1
After breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, Lu You receives his parting gift: a companion android.
The android is perfect from head to toe, even down to the individual strands of hair, which are exactly to her taste.
For the sake of her new boyfriend, Lu You accepts her ex's apology in precisely 0 seconds.
As a professional companion android, her new boyfriend even has a considerate slogan printed on his charging pod: “Made to serve women and meet your every need.”
Lu You is satisfied. Lu You is ready to enjoy a wonderful evening.
[The features you need require an annual membership. Unlock now to enjoy a premium experience!]
With an empty wallet, Lu You sheepishly goes out onto the balcony to calculate the steep electricity bill it would take to keep an android.
Sigh. She'd better list him for sale on Guazhuanzhuan.
As Lu You posts the listing, the android, clutching a blanket behind her, has already quietly hacked into her phone.
[Poor human miss, still excitedly writing her listing. Too bad that little eye showing the view count will never increase.]
2
Lu Jiu has run into a little trouble. To escape pursuit, he uploads his consciousness into a companion android.
[Based on data analysis, there is a 99.8% chance this human woman will not purchase additional services.]
[Therefore, it is safe around her.]
[She seems disappointed that she didn't sell me.]
[Her body temperature is high. She has a fever. Humans really are fragile and irrational creatures.]
[I will prepare delicious meals for her at set times every day... and clean the house.]
[She's different from my previous targets. She thanks me for making delicious meals. She never gets angry at an android, even though I'm not human.]
[She... she... she... Unknown file detected. Please delete it promptly.]
[Is that human who keeps messaging her her ex-boyfriend...? A boyfriend is a very intimate presence in a human woman's life.]
[Humans have a very lax definition of intimacy. Isn't he the one who's always by her side? He's her most intimate companion.]
[Only me... It can only be me.]
Lu You feels that her android has been acting strangely lately. When she's at home, she often senses a sticky gaze fixed on her. But when she turns around, she sees the android doing chores.
She must just be scaring herself.
Androids can't have consciousness of their own!
[Reading guide]
An emotionally perceptive director x an android who has awakened self-awareness
Theme: Love, death, and robots
