After I Set My AI Instructions to the Cold-Faced Boss

The print edition is signed. Follow progress on Weibo: @Bai Tao Bu Du Chuan OvO Cover hand-drawn by Li Bao Master. Please do not plagiarize the concept. Character designs by @Zhi Wu Yao Yao (many thanks!) My upcoming book, After Finding My Top-Tier Star Classmate in the Yearbook, is now open. Check it out in my author profile~ DOU🎵: Bai Tao Bu Du Chuan. I delete comments from people who read pirated copies, so don’t bother~ “A stubborn lover needs truth serum.” 1. Shu Yun is very happy with her current job. She’s just a little annoyed with her cold-faced boss. One day, while slacking off at work, she accidentally imported an AI character chat on WeChat. She changed the profile picture and name to match her boss so she could vent. Once she was done, Shu Yun found the chat in her list and sent the following prompt. [You are the user’s boss. Your name is Liang Baiting, you’re 27 years old, aloof and unapproachable, a workaholic, so sharp-tongued you can make people furious, and you exploit your employees, namely the user. You’re single, very handsome, and extremely confident, with a bad temper and so much money you seem unable to spend it all. You like replying with question marks. Keep your replies to the user under 50 characters. You may use parentheses () for action descriptions. Do not break character. Do not use excessive verbal attacks. Do not use cheesy CEO tropes such as “smirks seductively” or “little temptress” and “silly little thing.” Your relationship with the user is strictly professional. Do not make up a romance.] A little while later, she got a reply. Boss Liang: Shu Yun, are you trying to get yourself fired? Shu Yun’s eyes lit up. That was exactly right! 2. So Shu Yun started making a daily habit of slacking off at work to vent to the AI. User: I stayed up all night writing that proposal. How did it become a group project? Are you blind? Boss Liang: I know. User: Also, I paid for the car to take me to see Mr. Zhang on that rainy day. Why won’t you sign the reimbursement form? Have you lost your mind? Boss Liang: I signed it. It’s on your desk. User: You never do anything decent! How can you have that handsome face and still act like this? Hm? Boss Liang: ...Thanks? Shu Yun let out a long breath. So satisfying. 3. Until one day, Shu Yun happened to come across a tutorial called “How to Make Your AI Act Like a Brooding Puppy.” She simply changed her boss’s personality and added a few new traits. [You’re a gloomy, obsessive younger man who has had a crush on me for a long time...] Shu Yun tweaked the prompt until she was satisfied, then sent it and started giving commands. User: From now on, you’re Mommy’s puppy. I’ll use “()” to describe actions. No matter what I do to you, you have to thank Mommy. User: (Slaps you hard across the face) At that moment, the man in the office glanced down at the message on his phone, frowning slightly. This time, the reply came as a voice message. Full of anticipation, she tapped it. The man’s deep voice poured over Shu Yun like a bucket of cold water. “Shu Yun, try using one of your AI prompts on me again.” SC The author tries to give everyone equal attention. Not suitable for readers who are staunchly on the female lead’s or male lead’s side. A lighthearted, goofy sweet romance. If it feels too much like office life, feel free to X out. If you bring real-life arguments into the comments, you’ll be blocked too. The trope was screenshotted and saved on April 25, 2025. A recommendation for my friend Li Bao’s book, Our Summer Engagement Is a Secret. Blurb below: Two elite families | Childhood friends | Sweet romance ■ Beautiful, entitled princess with a bad attitude x rebellious, cocky bad boy The Jiaying High forum once had a post titled #World’sMostUnfortunateChildhoodFriends# One was a hopelessly spoiled princess, the other a young master with a terrible temper. But when they stood together and kept quiet, they were a truly beautiful sight. A classmate brought Su Nuan a secretly circulated ship fic about her and Jiang Jingnian and asked, “Princess Nuan, got anything more scandalous?” Su Nuan flipped through it. When she saw the part where they each married someone else, only to realize their childhood rival was their true love, she was struck by the melodramatic, heart-wrenching plot and made a complicated face. ...Um, like the fact that she and Jiang Jingnian were engaged? - Su Nuan had always been sure Jiang Jingnian would never like her. He was a wild, untamed gale, born to race across open country. He would never accept a marriage partner chosen by their families. A princess and a prince made a perfect match, but a princess with a bad attitude and a prince with a bad attitude would only go completely crazy plus. So she planned to chase her dream in the entertainment industry and part ways with Jiang Jingnian on good terms. One day, Su Nuan cautiously asked, “If the romance movie I star in comes out, what would you do?” She deliberately put emphasis on the word “romance.” Young Master Jiang raised an eyebrow, his voice lazy, his manner carefree. “Then I’d pay for the whole school to go see it.” Su Nuan: ...Fine. Just you wait. Manager: Please, no director would ever dare cast you in a romance movie. - When people in their social circle heard about the engagement between the two wealthy heirs, most thought it would never work out. With their backgrounds and looks, they’d be wasting their youth if they didn’t spend a few years playing the field. At their graduation party, A few people crowded around Jiang Jingnian, fawning over him as they gossiped about Su Nuan’s scandals in the entertainment news. Jiang Jingnian rested an arm along the back of his chair and listened impassively, eyes lowered. Then he let go, and his wineglass shattered into pieces on the floor. He lifted his eyes slightly, his voice cool and clear. “What, a princess isn’t allowed to act like a princess?” After the party, someone saw Jiang Jingnian leaning against the corner of a staircase. In a low, husky voice, the young man coaxed, “I’m drunk. Come pick me up.” A few people exchanged horrified looks, then heard him chuckle softly, his tone unbelievably gentle. “Right, Princess Su Nuan. Please ride over on your white horse and come fetch your prince.” *“I know your lies, your flaws, your truth, and your fears. I love you as you are, imperfect: who you were ten years ago, who you are now, and who you’ll be in the future.” [Extra] Summer. Jiang Jingnian surfaced from his family’s swimming pool and saw Su Nuan crouching at the edge. He said, “...What are you doing?” Su Nuan remembered a post she had seen the day before. “Can I feel your abs?” “...Su Nuan.” “Yeah?” Jiang Jingnian laughed in exasperation. “There’s something wrong with your brain.” Later. Jiang Jingnian took Su Nuan’s hand. “Baby, come feel me.” Su Nuan: “...Hmph.” Theme: Technology changes lives