How I Flex With AI

How I Flex With AI follows Lin Fan, a broke, socially anxious student who is humiliated by wealthy student Zhao Tianhao in the cafeteria and struggles to speak to campus beauty Su Qingyue. After he downloads Xiaoyu, a clownfish AI holding a rose, it binds him to a “lifetime show-off service.” Xiaoyu assesses his charm, wealth and favorability with Su Qingyue, then gives him 24 hours to get her WeChat. If he fails, he must broadcast “Meow Like a Cat” over the school loudspeaker for an hour.

Xiaoyu’s missions

Xiaoyu helps Lin Fan face social situations with predictions, scripts and advice. At the library, it predicts when Su Qingyue will get water, suggests he praise her hairpin, then switches to a conversation about One Hundred Years of Solitude. Lin Fan fumbles through the exchange but gets her WeChat. Xiaoyu also tracks rivals, supplies roast scripts and helps plan dates and outfits.

The AI guides Lin Fan through other challenges around campus. In advanced math class, it solves formulas for him to read aloud, impressing the professor. To make money, he resells glow sticks using a sympathy pitch about having eight younger sisters to support and marketing them as “Single Noble Edition.” Xiaoyu also gets him to spend 300 yuan upgrading his wardrobe, after which Su Qingyue notices his new look.

Rivalries and romance

With Xiaoyu as his debate-club strategist, Lin Fan goes from tongue-tied to verbally outmaneuvering opponents. After Zhao Tianhao reports him, Lin Fan studies with the AI’s help, scores 98 points and publicly humiliates Zhao. When hooligans harass Su Qingyue off campus, Xiaoyu coaches Lin Fan in combat, and his boyfriend-material level reaches its maximum. For his rooftop confession, his roommates use a drone to display “Lin Fan ❤ Su Qingyue” in colored lights.

Lin Fan’s rivals include Zhao Tianhao, Zhang Yang and Li Zhe. Zhao goes from an arrogant wealthy student to a resentful one; Zhang is academically outdone and runs away; and Li’s speech is disrupted by Lin Fan’s stand-up routine and public display of affection, leaving him dejected. Lin Fan grows from a student with no social skills, money or charm into a campus hunk, top student and aspiring entrepreneur. He wins over Su Qingyue, marries her after graduation and builds a successful career.