Main tags: Campus romance × coming-of-age × healing
Secondary tags: Online romance turned real, childhood friends, top students helping each other, long-distance romance, a meeting built on lies
“A Heartbeat Hidden in the Code”: A coming-of-age story woven from a lie in a game, a healing encounter about insecurity and courage unfolding between Jiangcheng and Huizhou
Qin Yubing accidentally triggers the hidden quest “Rescue the Interstellar Refugees.”
Xia Chong deliberately lures monsters to test a bug, but a data anomaly sends the NPCs on a rampage.
Xia Chong's level-zero alt account is mistaken for the 107th NPC and rescued beneath an asteroid belt.
Before leaving, Qin Yubing gives Xia Chong all the quest reward, [Star Core Candy].
In his inventory, he finds a voice message she accidentally left behind: “Stay alive until you see the Rosette Nebula.”
- This audio later becomes the wake-up message for his anonymous online journal app.
The game is just a spark. Everyday life is the main story.
Once they meet, it's all sweetness. Enjoy without worry.
