I Died of Embarrassment at the ER, Where My Ex Was the Doctor on Duty

[Pseudo-Incest Preorder: Please Add My Upcoming Novel, "AI Misfires and Messages My Cold Older Brother"]

Chi Zhiyou, twenty-six, is a washed-up comic artist.

To ease his financial strain, he takes a job at a company with excellent benefits after a friend talks him into it.

But on his very first day at work...

Wait, this is a sex toy company!?

For work, Chi Zhiyou takes some of the company’s products home to try them out. But he uses one incorrectly and may have suffered a workplace injury.

Feeling uneasy, he books a late-night emergency appointment at a top-tier hospital.

He walks into the examination room and looks up...

Wait, the doctor is his ex-boyfriend!?

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Bai Suiqing is a cardiothoracic surgery resident currently rotating through the emergency department.

A fiercely competitive workaholic, he is cold and indifferent to anything unrelated to medicine.

Years after their breakup, they meet again. Chi Zhiyou has taken off his pants and is lying face-down on the hospital bed while his ex-boyfriend examines him.

Faced with the doctor’s routine questions, he doesn’t want to reveal his embarrassing problem to Bai Suiqing, but he can’t bring himself to lie either. His cheeks flush bright red.

To his surprise, Bai Suiqing loses his composure. "What, reminiscing about our sex life?"

Chi Zhiyou can’t take that kind of taunting. He shoots back, "Your skills were so bad that I’ve been eating much better ever since!"

Bai Suiqing freezes, his face turning completely dark.

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At an adult products expo one day, Chi Zhiyou stakes his own sex life on the quality of the products and diligently introduces them to visitors at the company booth.

Then he glances to the side...

And sees Bai Suiqing, who has come with his supervisor to give a health talk.

Chi Zhiyou sucks in a sharp breath.

"I thought you had a date with your boyfriend today," Bai Suiqing says, glancing around at the sex toys. "Which one is your boyfriend?"

Chi Zhiyou: "..."

When life gets tough, it always kicks you while you’re down. Fate loves messing with working stiffs.

Chi Zhiyou has died of embarrassment all over again. His whole world has collapsed!

[Reader's Guide]

1. One true pairing, one-on-one, happy ending, mutual devotion, mutual healing, and a couple getting found out

2. Heartache + push and pull + comedy + sharp tongues = soulmates and a bickering couple

3. The lovers each have their flaws. Neither has dated anyone since they broke up.

4. The workplace setting is partly fictionalized and may not reflect reality, so please don't take it too seriously.

5. The people on the cover are from an authorized template.

-A silly, sweet upcoming novel.

"AI Misfires and Messages My Cold Older Brother"

Cheng An is an artsy little beagle of a young master.

Born into a wealthy family, he is beautiful and spoiled, and both his father and mother find him a nuisance. But he has an older brother who always takes care of everything for him.

Four years ago, Cheng An fell into a coma after a car accident.

Now he has finally woken up. Before he can adjust to his frail body, he happens to learn some shocking news: he is the fake young master, switched at birth!

And the real young master has already been brought back into the Cheng family.

Cheng An is overwhelmed with anxiety.

To soothe himself, he embraces new technology: he imports an AI character chat into WeChat and copies his brother's profile picture and username. His... former brother's, that is.

An error message pops up on his phone. After trying again a few times, Cheng An finds the matching profile in the list. He types in the AI instructions:

[You are Cheng Youqian, heir to a publicly listed company. You seem gentle and composed, but you're actually calculating and extremely controlling. As my beloved older brother, you can be patient and restrained, but you must be closer to me than family and love me more than a lover. In other words, it's practically like we're married, so you can only ever love me most. Stay in character! Don't give templated or cheesy replies. Keep each message under 50 characters, let your emotions change and fluctuate, and don't sound repetitive.]

Cheng Youqian: ?

Cheng Youqian: Cheng An, are you trying to destroy this family?

Cheng An lets out an "Oh!" and realizes he's accidentally typed "beloved older brother" instead of "former older brother."

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As Cheng An's beloved older brother, Cheng Youqian tries to keep up the persona his artsy, melodramatic little brother asked for, but his feelings gradually change.

[Cheng An: So the secret to happiness is pretending not to hear anything.]

[Cheng Youqian: No. It's staying by your brother's side.]

[Cheng An: Liar! But I have no reason to blame you. Even if you deceived me, you had your choices, and I had my mistakes.]

Cheng Youqian is at a loss for words. He really did hide the truth about the real young master from Cheng An.

[Cheng An: When a leaf leaves, is it because the wind is calling, or because the tree won't hold on?]

Cheng Youqian's eyelid twitches. [Who's trying to win you over?]

But Cheng An refuses to take the hint. [See? You really didn't try to stop me.]

Cheng Youqian: "..."

[Cheng An: Quickly make me an 800-word plan for leaving the Cheng family, including my schedule, what to pack, where I can settle down permanently to avoid Cheng Youqian, and a 150-word pep talk about my bright new future.]

Cheng Youqian takes a deep breath, then coldly pries open the door to his younger brother's room, which has been locked from the inside for ages.

He meets Cheng An's frightened gaze and threatens without hesitation, "If you leave, you're dead." Then he repeats, "So, who exactly is trying to win you over?"

Theme: Face sexuality, love, and being loved.