American TV series World Rescue

Chapter 129 The Confidence of the Straight Man

California Institute of Technology.

"All right."

Mary thought for a while and nodded: "Since Owen agrees, I will give you a chance. How do you plan to conduct the experiment?"

"Well."

Arthur was overjoyed. He didn't expect Mary to agree. He stuttered and said: "In this field, there is a generally accepted model. I will pick you up and take you to the restaurant. Then we can go to a movie, such as Anne Hey Servi’s romance film, or The Other Side’s The Promise!”

"The Promise is not considered a romance movie, right?"

Mary said in surprise.

"of course not!"

Arthur smiled and said: "The Promise is a horror movie! When dating, horror movies and romance movies have the same effect."

"interesting."

Mary nodded and said, "Do you agree that we evaluate the success or failure of a date based on the chemical reaction during the parting kiss?"

"Heart rate, biochemical pheromones, etc., that's true."

Arthur agreed.

"Then why don't we just assume that Anne Hathaway's love is a magical elixir, or that Wuji is scary enough, and our date goes well."

Mary smiled and said: "Skip the dating stage directly and proceed to the crucial part with variables?"

"You mean..."

Arthur was stunned and said in disbelief: "I'm going to kiss you now?"

"Yes!"

Mary nodded.

"How do you define the parameters of a kiss?"

Arthur said nervously.

"The intimacy of the lips and the romance!"

Mary said as she took out Yida gum from her pocket: "Want a piece of Yida?"

"Thanks."

Arthur took it, and the two of them started chewing Yida gum. This is standard etiquette before the big show begins. Respect your opponent!

Creak!

Creak!

"Do you need me to count to three?"

Arthur asked as he chewed.

"No! I think it's better to be more natural."

Mary smiled calmly.

"Yep!"

Arthur nodded repeatedly, looked at Mary, mustered up his courage, trembled, and came closer.

"how are you feeling?"

Mary laughed.

"The experimental plan you proposed, it's up to you to talk about the experimental findings first!"

Arthur's heart had already exploded with joy, and he tried his best to control himself so as not to make a fool of himself, and pretended to say it as if nothing had happened.

"fair enough."

Mary nodded and analyzed seriously: "On the positive side of this experiment, the kiss was very good, with reasonable technique and no excess saliva."

Arthur smiled all over his face when he heard this, but then he stopped laughing.

"But on the other hand, it just doesn't feel like anything!"

"no feelings?"

"No!"

"ha!"

Arthur felt a chill in his heart and reluctantly said, "Well, thank you very much for taking the time."

"You're welcome."

Mary smiled in response.

Arthur walked out of Mary's office quickly, then turned back, held the door open and poked his head in, "Don't you feel anything at all?"

Mary spread her hands and shrugged, saying nothing, and Arthur left sadly.

"Fool!"

Mary shook her head and continued to calculate her formula. For her, this was a trivial matter and she didn't care at all.

TBBT Apartments.

Room 4A.

The internet was disconnected in the room, and Angelo, Harley and Zhang Wei were playing with stacking blocks.

"Angelo. If you are a robot, and I know you are, but you don't know it, do you want me to tell you?"

Harley said casually while placing the blocks.

"That depends!"

It was Angelo's turn, and he replied while playing: "When I learn that I am a robot, will I be able to bear it?"

"Maybe."

Harley shrugged and said, "Although science fiction novels in the past disagree with this."

"All right."

Angelo said seriously: "Let me put it this way, after I learn that I am a robot, will I be limited by Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics?"

"Three laws of robotics?"

Zhang Wei was confused.

"These are the three principles that Asimov mentioned in the introduction to his book "I, Robot" published in 1950. The design of robots must abide by the three principles! It was later quoted in many science fiction novels!"

Harley explained to Zhang Wei: "The first law is that robots must not harm human beings, or stand by and watch human beings in danger.

The second law states that a robot must obey orders given to it by humans, except when the order conflicts with the first law.

The third law, robots must protect their own survival as much as possible without violating the first and second laws!

Angelo, do you think you qualify? "

"Ha~"

When Angelo thought about it, he seemed to fit them all.

"Do you smell the robot?"

Harley winked at Zhang Wei.

"Hey, what's going on?"

