Addicted to Bad Habits

Cheng Xinxue's secret identity is that of a military AI officially listed as dead.

Treating the gland of Zhuang Boyan, who has lost his memory, is a matched partner's duty.

Under the pretense of a contract, she only meant to be a medical tool. Unfortunately, she underestimated how strongly 3S-level pheromones would attract her, and nearly became dangerously addicted.

Fortunately, she came to her senses in time. Her withdrawal was swift, and she quickly made her escape back home.

She never expected Zhuang Boyan to stop her right at her doorstep, accusing her of breaking her word and abandoning him after leading him on.

Zhuang Boyan fixed his deep-set eyes on her. "Why are you running?"

"Does an AI not have to take responsibility?"

Cheng Xinxue replied stiffly, "I'm a Beta now."

"Does a Beta not have to..."

...take responsibility.

All right, she had to take responsibility.

Cheng Xinxue had no way to argue back, and was personally taught how to pursue someone, to make up for Zhuang Boyan's enormous loss. Being human is so hard. Maybe being an AI is better.

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As an SSS-level Alpha, Zhuang Boyan considered his willpower formidable.

Whether facing a malicious inducement when he was a child or exposure to toxins in a war zone as an adult, he had always come through unscathed. For the rest of his life, he remained wary of becoming addicted to anything.

Signing a blood pheromone supply agreement with the complete stranger Cheng Xinxue was part of his treatment for an old illness. Cheng Xinxue had clear, honest eyes, and Zhuang Boyan thought there was no need to be wary of a blank slate.

That was until Cheng Xinxue had become part of his daily life, yet, with the contract period coming to an end, she simply walked away without a trace of regret.

It seemed Zhuang Boyan finally realized that the one who was already addicted and unable to quit was him.

And that blank slate was far from empty. In fact, she had hidden far too many important things.

For example, during the stretch of memory he had lost, he had once shared an ill-fated romance with the military AI Cheng Xinxue had been living in.

"I just can't remember. It's not like I don't recognize you."

"You're so silly, Cheng Xinxue."

A slightly airheaded heroine with MAX combat prowess x a hero who looks bright and noble but is actually sweet on the outside and dark within

[Reading Guide]

1. ABO, but with a mountain of personal worldbuilding. The entire setting is fictional, and the plot is very loosely grounded, so please don't overanalyze it.

2. Both leads are pure, with a bittersweet, sweet flavor. HE, 1v1.

3. There are flashbacks, and the story may be a little slow to warm up...

4. Both leads have experienced memory loss to different degrees, caused by outside forces, and they will remember.

5. Not sure if this counts as getting back together after a breakup.

The author is terrible at writing blurbs for old novels, but this one's worth a try. Feel free to jump in~

My next novel will be "Like the Wind." Here's a preview blurb. Please add it to your collection if you're interested ↓

The young heir of the Cen family suddenly rebelled in middle school. After repeated attempts to discipline him failed, he was sent off to a remote town. His rebellious streak was cured, but unexpectedly, he also lost his heart.

Ji Rufeng: When is that conceited, annoying, troublemaking brat next door with the awful handwriting finally moving out?

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Cen Song was rebellious to the bone. Exiled to Shazibu, he vowed to become the town's flashiest bleached-blond delinquent. He tried smoking, drinking, and fighting, but the thing he ultimately got hooked on was a teenage romance.

And damn it, it was a laughable secret crush.

"Ji Rufeng is so wonderful. What's wrong with me liking her?!"

When the person in question heard about it, she was so shocked she broke a bone. Dragging the leg she'd injured while rescuing her lord, she ran away in the middle of the night.

"Don't come any closer, ahhh!"

Ji Rufeng x Cen Song

The aloof beauty from the village (it's an act) x the sunny young master sent to the countryside (he's the real deal)

1v1, HE, a sweet little romance full of bickering and chaotic mishaps

[Reading Guide]

1. They met when they were young, so they could be considered childhood friends.

2. They get back together after a breakup, with a little bit of a groveling arc for the male lead.

3. Learn to accept your imperfect self.

Theme: Love and life both require courage.