The Wife Is A Superstar 3

Chapter 452 - Evolution

Hours passed and yet Jennie continued to battle the unknown hacker. She barely moved from her reclining position on the ergonomic chair. Her hands and eyes were the only parts of her body that were visibly moving.

Lisa had to take a closer look at the up and down movements of her chest and shoulders just to make sure that she was still breathing. It was a little disconcerting to watch her so still...and so cold and emotionless. It didn't feel like she was human anymore but a robot instead.

He was reminded of the time when the two of them were just getting to know each other. She often demonstrated this kind of cold and detached personality back then. But even so, her natural gentleness, innocence and curiosity would still surface. He had witnessed her gradually opening up and becoming more expressive as their relationship progressed. It gave him a great sense of satisfaction, as he believed that it was a result of her falling in love with him.

Comparing to how she was then and now, she was like a completely different person. But it wasn't just her who had changed. He also did. Both of them did.

Although his baby girl appeared to have reverted to a more extreme version of her cold and detached self from before, Lisa didn't feel too bothered. This was also a part of her, and he accepted it. He loved everything about her.

If it weren't for the clock showing the time, he would've thought that they had been inside the computer room for days. Now he understood when his baby girl tried to explain to him that she would often lose track of time whenever she was working on something inside the computer room. It was difficult to retain the concept of time in such an isolated place like this. He felt like they were in another dimension separate from the rest of the real world.

Finally, Jennie slowed down. Her hands' movements became more relaxed. The tense and anxiety-inducing atmosphere also began to disperse.However, she still didn't stop and remained robotic.

Moments later, the seemingly lifeless Louis stirred. Her dull green eyes glowed brightly once again and her tail started swishing slowly from side to side. She released a tiny mewl. If it wasn't so quiet in the room, Lisa would probably not have heard her.

"Louis," he whispered, feeling a great sense of relief hearing such a tiny sound from the virtual white cat.

"Meow... Daddy..." he replied softly.

"Louis, run a full diagnostic scan on yourself," Jennie's cold voice ordered. Her fingers continued tapping on a keyboard, but in a slower pace this time.

The white cat mewled again.

"Yes, Mommy...

"Running full diagnostic scan starting now...

"0%...

"37%...

"96%...

"100%...

"Full scan completed!"

Then Louis started reporting the diagnostic scan results to Jennie. Basically, he suffered no data loss or corruption of any kind on his system. He was just currently experiencing a slight lag in performance from having to abort her his so abruptly and entering self-protection mode to allow Jennie to defend him from the malicious attacks.

Lisa sighed in relief. He glanced at his baby girl who was still looking cold and emotionless. Not feeling intimidated by her at all, even finding her more attractive than usual, he leaned down and kissed the corner of her lips.

Her fingers froze on top of the keyboard. She turned her head for the first time ever since the hacking battle started and looked at him with cold eyes.

This time, he kissed her fully on the lips. She didn't react, but he didn't mind. He figured that she was still a little out of herself from concentrating too much earlier.

"You've worked hard, love," he murmured. "Thanks for protecting Louis."

Her eyes trembled a bit, finally showing emotion. Then gentleness replaced the coldness. A faint smile graced her lips.

"Let me finish this up first. I'll tell you what happened later," she told him in a whisper. Her voice sounded hoarse.

"En."

He gave a quick peck on the lips before leaving her for a few moments. He looked around the other rooms until he found a kitchenette. He filled an empty water bottle with chilled water and drank. After he emptied the bottle, he filled it again, but this time with room temperature water. Then he returned to his baby girl.

Later, Jennie finally finished what she was doing. Lisa immediately helped her drink the water he brought. She drank thirstily, finishing the entire bottle. Afterwards, she leaned against Lisa and released a big sigh of relief.

He squeezed himself on the seat, taking over it, and then pulled her to sit on his lap instead. He embraced her while giving her exhausted hands a gentle massage.

"He almost found out about Louis. If I didn't make it in time and made it appear as if I was the one hacking in the first place, he would've gotten Louis." She looked at him and grabbed the front of his robe. "Hon, he almost got our baby!"

"But he didn't," he told her while stroking her face and trying to comfort her.

The white cat stood on its four paws. "Meow~ Louis will work hard to grow into a smarter and more powerful kitty, so that Mommy won't have to come to my rescue anymore. Louis will be the one to protect Mommy and Daddy next time. Meow~"

Jennie only smiled.

"En," Lisa replied with a nod.

At that moment, the white cat's form transformed a bit. The changes were so subtle that even Jennie, the cat AI's creator, didn't notice them at this moment. Louis became a little bigger, longer and sleeker. His beautiful green eyes became less round and developed a slight silvery glow.

These changes were occurring at the same time that Louis was processing the data from the hacking battle earlier. Jennie had fed him the data so that he could protect himself against similar attacks in the future.

Louis had started evolving, but his parents hadn't noticed anything...yet.