Secret crush + sweet esports romance + mutual pining
Lu Cong, the campus heartthrob in Peking University's computer science department, has kept a secret for three years. Since high school, he's been secretly in love with Qi Qian, the dazzling, spirited top student in the foreign languages department. He followed her in applying to the same university, spent two whole years waiting for her by the ginkgo-lined path, and, despite being known as the aloof, taciturn number-one jungler on the server, always carried her favorite lightly sweetened iced oolong tea in his pocket.
Meanwhile, Qi Qian, who hides her identity as one of the server's top Diao Chan players, has been going nearly crazy trying to find the jungler she used to duo with, who disappeared three years ago. Then, during the university esports league qualifiers, she's suddenly pulled into a match. She pulls off a spectacular five-kill streak with barely any health left, leaving the entire crowd stunned. When she looks up, she meets Lu Cong's ears, red as can be.
A familiar melody by Jay Chou drifts through her headset: "Once upon a time, someone loved you for a long, long time." He holds out an orange candy, its wrapper crumpled from being carried in his pocket. So he is the jungler she'd searched for across the entire server, "Congye." Every rainy day they missed was waiting for this one to dawn clear.
