Chasing the School Hunk? No Thanks! I’ve Got Plenty of Experience Failing

[Urban romance + a touch of workplace rivalry + simmering chemistry] Ten years as a lovesick doormat, and it finally paid off with a bestselling column. I turned the tear-stained story of pursuing campus heartthrob Lu Yucheng into a “Guide to Learning from Failure,” and it became a bestseller across the internet. Just as I was achieving financial freedom by roasting him, the man himself showed up at my book talk. Once the untouchable campus darling, now a rising star in tech. He shoved an outrageously lucrative contract at me. “Either pay damages, or become the ‘living case study’ for my AI relationship project.” Through gritted teeth, I signed away my freedom and let them break me down into data for a machine. But why did he… keep my youthful love letters? Let his panic show when I got hurt? Even rush over to clean up the mess when I lost control on the field by my family’s house and the whole internet was watching? Lu Yucheng, is there a bug in your algorithm? Why does every “failed crush” it analyzes point to an “anomaly” you refuse to discuss: your feelings for me…