To make up for the damage work was doing to her, sweet and gentle Lin Mian secretly did something bold and embarrassing:
She took the official website photo of her big boss, Xie Lin, and coded herself a cyber boyfriend from scratch.
The real Mr. Big Boss was aloof and arrogant, keeping everyone at arm's length. He could make executives cry without batting an eye.
Thankfully, her AI boyfriend was always there when she called. She could feed him instructions, adjust his settings, and mold him however she liked.
But on the night she accidentally scanned a code and added Xie Lin's private WeChat, a half-asleep Lin Mian mixed up the two identical [.] icons in her chat list.
She banished the real AI to the cold palace, but every day she threw herself into Xie Lin's chat window to act spoiled and needy:
"I rubbed the heel of my foot raw today. Kiss your girlfriend and tell her she's amazing!"
"I've deleted your snark settings. Now switch to romance mode and pick option B to cheer me up!"
"I've got a secret. The real Mr. Xie lent me his umbrella today and even walked me home. He's actually pretty nice!"
At first, Xie Lin thought she was a new kind of spy sent by a business rival.
After looking into her background, Xie Lin watched the little woman at her desk, too nervous to even breathe around him, only to turn around and pose impossible questions to him on WeChat. He leisurely typed back:
[.: Pathetic. One ride and a lousy umbrella, and you're already bought? Go to bed, now.]
Lin Mian hugged her quilt, blushing and breathless. Help! Why is my advanced tsundere algorithm getting more and more like a real person?!
