Defective Goods Recovery Specialist

Humanity has entered the post-AI era, and robots are commonplace.

Some people date robots, some use them for elder care, and others hire them as postpartum nannies...

Robots help people solve problems, while also creating new ones.

After graduating from college, Wang Xiao couldn't find a job, so he took a position as disposable data labor at the distillation campus of tech giant Youxiang Group. There, he unexpectedly discovered the bizarre death of his roommate.

After barely escaping the campus, he crossed paths by chance with a mysterious girl who salvages decommissioned robots. To stay alive under a false identity, he volunteered to work for her for free, becoming a [Defective Product Recovery Specialist].

The [Defective Product Recovery Specialist] is a new department established by Youxiang Group for robots that have lost their value. Its purpose is to give products a second chance to re-enter society before they are destroyed, increasing their utilization and extending their life cycle.

After an old man dies, he leaves his entire estate to his care robot. Do his children have the right to destroy the robot, and who should control the money?

A robot boyfriend cheats with his owner's best friend. Should she forgive him and let him re-enter the market, or send him straight to the factory to be destroyed?

A robot nanny is driven to a breakdown and self-harm by children and housework. Her employer can't bear to destroy her and wants to send her to a new family, but she insists on destroying herself. Should the robot's wishes be respected?

Wang Xiao originally thought he could scrape by amid the chaos of domestic squabbles. But as he handles one case after another, he uncovers the truth behind his roommate's death, the secrets of the distillation campus, and the mysterious girl's origins...

Before he knows it, he is at the center of a storm. One wrong step, and he will be smashed to pieces.

(Plenty of chapters in reserve, and I will never abandon this story. Feel free to bookmark it.)