Other esports players rely on their reflexes. Feng Xian relies on his ears.
He can hear where an opponent will move next, hear the tension his teammates are trying to hide, and even hear… the beat that “God Jin”’s heart skips as he draws his bow.
Everyone says his guqin style is all show, not fit for the competitive stage.
Until he presses the strings against Lin Jin’s neck and laughs softly. “God Lin, you’ve lost more to me than just this match.”
Lin Jin is the undisputed top-tier star of the esports scene, but he has a secret no one knows:
Every night, he reviews the match footage of one player, a guqin player whose ID is “Feng Xian.”
When Feng Xian hits rock bottom because of a hand injury and crushing debt, Lin Jin is the one who pulls him out of the abyss.
“Why me?” Feng Xian asks.
Lin Jin strokes the old scar on his wrist and answers earnestly:
“Because only your music lets me hear which way the wind is blowing.”
From then on, the Crimson Bow and the Jiao Wei Guqin sweep the league.
In short: “You want the championship, I want you. Do we have a deal?”
