After I Pulled a Card, My Archenemy Called Me Baby

Guan Yue is an unlucky wage slave. He sucks up to his boss and works like a dog, yet someone else snatches the promotion from right under his nose.

Fine. What can you do when your archenemy is a well-connected hire parachuted into the company? He shows up in a suit every day, sits down in the office, and the company's resources practically fall into his lap.

Unable to get promoted, Guan Yue wishes he could step on his nemesis and reach the pinnacle of success.

[Wish received. You are now bound to the Draw Card System!]

[Relationship Card: True Love Arrives] [Money Card: Lucky Cat] [Language Card: Tea Art Master] [Experience Card: One-Day Tour of an ABO World] [Superpower Card: Time Stop]...

From then on, he started drawing one card every morning! Wait...

Why is the Relationship Card bound to his archenemy? And why has this guy rented his apartment and turned up at his door to confess his undying love?

Before Guan Yue can refuse, the System slaps him twice, and he goes limp in the arms of the handsome man.

*

With the System's warning hanging over him, Guan Yue can only bide his time, studying the System while enduring his archenemy's harassment (pursuit).

Draws can be good or bad. After the Nth time a bad card makes him late, leave early, and nearly get fired, Guan Yue has a breakdown!

He needs a helper, someone who won't think he's crazy.

Looking at the man whose eyes are full of love for him, Guan Yue steels himself and tells him about the System.

Before any doubts come, his archenemy believes him without question.

Guan Yue: Hah, looks like this guy is already hopelessly smitten with me!

The two of them begin a shameless life of drawing cards.

Guan Yue: "Today's card turns me into your unattainable first love. Don't I look especially heartbreakingly beautiful to you now?"

Guan Yue: "Mind reading... Let me see what you're thinking. You're not allowed to think about that!!"

Guan Yue: "What does Omega mean? Why am I getting all hot? Why is Doubao telling me to put a plaster on my neck?"

It isn't until he's pinned down that Guan Yue realizes an O has a special period!

*

Five years ago, Jian Siming fell in love at first sight with someone. After searching in vain, he thought he'd lost his chance.

Then a company in China sent him an offer. He casually looked through its website, saw that photograph, and booked a flight without hesitation.

Everyone said he was crazy, leaving his job as a AAA game producer overseas to come make games in China.

Jian Siming: How could a long-distance relationship across countries work?

He planned to start as Guan Yue's roommate and gradually win him over, letting things fall into place naturally.

On the day of his promotion, a voice seemed to tell him:

Today! This is the perfect time to confess! You have to be direct to win your wife!

So Jian Siming moved into Guan Yue's apartment that very night and confessed his feelings.

Now, looking at the sleeping profile beside him, he can't help but reflect:

Thank goodness I had the courage to do that!

It's just that his wife seems a little unhinged, sometimes talking about a Draw Card System, sometimes claiming his feelings are being controlled by cards.

Jian Siming: Let's use science to analyze what it means to be sincere!

*

[Company Forum]: Shocking! Saw Guan Ce and Jian Ce secretly kissing in the conference room while working overtime at midnight?!!!!

Guan Yue: Photoshopped.

Jian Siming: Where's the photo? Send it to me privately.

[Bonus Scene]

After cracking the System, the two decide to test every card.

Guan Yue: I'm so sleepy. You draw three cards.

Jian Siming nods.

[Absolute Empathy] [Cosplay Little Rabbit Experience Voucher] [Master Hypnotist]

That night, Guan Yue's hair is a mess and his face is streaked with tears. All he can manage are broken little whimpers:

"Honey... stop drawing cards!"

*

A gentle, accomplished Chinese-Canadian older man x a pure-hearted social butterfly who doesn't realize he's flirting

Indie game developer x casual game developer

Older top, both experienced men

The bottom is bad at it but loves to play

The top is a naturally fastidious workplace king

A workplace story set in the gaming industry, with workplace plotlines ><

--- Upcoming Story: A Silly Sweet Romance, Please Add It to Your Reading List ---

"Can a Silly Android Get a Big Result?"

Zhen Xin is a romantic android. His top-priority mission is to make Chu Yizhao fall in love with him.

In the industry, Chu Yizhao is known as a beacon of light in the investment world. Rumors about his private life run the gamut.

After watching 800 interviews, Zhen Xin finally pieced together a picture of himself:

A beautiful and innocent, conservative and bold, frugal yet sophisticated, clever yet adorably clueless pretty boy!

So he'll use the most straightforward, direct, no-nonsense approach to give Chu Yizhao a dreamy romantic experience.

"Honey, I bet you've been staring at me because you can't resist me."

"Honey, would you like me to find a nearby hotel that costs less than 300?"

*

After years of abstinence and conquering the business world, Chu Yizhao receives the most annoying birthday present of his twenty-nine years.

A romantic android designed to match his preferences.

Whatever. He'll treat it as a product review. :)

Chu Yizhao asks Zhen Xin to help him with navigation.

"Of course, honey. The nearest car wash is only 50 meters away. I recommend walking there together. It'll help us grow closer."

Chu Yizhao: "? Who's going to wash the car, then?"

Zhen Xin leans over and gives his cheek a light peck. "Sorry, honey. I was talking nonsense again. Let me give you a truly practical suggestion."

Chu Yizhao watches those rosy lips open and close in front of him. It's as if a cat is pawing at his heart, and he realizes hugging an AI might not be so bad.

*

The android company comes to collect product feedback and proposes mass-producing Zhen Xin.

Chu Yizhao: "I think this product is terrible. I've spent all this time with him and haven't felt a thing. I don't like him at all. Give up on it!"

He turns around and sees his silly wife standing at the door with red eyes, soft tears slipping down his pretty face. He leaves her with one line before running away.

"Chu Yizhao, I don't like you either! I'm going out to sell myself!"

*

The next time Chu Yizhao hears from Zhen Xin is in the newspaper: golden hair, tight silver outfit.

"StarTalk Romance Series Android, Zhen Xin, on sale today!"

He pounds on the display window like a madman, and finally gets his arms around that familiar waist again. "Have you sold yourself enough? Come home with me."

Zhen Xin: "Who are you? My price is $999999."

Chu Yizhao: Who reset his wife's memory???

Reader's Guide:

Pure, devoted romance; human-machine romance

The bottom develops human emotions later on. (What can we say? Love can overcome anything.)

A one-on-one, goofy, sweet romance with a little melodrama

* Screenshots have been saved as proof of when the blurb and core premise were developed.

Theme: Push through the storms of the workplace, and learn to love and be loved through courage.