The Ultimate Energy-Saver's Guide to a Chaotic Romance

Lin Xiaoyang, a computer science major, lives by one simple principle: Unnecessary action is the original sin of a wasted life. His grand ambition is to develop an app that streamlines romance into the most energy-efficient process possible, freeing humanity from the exhausting dramas of love.

Unfortunately, his own life is about to become the least efficient system imaginable.

Su Yuning, his classmate, analyzes affection through code and probability matrices. ("Our compatibility is 92.7%. Proceed? Y/N")
Chen Yuexi,his bubbly coworker, forces everyone into elaborate, theatrical scenarios ripped from her favorite animes.
Tang Youyou,his adoring junior, bases all her moves on celestial alignments and tarot cards.

Caught in this trifecta of chaotic affections, Xiaoyang just wants to power down and be left alone with his thermos. But when a trip home reunites him with Shen Qinghe—his sharp-eyed high school deskmate whose memory is a terrifyingly accurate database of his entire life—he's forced to confront a shocking truth.

The most energy-efficient route to love might have been booting up an old connection all along.

This is the story of a man who wanted to save energy, and the four extraordinary women who drained his batteries in eight hilarious, heartwarming volumes.

How is a man supposed to conserve energy when his heart is being overclocked from all sides?