A jealous, self-deluded pursuer x a laid-back, subtly irresistible love interest
(You can check the end of Chapter One for content warnings.)
An unconventional train of thought, with plenty of melodrama.
Pursuer: My archrival (as far as I’m concerned) becomes my wife?
Love interest: My buddy (as far as I’m concerned) becomes my lover?
Two top-tier stars in esports, who have always refused to share the spotlight, become teammates after a tournament update and attract plenty of attention.
Casual fans: Won’t these two kings of outdoing each other start competing the second they’re together?
Longtime fans: Let’s dig up the “past-life romance” and the “untold story behind their falling out two years ago.”
New fans: Never mind all that! This friendship between teammates is so delicious. Once I start shipping them, I get carried away and forget myself!
Ji Sui: “I see everyone as an idiot, and assume everyone sees me the same way.” A snarky young master with a nasty temper early on; later, after consuming too much fanfiction, he loses his mind and starts convincing himself his junior is in love with him. A younger pursuer.
Jiang Qi: A master of child psychology, and no less sharp-tongued, but usually too lazy to argue with idiots. A calm, laid-back love interest.
No dating within the team!
Teammates are just teammates. Teammates can’t become wives, because then you wouldn’t be pure teammates anymore, so teammates can only be wives. Wait, no! I mean, wives can only be teammates! Sorry, I mean... Forget it, teammates are wives~
Content warning: The author is terrible at games and only occasionally puts on game livestreams as background noise. In practice, they can’t play any games at all.
The game and all game-related details in this story are fictional and exist solely to serve the plot. They are not based on any particular game. Any similarities to uncredited sources are purely coincidental. Due to the word limit, see the work for detailed content warnings.
