The Strongest One Behind the Scenes

Past and Present

Devoted, loyal top x clever, clingy bottom

Qu Lou x Ji Jin

"...Guest, please stop teasing me."

Their first meeting: a warlord known to all for enjoying opera and tea, and a lowly stagehand whose all-consuming love of opera was known to no one.

They met, came to know each other, and fell in love.

In the end, they died together on a snowy day that year.

"Have we met before?"

Their first meeting: the celebrated, world-renowned gaming god Mjin, at the height of his fame, and an upstart esports rookie who didn't know his place.

They met, came to know each other, and fell in love.

"We were just apart for a long time."

The top remembers his past life. The bottom does not.

"The mist veils the tower, the moon obscures the ferry crossing."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.