I Thought I’d Caught the Light, but It Was Only a Firefly

[Online romance + Honor of Kings + Mistaken perceptions + Regret + Misunderstandings + Tragic ending]

On New Year’s Eve, her younger brother secretly used her phone to play a game and casually added a skilled player called “Zhi Ting.” From then on, a strange “big brother” appeared on her friends list, though she knew nothing about it.

He was the only light in her losing streaks, helping her turn the tide against the odds. She thought it was just luck, or an occasional gift from the System: a good teammate.

He thought he was helping an innocent, stubborn little boy grow stronger, until one day he discovered that this “boy’s” account had posted the faintest sigh from a young woman in the dead of night.

A companionship born of misunderstanding quietly took root in the virtual world. He lit up a stretch of her path, but when the truth flickered into view like fireflies, fate had already grown too stingy to even let them pass each other by.

“I thought I’d caught the light, but it was only a firefly.”