Fortunately, Ke Xing’s answer did not disappoint Du Xixi.
He sat on the chair by the bed, thinking of Ke Lian’s instructions, and picked up a plump and round CD-0329 Star brand red apple, carefully peeling it with a small knife: "Don’t worry, the backup chip of 2569 contains complete data. Although everything stayed at the moment its body broke apart, once its body is pieced together and brought back, it will be no different from before."
What Du Xixi hoped for was nothing more than for the 2569, who was sometimes serious and sometimes short-circuited, to return. So when she heard Ke Xing say this, Du Xixi smiled, feeling relaxed.
Seeing that Du Xixi appeared relieved, softly leaning into the cushions behind her, Ke Xing revealed a "fatherly" smile, cutting the apple he had deftly peeled into small pieces and placing them on a plate, directly at the bedside cabinet next to Du Xixi.
In fact, a low-model housekeeper robot like 2569 is usually used by families with average conditions and doesn’t have any so-called backup chip. But 2569 is the Ke Family’s housekeeper robot, so an exception was made to prepare a backup chip on Ke Lian’s behalf.
Moreover, piecing together robot and mecha bodies is not an easy task. Currently, there are only a dozen high-level assemblers in the entire Blue Star Empire, so the cost of assembling is very high.
However, 2569 is indeed a special existence for Du Xixi, so the Ke Family did not mind spending a little bit of money. Using the Ke Family’s funds, which they would not care about, and half a month’s assembly time to bring back a housekeeper robot that makes Du Xixi happy is very worthwhile.
Ke Xing thought of the time at the Imperial Palace when he watched the Ke Family surveillance with Chen Yin and others, feeling fortunate that Ke Lian had the foresight to modify 2569’s defense protection mode. Otherwise, Du Xixi and Miao Miao might have already lost their lives.
Seeing Du Xixi start to eat the apple in small bites with a fork, a few sharp glints flashed in Ke Xing’s eyes.
The Morri Empire and Chengsta Empire spared no effort to assassinate Du Xixi, with top-notch interstellar killers. Had it not been for 2569 and Miao Miao’s unwavering protection of Du Xixi...
Ke Xing sighed inwardly, simply hoping that Du Xixi could live peacefully under their protection now, while the storms and dangers outside were borne by them for her. She could always be the little princess of the Ke Family and Chen Yin’s heart forever. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel★fire.net
In the alternating "shifts" of Ke Xing and Ke Lian, Du Xixi was already twenty days away from her due date. Although her pregnant belly was the largest among all the expectant mothers at the military hospital, her examination report showed that she was the healthiest.
Apart from a few people around who knew Du Xixi had spiritual power talent, allowing her to recover her body daily, others didn’t know and always felt that Du Xixi was cherished by the heavens, not even suffering during pregnancy.
You know, a pregnant woman’s good health makes natural delivery much easier. Many expectant mothers continuously exercise before delivery to improve their physical fitness and prevent issues during childbirth.
Having regained a body, 2569 has returned to Du Xixi, calling her "Madam" all day long, making Du Xixi miss her previously boring yet peaceful life.
Having submitted a leave application to the Military Department, Ke Lian can now accompany Du Xixi every day. For at least half a year, as long as no major war arises, he can stay with Du Xixi.
He sat by the bed, watching Du Xixi get annoyed by 2569 yet worried about something happening to 2569, unwilling to chase it out of the ward. But while this seemed amusing, Ke Lian also understood that this was a hurdle in Du Xixi’s heart that she couldn’t get over in the short term.
The incident at home left too deep an impression on Du Xixi. In the early days of her hospital stay, she would almost wake from nightmares in the middle of the night, then take a while to fall back asleep.
Though Du Xixi kept concealing her inner fear and worry, behaving calmly daily as if nothing had happened, not wanting others to spend more effort for her, Ke Lian and others actually noticed.
Du Xixi’s every night-time awakening, every fleeting moment of fear, and tension when mentioning 2569 and Miao Miao made Ke Lian and the others feel heartache, further deepening their hatred for the Morri Empire and Chengsta Empire.