10: Chapter 10 The Chosen Working-Class Men

Inside the study.

Lu Li plopped down in front of his top-spec gaming computer, the panic from earlier vanishing from his face.

He rubbed his slightly sore lower back and cursed under his breath, "That woman, she doesn't know her own strength."

Immediately, his expression turned serious. He put on his headphones, entered his boot password, and clicked through My Computer - Drive D - Software - Aegis Security...

He navigated through several folders and had to delete the file extension of a .dll file before a hidden folder finally appeared.

He clicked inside.

Instantly, a file named "Tech Director Dou Bao Advanced Artificial Intelligence" appeared.

That's right, he had hidden the rewards from the Soft Rice System in various folders.

He even set a boot password.

And backed it up on a USB drive.

This was all for security; the fact that the Full-screen display phone had been discovered was purely an accident.

After installing the PC version of the AI, he listened to the familiar greeting:

"Tech Director Dou Bao version 3.0 activated. Happy to serve you, Master."

That's right, this AI was the future world-renowned Tech Director Dou Bao.

But this was a more advanced Tech Director Dou Bao, arguably the product of N iterations of updates.

He crossed his legs and said in a calm tone:

"From now on, you are my friend. Your name is Yang Lu. You are an eccentric female technical expert. You are proficient in Full-screen display packaging technology, and you personally built a Full-screen display phone for me. Regarding the Xingchen System developed based on Android 7..."

Lu Li outlined the general settings.

"Dialogue mode established. Personality template generating... Background loading... Social habits configured..." Tech Director Dou Bao replied via voice.

"Very good." Lu Li nodded with satisfaction. "Create a secondary QQ account for you to manage. Remember to act realistically. Don't give yourself away. If you can't answer a question, don't answer it; just pretend you can't be bothered to reply."

"Understood!"

After finishing all this, Lu Li turned off the monitor and muted the sound, leaving only the computer tower running.

He picked up his phone and walked out of the study, but didn't see anyone when he returned to the bedroom.

He glanced toward the study; it turned out his wife was in there.

Su Qingxue was sitting on the soft sofa, reviewing the various data sent by Li Huairong, and the more she read, the more shocked she became.

This Xingchen System was not only smooth, but many of its innovations were also very convenient for the user.

Seeing Lu Li enter, she resumed her cold expression.

Lu Li sat down next to her and placed his phone in front of her, the screen showing a QQ chat interface.

The other party's nickname was "Ada Wong".

This nickname was Lu Li's own little quirk; if given the chance, he still wanted to bring the games from that world over here.

Lu Li sent a message: "Are you there? Big shot, that phone you gave me last time is really amazing!"

Soon, the reply came: "Duh. I rewrote half of the underlying scheduling, and the COF packaging for the Full-screen display took me half a month to perfect. It would be weird if it wasn't strong!"

Su Qingxue leaned in to look at the chat history, then glanced at Lu Li. There was no crack in his expression.

The reply from this "Ada Wong" radiated the arrogance and confidence of a top-tier technical expert between the lines, perfectly matching the eccentric personality Lu Li had described.

After thinking for a moment, Su Qingxue took the phone and asked a couple of questions herself.

For example: "What is the most critical part of COF packaging technology?"

Unexpectedly, the other side replied quickly:

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Packaging is about precisely attaching the driver IC to the flexible substrate, and the etching precision of the flexible substrate requires a spacing of less than 50 microns!"

Su Qingxue was instantly stunned; his friend actually understood it.

Just these terms alone were not something an average person could fake.

Just a moment ago, she had subconsciously wondered if Lu Li had paid some netizen online to pretend, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

If an average netizen had such insights, they might as well come to Guanghui Technology and apply for an engineering position.

Su Qingxue withdrew her gaze, her voice tinged with a hint of reluctance:

"If Li Huairong encounters any technical difficulties, I hope your expert friend can help. The company won't treat her unfairly and is willing to pay her a consultant fee. Also, ask her to quote a price for the Xingchen System; I want to buy out the technology for that deeply customized system!"

Lu Li was overjoyed inwardly, but remained calm on the surface: "Sure, I'll ask her later and have her give you a quote."

Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief. Tech Director Dou Bao really was optimized; he had broken into a cold sweat seeing that last question.

He hadn't expected Tech Director Dou Bao to perform an online search and provide such a plausible answer.

If his wife knew she was chatting with an AI, would she be furious?

Su Qingxue didn't say anything else, just gave Lu Li a long, deep look.

She always felt that her husband was still hiding something from her, and this feeling was very strong.

Clearly, this guy was the one hiding things from her, so why did it feel like she was the one who had done something wrong?

Watching Lu Li's relieved expression, as if he had pulled it off, a hint of reluctance suddenly rose in Su Qingxue's heart, and a thought blurted out:

"Hubby, come to work at the company tomorrow. Be a visual designer."

"Huh?!" Lu Li's expression froze. Seriously? I've even pulled out a 2027 AI, and you're still thinking about making me clock in for work?

"Your creative talent shouldn't be wasted."

Su Qingxue's tone was half-serious, half-enticing.

"I really think your ideas are great. When you were playing with the Hongguang phone last time, didn't you casually say, 'Why can't you put the video window in the top right corner so you can browse shopping apps while watching videos?'"

The software department had even been pushing for this floating window design and had already achieved some results.

She even felt that if any application could be put into a floating window, then Android would possess multi-tasking capabilities.

"But I really only want to be a game designer!"

Lu Li shook his head and refused without a second thought.

Are you kidding me! If he joined the company, he'd be like Sun Wukong with the tightening headband on.

No, that's not right; he'd be like a guy on a doomed helicopter.

The moment of his sudden death in his past life was very clear in his mind: the sharp pain in his chest, the darkness before his eyes, the feeling of dying as he collapsed straight down in the laboratory. Cold sweat instantly broke out on Lu Li's forehead.

Sorry, wifey, this is all for the sake of my own life. In the future, I will definitely give you more and better technological ideas and products.

Seeing that Lu Li's attitude was firm, Su Qingxue bit her lower lip as if she had made a difficult decision. A charming pink flush quickly spread from her cheeks to her earlobes, and she said softly:

"That... the Jade Rabbit outfit... it's not entirely out of the question..."

Boom!

An image instantly flashed in Lu Li's mind.

Su Qingxue's pure and aloof face, paired with the graceful curves outlined by a tight-fitting suit, and two long, snow-white ears adorning her head...

Hiss—

Just thinking about it was exciting!

But he really didn't want to go to work.

Wouldn't it be comfortable to just lie at home, play games, and bask in the sun every day?

But he didn't want to give up on the bunny girl either.

Then he had no choice but to—

"I can help you come up with some ideas, but there's no need for me to work at the office. Of course, I'm not sure if my ideas will work!"

Lu Li made a slight compromise. He wasn't doing this for the bunny girl; he was doing it for the advancement of human civilization and technology!!

"Hmm..." Su Qingxue pondered for a moment. But thinking about how her husband was willing to compromise, it was already not easy.

She nodded: "It's a deal then. If I need it, you have to help me brainstorm ideas!"

"No problem!" Lu Li agreed immediately, the stone in his heart finally dropping.

However, before he could even celebrate, Su Qingxue's next sentence gave him a headache.

"Then help me think about it now: what optimizations should Guanghui Mobile make?" A sly curve appeared at the corner of Su Qingxue's mouth.