At nineteen, Lin Yichen is the youngest son of the Lin family, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent clans. The glittering lights of Hong Kong Island may shine across a thousand homes, but not one place truly belongs to him. Social obligations, rules, and the calculated flattery of others leave the young man struggling to breathe. Gaming is one of the few places where he can catch his breath. During a late-night ranked match, he meets Xu Zhiyou. Twenty-two and just starting out in the working world, she is worn out by life, yet remains gentle with everyone. She doesn’t complain when they lose, and softly comforts her teammates when they argue. After the match, the aloof young man, who never adds strangers he meets online, makes an exception and sends her a friend request.
From then on, they team up every night.
He is quiet and formidable, silently shielding her from damage. She is gentle and healing, slowly melting the heart he has kept frozen for years.
Their online flirtation grows. Hiding the butterflies in his heart, the young man saves all his tenderness just for her.
They cross a thousand miles to turn their online romance into a real-life meeting, and fall for each other at first sight. A three-year age gap, a long-distance relationship, and worlds apart in social standing: no one believes they have a chance.
“Other people’s opinions don’t matter. Xu Zhiyou is the only one in my future.”
Once an antisocial, rebellious young heir from a prominent Hong Kong family, he sheds his immaturity for her, works hard to grow up, shoulders his responsibilities, and stands against society’s prejudices. This isn’t the domineering possessiveness of a ruthless CEO, but the purest, most ardent devotion of a nineteen-year-old boy.
A meeting that begins in the Arena of Valor ends with a lifetime spent together, year after year.
[No vicious female rivals | No contrived misunderstandings | Mutual devotion | Slow-burn sweetness | Complete character growth]
