Your Moonlight Is Online [Online Game]

Content warning: Due to the protagonist's work, this story involves adapting an online game into a romance game and includes illustrations. This may make readers who are sensitive to this subject uncomfortable. Readers who cannot accept this premise are advised not to read.

1.

Ning Jing was cheated on in an online game: after seriously investing in a relationship, he learned that his partner was a shameless jerk who was dating three people at once and would take anyone who came along. So Ning Jing deleted his account, uninstalled the game, and returned to real life, never to cross paths with him again.

Later, by chance, he ended up working with the game from all those years ago. Ning Jing recovered the account he'd deleted from his phone back then.

When he logged into the game to gather material, Ning Jing was shocked to discover that the jerk who had cheated on him was now the top player in his sect, and had repeatedly hung Ning Jing out to dry in his profile signature.

After years of cultivating a devoted-lover image, the jerk had made Ning Jing an ex who remained unforgettable, the lost love his admirers couldn't stop talking about.

Ning Jing right-clicked and blocked the jerk with his devoted-lover act.

Ning Jing: "...Time really is a butcher's knife."

2.

Ning Jing went into the game to gather scenery references and became a dedicated "scenery enthusiast."

Then one day, a dazzling swordsman carrying a long sword appeared out of nowhere beside him.

The nearby chat box suddenly popped up: [Is that you?]

Looking at the familiar character ID, Ning Jing suddenly remembered someone from years ago, a person he'd raised from a novice and then lost touch with...

His disciple?

He only found out later.

After returning from a long absence, his long-lost disciple had become number one on the combat rankings, number one on the wealth rankings, and number one on the PK rankings. He was also a sworn enemy of the faction the jerk belonged to, and the two sides were locked in a fierce conflict on the server.

They fought so often that posts about them shot to the top of the forum. Supposedly, it was all for the sake of some white moonlight who had quit the game years ago.

Clutching his GM secret identity, Ning Jing turned to look at his little disciple, who followed close behind him everywhere, begging for kisses and cuddles.

Ning Jing, the white moonlight himself, slowly blinked.

...Something about this feels off. What is it?

[The love interest's perspective]

Chen Muzhi had always loved the master who stayed by his side through the hardest days of his serious illness.

Unfortunately, his health wouldn't allow it, and someone else got to the person he loved first.

When he finally recovered and returned,

the person he had yearned for had left the game. They never crossed paths again, and there was no trace of him.

Until one day, the System alerted him:

[Ding... Your master [Qingshan Yuejing] has come online.]

The love interest is six years younger. Younger man romance.

A keyboard-game story about a white-moonlight romance.

A gentle, receptive protagonist returning after years away vs. a foxlike disciple who has been secretly in love for years and cannot have what he wants.

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1.

Ning Yunyao, captain of TO ONE, is the hottest star player on the league's team circuit. He debuted early and has years of experience. Not only are his plays dazzling, he also has a handsome face that could pass for a celebrity's, and never seems to go out of style.

He's the dream teammate of every pro player, and countless players idolize him.

Everyone says: Captain Ning is the esports scene's white moonlight!

But no one knows that while Ning Yunyao is dazzling online, he's painfully shy offline. In truth, he's an extremely antisocial shut-in with a downright gloomy vibe.

2.

One day, Ning Yunyao discovered an assassin streamer with a lovely voice and razor-sharp plays.

An old tree blossomed again, and his heart stirred. He couldn't resist sneaking into the streamer's fan group, checking in every day, and keeping the young streamer's livestream on in the background. Before long, he was also in an online relationship no one knew about.

3.

Three months later, the online relationship ended.

At an in-person league event, pro players and streamers from different regions competed in solo matches. A popular streamer with striking black hair and razor-sharp plays won the top solo-queue champion trophy.

During the interview after the event, the host asked, "Is there a player you like best?"

The popular solo-queue champion glanced at the guests' platform and smiled faintly. "Yes."

"But he's not a player. He's my ex-boyfriend."

The crowd erupted. Up on the guests' platform, Ning Yunyao, who had been invited to attend, broke out in a cold sweat.

4.

Not long after the event made him a sensation, the popular streamer joined TO ONE as their new assassin player.

Strangely, TO ONE captain Ning Yunyao, who was known as a social butterfly, seemed to be on bad terms with the team's new assassin, Chu Luzhi.

The evidence:

One, the two never interacted in public.

Two, they never played duo queue together.

Three, they never spoke in team voice chat.

The two fanbases went at each other fiercely.

Then one day,

fans dug up an alt account Ning Yunyao hadn't used in over half a year, and found a max-level couple's icon showing that he and Chu Luzhi were together.

That evening, Ning Yunyao hurriedly livestreamed to clear up any misunderstandings, saying he had thousands of wives.

In full view of everyone, someone finally lost patience. Familiar black hair appeared on the livestream. He leaned down and kissed their social butterfly on the neck, then said coolly,

"I'm waiting for him to make it official. Don't listen to his nonsense."

Theme: Be self-reliant, persevere through hardship, be the bravest person you can be, and stay true to yourself.