Luo Rui, a nobody at Yude Academy, secretly admires Lian Yue, whose family is powerful and influential. After binding herself to a Love Manipulation System, she carefully controlled a few trivial, inconsequential actions to create opportunities to interact with him.
When Lian Yue's affection reached 50, he discovered the System.
Overnight, his affection plummeted, and the Manipulation System vanished.
Lian Yue: Is it fun to toy with people? I wish I'd never met you.
Luo Rui did as he wished and kept her distance, never approaching him again.
But he keenly noticed the covetous gazes lurking in the shadows, all fixed on her.
That day, the System came to Lian Yue.
[System]: Welcome to the Love Manipulation System. What would you like her to say to you?
[Lian Yue]: "I like you."
[System]: This System can only control actions, not feelings.
[Lian Yue]: Does she know that?
[System]: She hasn't had a chance to find out yet.
[Lian Yue]: ...
[Snarky, honest, aloof little cutie] x [Love-struck, all-talk, secretly proper guy]
Reader's guide:
1. The male lead will not bind himself to the System.
2. The heroine will not be put through emotional abuse.
3. There are lots of male supporting characters, with one-sided crushes.
4. This is a story about him pursuing her.
5. "The rational one loses control."
Theme: Feelings cannot be controlled
