids present,} as if guessing what was on her mind, Andrea said, putting her at ease and making her eager to know what the grandkids had made.
"Okay, you better not leave a single thing later."
{I won’t.}
"Talking about my grandkids. How many are there?" she couldn’t help but ask curiously.
She only interacted with Ace, as for the others, she didn’t do much. She couldn’t help but wonder how many kids Andrea had created during this period.
{There are eight of them, including Ace,} ca the response.
When she heard that, her eyes widened with shock. "Eight of them. Andy, you weren’t making my grandbabies do so weird jobs, were you?"
{Mother! Co on! How can I do that?}
{Granny, he didn’t make us do sothing like that. I can swear,} a familiar voice she hadn’t heard in a long ti sounded.
Upon hearing the voice, a smile blossod on her face. "Ace, are you sure about that?"
{100% sure, Granny. Trust us,} Ace defended the honor of his father.
Since he was like that, what could she say? She could only accept that it was the truth.
After that, another email appeared, and several docunts were in it.
Diamond took her ti to read them, and the more she read, the more her smile brightened.
{Ace.... you kids. Aren’t your hearts bleeding?" she couldn’t help but tease as she looked at the title deeds in her na.
{Hehe, we just want to show filial piety to Granny. Since you love collecting buildings, then collect a few more,} Ace boastfully said, his tone very much to her liking.
Her eyes crinkled, and the smile on her face widened. She loved this kind of filial piety the most.
"Thank you very much for the birthday gifts. I really like it. Thank you," she didn’t forget to thank her grandkids.
They had put a lot of effort into picking what she liked.
{As long as you are happy!}
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