"In the curious case of Lingfeng and Mina, it wasn’t shared hobbies, mutual friends, or fate that brought them together—it was sheer, unparalleled boredom and the cosmic joke of being born in the same month. Picture this: two millennials, adrift in the digital sea of the pandemic, swiping their way through a dating app not out of hope, but out of a desire to break the monotony of lockdown life.

Their first “date” was less a romantic rendezvous and more a spontaneous debate club meeting. Lingfeng, armed with a barrage of controversial questions, turned the brunch into an impromptu interrogation, probing the depths of politics, society, and every conceivable hot-button issue. Mina, on the other hand, answered with the poise of a seasoned diplomat, navigating the minefield of queries as if she were vying for a high-stakes job.

As the “date” drew to a close, with every contentious topic exhausted, Lingfeng posed one final question—a question so unexpected it might as well have been plucked from the stars: “Has anyone ever told you they find you intimidating?” And just like that, what began as an interview under the guise of a date became the first chapter of an unexpected love story.

So here we are, celebrating the unlikely union of two souls who found common ground not in their similarities, but in their differences, and in the willingness to ask and answer the hard questions. It’s a tale of pandemic boredom transformed into lifelong partnership, a reminder that sometimes, the most profound connections come from the most surprising conversations."

- retold by ChatGPT, Lingfeng's sidekick