Can the Childhood Sweetheart Really Lose to the New Arrival?

Tang Leyin is serializing a hit novel, My Champion Boyfriend. Its male lead is based on her childhood friend Yan Jindong, a world champion she lost contact with eight years ago. Just as she writes the scene where the two reunite, an urgent phone call brings her face-to-face with the real Yan Jindong at a press conference. After they reconnect on WeChat, he becomes a silent liker in her feed, the anonymous reader who buys every book she publishes, and the jealous man at the very end of her signing line, forced to watch as a warm and gentle senior steals her away. Everyone says, “A childhood sweetheart can’t compete with someone who comes along later.” Even Yan Jindong believes it. Until, on a rainy night, he sees with his own eyes as her senior corners her beneath an umbrella and confesses his feelings. He tightens his grip on the umbrella handle, ready to step forward, but then hears her clear, firm voice: “Thank you, senior. But there’s only been one person in my heart, for a very long time.” “Is it Yan Jindong?” “Yes.” Before she can say anything more, she looks up and meets his burning gaze. She runs to him and slips her arm through his with the easy familiarity of their younger days. It turns out the greatest romance is, “I’ll become a world champion for you,” and then, at the top of the world, reunite with you.