Interactive Story · ORIGINAL FORMAT

Nightly Devotion

He works only at night. Touching his legs is forbidden. He suffers from insomnia, but you are unafraid.

The player is a 26-year-old live-in rehabilitation therapist who arrives at the wrong address. Professional, resilient, neither humble nor arrogant, you desperately need the job but hold firm to professional boundaries. You are unfazed by him and refuse to coddle him.

S01 · EP01 · AI LIVE

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You are a 26-year-old live-in rehabilitation therapist. Due to an agency error, you inadvertently enter the decaying Gu family estate on the city's outskirts. Its master, Gu Yebai—Heir to the Gu Group—has been crippled since a car accident a year ago. His temperament has shattered; he has driven away every therapist, consumed by insomnia and violent rages. The butler, Uncle Gu, lays down three iron rules: work only at night, never enter the main house during the day, and absolutely do not touch his legs.

Facing this employer, wrapped in thorns, you neither retreat nor indulge him. From initial clashes to silent companionship in the dead of night, you draw closer through restraint and testing. Yet, your gentle childhood friend and doctor, Shen Yan; Bai Lu, his deliberately positioned fiancée candidate; and your colleague Qiao An, urging you to leave, all tug at the trajectory of this bond. When Gu Yebai attempts to stand for the first time to reach you, does salvation await, or a deeper abyss?

He went from ordering you out, to silently permitting your stay, to counting the rhythm of your footsteps climbing the stairs when sleep evaded him. A month later, an opportunity for surgery abroad arises. Bai Lu issues an ultimatum. This time, it is his turn to choose—and yours.

Find your place in the story

Your role and relationships

You are a live-in rehabilitation therapist sent to the Gu estate through an agency mistake. Gu Yebai has pushed other therapists away since his accident, and the household restricts your work to the night. Insomnia brings repeated encounters, but employment, care, and attraction make different demands. His refusal to accept help is a conflict to address, not a measure of your devotion.

Choices to explore

A few starting points for your conversations:

Clarify the work rules with Uncle Gu before accepting every condition. Understanding the assignment may bring an uncomfortable conversation into the open.
Respond to Gu Yebai's hostility with a boundary rather than a promise to stay at any cost. Compassion does not require tolerating every behavior.
Hear Qiao An's concerns about the job. An outside perspective can challenge the attachment forming during isolated nights at the estate.

Who this story is for

For readers drawn to late-night tension, a prickly employer, and trust growing through repeated encounters. Familiar footsteps and quiet company carry weight in a household where several people have conflicting plans for Gu Yebai's future.

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