[The King's Avatar] The Face-Slapping System Showed Up Two Years After I Retired

Jiang Ciyi was once the brightest new star in Glory's professional scene, a genius Gunner promoted from the training camp by Team Excellent Era in Season 6. He also had a face the league unanimously hailed as top-tier. His features were clean and sharply defined, but when he smiled, there was a lazy, boyish quality to him. Back when he was with Excellent Era, screenshots from post-match interviews could take over the looks-rating section of the Glory forums. The media even called him the face of Glory. He had once thought he could keep coasting along without a hitch, but what Excellent Era needed was a player who would play the role they gave him, not someone who insisted on his own style. He refused to promote a ship, refused to wear bizarre outfits for promotional events, and stuck to a high-risk, high-reward offensive style. So the club teamed up with the media and, in just three days, turned him from a "gorgeous genius" into a "tyrant," a "stat padder," and a "useless pretty face." It took just three days to fall from the heavens into hell. One late night two years ago, he slipped away from Excellent Era. No goodbyes, no explanation. Before the forum's mournful posts had even finished, a flood of vicious comments buried them: "He has nothing going for him but his face," "Get out of the pro scene already," "Good riddance, the pretty boy retired." He didn't write a single word in reply. He dragged his suitcase back to Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, and spent his days frying eggs, wiping tables, and getting by at his mother's cha chaan teng. But then a face-slapping System appeared out of nowhere, ordering him to create a new account card in the Tenth District right away and return to the pro scene. If he refused, it would reveal his old scandals to all of Hong Kong. He was speechless. "...Are you messing with me, man?" After thinking it over, he came up with an ID for his new account card: Sparks Set the Prairie Ablaze. A single spark can start a prairie fire. At the All-Star stage, the System forced him into the lineup. After Ye Xiu performed that astonishing Dragon Raises Its Head, the Sparks style burst onto the scene once more, and the entire venue fell silent. Everyone: So who exactly is on the stage?! Du Ming, beaten into despair: Does anyone care how I feel... From being mocked across the internet to standing onstage again, from reading hate comments alone late at night to seeing a sea of lit fan signs behind him, it took him a whole season. On the day he won the championship, he stood on the podium and said, "Two years ago, I never thought I'd be able to stand here again. Thank you to everyone who kept their fan signs lit. And... the person I most want to thank is Ye Xiu. He gave me the courage to stand here, and he's always supported me." Later, he asked Ye Xiu, "Do you know why I turned down their suggestion that I promote a ship?" Ye Xiu: "Why?" Jiang Ciyi turned his face away with a calm expression. "Because the ship they wanted to promote was me and Su Mucheng." Ye Xiu: "Oh... If it had been you and me, would you have agreed?" Jiang Ciyi was momentarily at a loss for words. He had still underestimated just how shameless Ye Xiu could be. [Reader's Guide] Original male lead x Ye Xiu Ye Xiu is the only ship, no one else! Stays close to the original, and the champion won't change Theme: Dedicated to trust and courage