Everyone at school knew that esports ace Ye Xingyu had resolutely left the competitive scene at its peak for the sake of romance.
No one knew that while giving up the glory that had made him the center of attention on campus,
he spent every day accompanying Lin Jiawen to the library, attending classes alongside her and staying by her side year after year,
while quietly building a career of his own outside school and founding his own esports studio.
He gave the stage of his youth over to his studies, his beloved, and his future.
Just as his career was taking off and the road ahead looked bright,
an unexpected licensing crisis forced him to owe the Tang family a favor.
When Tang Xiao, who had once stubbornly harbored a secret crush on him, learned the truth, her extinguished feelings flared back to life.
With resources and connections at her disposal, she drew closer, step by step:
“I can help your career succeed. She can only go to school with you.”
On campus, their days together were gentle and peaceful. Outside it, trouble closed in at every turn.
Everyone thought the young man would weigh the pros and cons and go along with the tide.
But Ye Xingyu alone remained clear-eyed and unwavering:
“I can build my career through hard work.
But Lin Jiawen is the one person I will never give up in this lifetime, my one and only cherished love.”
The most steadfast devotion of youth is giving up all the glory in the world to be by one person’s side, day after day.
