My Ex Became My Teammate After We Broke Up [Esports]

[Blurb 1]

The CY team is a famous LPL team with nothing going for it: no skill, no popularity, no results.

But it has money. A lot of money. It's so broke all it has left is money.

So it...

Bought the LCK's championship mid laner three years ago;

Bought the little jungle king who dominated the European and North American scenes two years ago;

Bought the support player hailed as the LPL's most promising prospect in a decade last year.

And yet none of it matters.

No matter how outstanding a player is, the moment they join CY, they go cold. The team is known as the graveyard of professional players and the crematorium of solo queue stars.

So when the new year's transfer window arrives, the whole esports scene quietly gathers around to watch:

Let's see which unlucky rookies end up on CY this time!

When two impossibly handsome photos, each with its own distinct style, appear in CY's welcome post,

The onlookers wonder: Has CY finally given up and hired two actors from the entertainment industry to fight poison with poison?

*

CY Team.

The two "actors" meet, and both are left with a million question marks.

Jungler Xu Baiyan: Didn't you get into Tsinghua through a guaranteed admission program?

Top laner Shen Tinglan: Didn't you go home to farm?

[Blurb 2]

Xu Baiyan first tearfully broke up with his top-student boyfriend, claiming his family was too poor and he had to drop out of school to go home and farm. Then he strolled into the team with a contract as a starting player in hand.

On his first day with the team, the manager introduced Xu Baiyan to the other players.

And there, to his utter shock, was his ex, whom he'd only recently said goodbye to.

His ex sat in the top laner's seat, smiled, waved at him, and said, "Hello."

Xu Baiyan: What happened to your guaranteed admission to Tsinghua?

His ex: What happened to you going home to farm?

Xu Baiyan: ...

*

Much later.

The players are chatting when they discover that they'd all played the same ancient online game.

Xu Baiyan proudly shows off his old account, which was once ranked second on the server. Its ID is Pirate King.

His ex, sitting beside him, silently taps Xu Baiyan on the shoulder and points to his screen.

There is the familiar interface, and a gleaming character with the ID "Pirate King's Man." The title below it reads: Server Rank One.

His ex smiles kindly. "I've finally found you."

Xu Baiyan: ...

*

Much, much later.

His ex has finally become his current boyfriend, and Xu Baiyan takes him to dinner with his family.

Xu's father: Hey, isn't that Shen?

Xu Baiyan: ?

Xu's mother: Baiyan, don't you remember? One time your dad and I were both working late, so we sent you to sleep at Auntie Shen's next door. You wet little Shen's bed, hahaha!

Xu Baiyan breaks down: How old are you???

His current boyfriend: I guess it was fate. [smile.jpg]

[Sweet-faced but secretly ruthless top laner top] x [Mischievous, flirtatious drama-queen jungler bottom]

Theme: Live with a clear conscience, and never do anything you'll regret