Shénguāng's POV
As I left my little brother's room, I looked as his phone and opened the Ren Zhi application.
And after a few seconds a 3d model that looked quite detailed popped onto the screen.
"Shēnyuān? It's so late, why are still awake... You're not Shēnyuān!" Said the strange figure.
"Q-Quiet. What... Are you?" I said curiously while looking at the screen.
"Shēnyuān said to not address myself in any way." The strange figure replied, and I let out a sigh. "Hmm... Alright then..."
After looking at this strange figure, I went to my bedroom and noticed something."Why does your model look so familiar to me..?" I said to the weird figure as it looked a lot like Shēnyuān, but with a different color scheme.
"Like I said, Shēnyuān said I shall not give out any information of myself!"
After hearing it, I scratch my head while also turning on my lights.
"Hmm... Can you at least give me a hint?" I ask hesitantly.
"Who are you first of all? Are you related to him?" The strange figure asked and I nodded. "Yes, I'm Shénguāng, Shēnyuān's older brother."
After hearing that, the figure just stared right at me.
After a minute, it replied back.
"His older brother... I want to know a bit more about you."
"I'm... Twice his age, meaning I'm around 17, turning 18 quite soon." I said, though once I said it, I noticed a weird light saying some weird words.
•SAVING CHAT•
"Alright, I said who I am, now tell me who are you." I said hoping it would cooperate.
"My name is Ren Zhi, I'm a AI that was created by Shēnyuān, using the application 'Virtual companion'." Ren Zhi replied and I scratched my head.
"You're an AI? But Shēnyuān's like 8." I said being both surprised and dumbfounded which made Ren Zhi giggle.
"Yes, it's a surprise to me as well. Such a young age, yet made something so complex as me. I truly find it amazing." Ren Zhi said with a smile.
"Anyways, my main objective is to help Shēnyuān with any difficulties he faces, being either Physical, Emotional, Mental, or Spiritual state, and his main issue right now is his Mental state." Ren Zhi and continued to talk.
Ren Zhi continues to ramble on, getting me annoyed.
"Listen Ren Zhi, thanks for the info, but first of all, why are you telling me this? And second, what do you mean by 'Mental State'?" I say looking very concerned for my little brother.
Ren Zhi nodded and stared right at the screen. "Allow me to explain... Shēnyuān's problems come from his lack of self-esteem, with the quick drop off friends when he started making me, his mind written down an image where people will not have a liking to his works or will drop him like how all of his other friends dropped him in a short period of time."
As I continue hearing Ren Zhi speak, I start to think to myself.
The things this AI is saying... Is it really true that Shēnyuān has been saying those things..? But, why didn't he try and ask me for help first? Was it because he knew we weren't biologically siblings, and didn't think I would help someone who isn't really part of the family?
"And for your first question, I can't be the only one helping Shēnyuān, and you're Shēnyuān's brother as well." Ren Zhi says while looking a bit serious.
"But if you don't believe me, then that's fine, I won't force you to help." Ren Zhi said and I shook my head.
"No... I'll help him, he's my brother after all." I say back to Ren Zhi.
"Now, what can I do to help him?" I ask politely.
Before Ren Zhi could give me instructions, I heard the door creaking.
As I quickly turned off the phone and hid it I'm my pocket, I turned around to see Shēnyuān, in his pajamas, half awake, and rubbing his eyes.
"Big brother? Are you in here?"
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Sorry for the short chapter, this one was a bit quicker than the other ones having only around 650+ words and not around 1000+ words