[Cold, Resilient Comeback Jungler, a Battle-Hardened Wildcard] X [Gentle, Possessive Top-Tier Marksman]
[Star Jungler-Marksman Duo | Rekindled Love | Fated on the Battlefield | Everyone Makes a Comeback]
Three years ago, Sink, the original jungle god, suddenly announced his retirement and vanished without a trace, leaving behind a storm of suspicion and an old injury no one knew about.
Three years later, during a do-or-die promotion and relegation match in the development league, the bottom-ranked team, Weiguang, is left without a jungler at the last minute. Lu Chen returns after three years away to save the day, pulling off an incredible comeback with Shadow Fiend to win the best-of-five series three games to two and rock the entire esports scene overnight.
The whole internet mocks the retired veteran for chasing clout, bringing a history of match-fixing, and being bound to get crushed in the top league.
No one sees the old scars winding beneath his wrist guard. No one knows he has returned to the arena to reclaim everything that was stolen from him and finish the match he never got to play three years ago.
Su Wanxing, the league’s number-one marksman, is widely regarded as a gentle top-tier star with nerves of steel on the battlefield.
Everyone praises him as a born genius who rose to fame at a young age. Only he knows he’s spent three years playing professionally in pursuit of one figure’s retreating silhouette. On the first day of their reunion, he corners Lu Chen in the hallway backstage and, eyes red, demands answers about the past. All he gets is a cold, “There’s no point bringing it up.” Everyone assumes they’re bitter rivals who will never stop fighting.
Then the wealthy team cruelly benches Su Wanxing, and he gives up a fortune and his status as a top-tier star to join the much-maligned Weiguang.
The whole internet is stunned and accuses him of ruining his career, but no one knows he was never headed for a bad team. He was going to the man he’d pursued for three whole years.
Later, the jungler-marksman duo becomes legendary on the battlefield, their coordination flawless. He puts aside his pride as a carry jungler to play support and cover for Lu Chen, while Lu Chen shoulders the damage and protects his jungle.
I read it in one sitting, the writing is clear and worth reading.