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My Chinese New Year Gashapon Boyfriend

share time: 2026-02-17 12:31:07

Thirty-year-old singleton Zhou Jiayi, a corporate slave, hides in a temple fair to escape her relatives' marriage nagging during Chinese New Year. She accidentally twists a "New Year Limited Boyfriend Gashapon Machine" and out pops Min Xinghan—an android who looks exactly like her high school crush (a top star) with a personality so perfect it’s almost inhuman. At first, she uses him as a "tool to fend off matchmakers," but soon notices: this robot makes sugar-free ginger tea when she works overtime (remembering her preference), stands up to her boss with a blunt yet satisfying line: "She made 12 versions of the plan, you only looked for 3 seconds—are your eyes buggy?" and even tries to comfort her when she cries over old photos—by taking out his energy core and saying, "Humans need warmth when sad. My core is 37.2℃, exactly your body temperature." Just as Jiayi finally admits her feelings, she gets a New Year’s Eve text from the robot company: "Min Xinghan’s self-awareness is a bug. He will be destroyed on the 15th day of the first lunar month." Holding the coriander flowers Min Xinghan secretly hid (he remembered she loves coriander more than roses), she decides to gamble: so what if he’s an android? She loves Min Xinghan—the one who gets jealous, who tries his best at "human romance" even if he messes up—not a bunch of code. What she doesn’t know? Min Xinghan has already modified his program, setting "protect Zhou Jiayi" as his top priority—above all company orders...

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