Thirty-one-year-old Su Wan, a civil servant, meets “Xing Ci,” a skilled player-for-hire and streamer, while trying to set a record in the popular online game Starpath Era. This exceptionally talented young man not only helps her set a new server record, but also offers her the gentle warmth of youth when she is blamed for problems at work and drained by her family of origin. Lu Xingci, who has just graduated and is making a living on his own, also finds the strength to withstand the malice of the streaming world and the distance from his family thanks to Su Wan’s anonymous encouragement and level-headed support.
Their nine-year age gap and the divide between her civil-service career and his gaming world cannot stop them from going from gaming partners to an online couple. After meeting in person a month later, they move in together, and their shared life is full of everyday adjustments: different schedules, public gossip, and family opposition arrive one after another. Su Wan’s anxiety about her age becomes entangled with Lu Xingci’s career troubles. But they always keep choosing each other: she uses her composure as a civil servant to help him avoid industry pitfalls, while his sunny resilience heals the wounds left by her family of origin.
From winning side by side in the game to weathering real-life storms together, from a public confession in the livestream room to a virtual wedding witnessed by the whole server, this romance between an older woman and a younger man began in an online game. In the face of social prejudice and life’s trials, it proves that love has nothing to do with age. What binds them most securely for the rest of their lives is the support and salvation they give each other.