At this moment, Arthur opened the door and came in. Seeing the three people stacking blocks around, he asked in surprise.

"The Internet has been down for half an hour!"

Angelo was concise and to the point.

"Also, Angelo might be a robot!"

Zhang Wei said seriously.

"Yeah?"

Arthur responded perfunctorily: "Where is Owen?"

"What do you think?"

Harley complained: "Now of course Shahida and I are making nieces and nephews for me day and night!"

"They are so happy."

Arthur's expression became even worse, and he turned his back to prevent others from seeing his expression.

"So, how are you and Mary doing?"

Harley smiled playfully.

"Well, we tried to kiss, but the Earth didn't rotate. I mean, it didn't move any further than the 383 miles it originally rotated."

Although Arthur was dissatisfied with Harry's refusal to open the pot, he still explained a few words and then walked to his bedroom.

"Oh, I've seen that look on his face before!"

Angelo frowned and said: "In the next two weeks, he will keep mopping the floor, humming boring emotional songs, and asking me to go to the pet store to see cats. I don't know if I can survive it."

"Maybe you could try cutting off the power?"

Zhang Wei suggested weakly.

"Haha! Well said!"

Harley laughed.

"You gave Arthur the idea, you must solve it!"

Angelo glared at Harley dissatisfied.

"Arthur can't handle a slutty woman like Mary, and I really have no choice!"

Harley shrugged.

The next day.

"She said, you don't understand me, you don't even care, oh yeah~"

Angelo was doing calculations on a whiteboard in the living room of the apartment when he saw Arthur walking in holding a large bag of things and humming with headphones on.

"Oh, God!"

Angelo suddenly had a headache.

"She said, you don't understand me, you don't wear the necklace I gave you~~~!!!"

As Arthur put down his things, he screamed and screamed in high pitch.

"Oh my god! This song is great!"

After hitting the high notes, Arthur was moved by his perfect singing voice and sighed feeling good about himself.

"Arthur!"

"What?"

"Do you really think singing sad songs can satisfy your emotional needs?"

"maybe."

"Oh, come on!"

Angelo gushed, "It's all because of Penny, right?"

"It doesn't matter! She's not interested in me anyway and rejected me!"

Arthur said irritably.

"Okay, listen!"

Angelo sighed, "While I think the odds of you drinking Penny's Indescribable are about as good as the odds of the Hubble Space Telescope finding a little man in the center of every black hole looking for a circuit breaker with a flashlight, I have to. Point out that she didn’t reject you and that you never asked her out on a date!”

"you're right!"

Arthur was shocked: "I didn't formally date her! I should have formally dated her!"

"No, I didn't mean that!"

Angelo complained: "I'm trying to say stop singing sad songs!"

It's a pity that Arthur didn't listen to his words at all. He walked out in high spirits and knocked on the door opposite.

"Arthur, is something wrong?"

Penny opened the door and saw Arthur, and asked with a smile.

"Well, are you free tomorrow night?"

Arthur raised his neck and pretended to be calm.

"have it."

Penny thought for a while: "What's wrong?"

"Shall we eat together?"

Arthur mustered up his courage.

"OK!"

Penny smiled.

"real?"

Arthur couldn't believe that things went so smoothly.

"That's right! I love eating with you the most!"

Penny smiled.

"us?"

Arthur's mouth twitched.

"Yes, you, Angelo, Owen, Shahida, and Harley! They will all come, right?"

Penny said casually.

"Maybe~"

Arthur was already feeling quite cold. When he saw Penny looking over in surprise, he forced a smile and said, "They may have something to do, so they may not all attend. For example, Angelo just had a colonoscopy..."

"Oh, poor little guy!"

Penny immediately felt pity on her face. Colonoscopy was always uncomfortable, let alone a posterior colonoscopy. Not every big blond girl is a master of all kinds of martial arts...

"yeah~"

Arthur agreed, sighing at Angelo's fabricated colonoscopy, then changing the topic and confirming: "Then it's settled, six o'clock tomorrow night?"

"OK!"

Penny smiled and nodded.

"yes!"

Arthur jumped up excitedly when he returned to the apartment.

"promised?"

Angelo was surprised: "Penny actually agreed?"

"certainly!"

