My Team's Jungler Is a Cold-Faced Cutie

[The main story is finished, at 450,000 words, and the whole thing is already written! You can read with confidence!! The author will take a month off, then start a new story, also an esports novel. The upcoming title in my saved works is Captain, Stop Scolding Me. It features Qiuyue and Yan from this story. If you're interested, please add it to your library! Love you all~]

Blurb:

After Mu Jiu's year-long ban ends, he's become the most hated player on the internet. Haters call him a match-fixing dog, and his fans are afraid to get into trouble, so no one dares speak up for him.

Even his former team wants to sell him off cheaply just to get rid of this troublemaker.

Desperate to return to the competition, Mu Jiu turns to his ex-boyfriend, Wen Yu, captain of QTM. "Does QTM... still need a jungler?"

Who knew Wen Yu would sneer at him. "You think one hug can get you a tryout with me? You're way too confident, ex-boyfriend."

But the next second, Wen Yu is thrown into disarray by his ex-boyfriend's tears streaming down his face. "Get to the QTM base tomorrow and try out. Don't be late."

With the backing of QTM's captain, Mu Jiu officially joins QTM as their starting jungler.

When a casual fan sees the team photo QTM's official account posted and circles Mu Jiu's head, they ask the fans, "Oh my god, this mid laner is so cute and clueless! What's his ID? I want to be his fan!!!"

The fans are used to it by now and explain expertly: "First of all, his name is Liquor. And second, that kid's the jungler! The ridiculously cool guy next to him, Rain, is the mid laner!!!"

The casual fan is shocked. "Holy crap! What team's jungler is a cold-faced cutie?"

The arrogant, cool, and haughty QTM captain replies in the comments, "My jungler is a cold-faced cutie. Got a problem with that?"

During the spring playoffs, QTM drops into the losers' bracket, and the pressure keeps Mu Jiu awake at night.

As captain, Wen Yu naturally has to make sure his jungler gets enough sleep.

So the QTM captain climbs into Mu Jiu's bed every night, claiming, "I'm only making this sacrifice for the team."

Then he shamelessly falls asleep with his arms around his jungler.

The QTM captain sleeps like a baby, but the poor jungler struggles every night to fall asleep with his captain tempting him.

One night, Mu Jiu finally can't take it anymore and bravely asks Wen Yu, "Captain, if we win the spring championship, can I ask you for something?"

Wen Yu assumes it's a champion's ring and smiles as he agrees.

Instead, his usually clueless, easily flustered jungler pulls open his collar and says something shocking: "If we win the spring championship, I want you."

(Written on 2026.10.2)

[Mu Jiu (Liquor) x Wen Yu (Rain)]

[Awkward, clueless, cold-faced cutie bottom jungler x sharp-tongued, haughty, jealous top mid laner]

(All characters, games, and competitions in this story are fictional. Please don't associate them with real people or events.)

Theme: The original passion for esports.