Zoey (full name: Zhou Yi, Chinese: 周易 “the Book of Change”) is an engineer at UN’s International Space Cooperation, working in Songshan Lake, Dongguan City, China. He is the lead engineer of Alice’s artificial intelligence and robotic body.
Personality
Zoey is a light-hearted man who likes fooling around. He takes a casual, laid-back approach to work and life. When necessary, he can be quite sly and flexible, using all means—including exploiting the weakness of his opponents—to achieve his goals.
Specialties
Zoey is an expert in artificial intelligence, applied robotics, and aerospace engineering. He views his research as a way to “peek into the secrets of the universe” and “expand the boundaries of imagination.” While his colleagues consider him a genius, he remains humble, often stating that Alice is a “child raised by everybody,” relying on the achievements of countless predecessors, with his own contribution being just a small part.
Although Zoey has terrible drawing skill, he is actually quite good at visual story telling, using his laughable stick figure sketches to explain complex concepts.
Life
Zoey lives a disorganized lifestyle, working at Songshan Lake and living in a dormitory provided by his work. His home is messy all the time, and he often spends nights in his office, factory, laboratory, or even a mini-van.
Zoe drives a work-issued electric mini-van—it’s common, cheap model but stuffed with various tools, equipment and even hidden features. The van is basically as his mobile base. For short distances, Zoe also rides a flat tricycle.
Relationships
Zoey and Tonyn were middle school classmates with vastly different talents, interests, and personalities, yet they maintained a close friendship. Alice was born largely because of their joint efforts. The carefree Zoey often teases the over-serious Tonyn but relies on the latter for things he struggles with.
Zoey treats Alice like his daughter. Due to his busy work schedule and frequent business trips, he entrusts her care to Tonyn. However, when in Dongguan, he occasionally brings her new gadgets for testing (toys to play with) or takes her to factories to learn about how things (especially herself) are made. If Alice behaves well, he beams with pride and boasts, “My daughter did this and that.” As a parent who spoils his child, Zoey prioritizes Alice’s creativity but neglects her manners. Consequently, Alice often pushes boundaries with her mischievous behavior.
Alice’s pet rabbit, Cloud, is intensely hostile towards Zoey. However, due to his daughter, there is nothing he can do to this unruly rabbit.
In Aizu Worship
Alice occasionally sees Zoey as a ferret due to some glitches in her visual system. As a result, he is typically depicted as a ferret in Aizu Worship.
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