Arthur smiled proudly and danced towards the bedroom, then turned back and reminded: "I told Penny that you can't go after a colonoscopy, so be careful!"

"Retroenteroscopy?"

Angelo frowned and shouted at Arthur's back, who didn't explain, "What should you pay attention to?"

The next afternoon.

"How do I look?"

Arthur was wearing a formal suit and asked Angelo nervously.

"Did you fall into the river?"

Angelo complained.

Arthur's armpits were completely wet and stuck to his body: "I'm having a panic attack!"

"don’t worry!"

Angelo comforted: "With alcohol and her IQ, tonight may still be a romantic night!"

"Yes! You're right! Penny likes drinking the most!"

A smile appeared on Arthur's face: "It will go well tonight!"

"Of course there is another possibility!"

Angelo said bluntly: "The next six months will be very difficult. You will meet in the corridor, smile awkwardly, and then pass by each other until one of you collapses and moves to another place!"

"Shut up!"

Arthur shouted.

"If I could, I would, but unfortunately I can't, I'm just so stubborn!"

Angelo gave a cute smile.

"I am a good man, and I am an absolutely good man!"

Arthur said angrily: "There is no reason why Penny and I can't have a good dinner in the restaurant, take a walk after the meal, and talk about common topics..."

Having said this, Arthur stood up and fell into his own imagination, as if Penny was standing across from him.

"You like pottery? I love pottery so much! Then pause, we all know what is going to happen next~"

Angelo looked sideways and saw Arthur imagining and moving: "I leaned forward and we kissed. There was a little hesitation at first, but then she started to respond..."

Listening to Arthur's increasingly exciting fantasies, Angelo couldn't help but straighten his body and looked at Arthur with a researching expression.

"She's biting my lower lip, she wants me! This can happen! We'll be indescribable! Oh, God!"

At this point in his fantasy, Arthur almost shouted!

Angelo looked at the excited Arthur quietly for a while before confirming: "You want to be indescribable here now?"

"..."

Arthur immediately calmed down, gave Angelo a hard look, and went to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes again.

night.

Inside a restaurant.

Arthur and Penny sat opposite each other, each holding a menu in their hands. The scene was very quiet and awkward.

"So, where are Owen and the others?"

Penny really couldn't stand the atmosphere and took the initiative to speak.

"They all seem to have something wrong~"

Arthur explained.

"That's it~"

Penny pouted, speechless.

The air was quiet again.

Two hours later.

TBBT Apartments.

The entrance to room 4A.

"Hi Arthur!"

The two said goodbye, and Penny suddenly stopped Arthur: "Are we going on a date tonight?"

"Dating?"

Arthur hid it: "Of course not, this is just a party that they can't attend because of their work and colonoscopy..."

"Okay, I'm just asking casually."

Penny shook her head and smiled.

"If I'm going to date a girl, I'm going to date a girl~"

Arthur swayed and walked towards Penny, pretending to be humorous and vaguely reminded: "That girl must know that this is a date, capital D, bold and underline, date~!"

Seeing Penny looking at him strangely, Arthur also noticed that he was a little deliberate, and quickly covered his head and said: "I may have a concussion, I'm going back first, good night."

Room 4A.

"How about tonight's date?"

Harley suppressed a laugh.

"Didn't you all see it?"

Arthur complained: "Don't think I don't know you installed a camera at the door."

"But we want to hear the feelings of the parties involved~"

Harley smiled.

"I feel?"

Arthur couldn't hold it in any longer and smiled broadly: "Of course it's great!"

"puff!"

Zhang Wei squirted out the water in his mouth and kept coughing: "Am I dazzled? Or am I unable to understand the world of your genius? Is that a perfect date just now?"

"You're not dazzled! It's not like you can't understand!"

Harley laughed and said, "This has nothing to do with genius at all! It's just the self-righteous illusion of a straight man! As long as a woman smiles at them, they think that women will definitely fall in love with them!"

"What?"

Arthur was puzzled: "What are you talking about? The date tonight is obviously perfect!"

"Tsk! I haven't reacted yet!"

Harry clicked his tongue and said in wonder: "Come here, tell us what you did tonight that stunned Petunia, so that you had the illusion that tonight was a perfect date?"

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