Tequila Sunrise [Esports]

After the off-meta streamer “Tequilalala” repeatedly reached the top of the Korean server rankings, TKK, a storied team that had once reached the heights of LPL glory and then fallen into decline, came knocking. They were ready to hang their hopes on her, a crooked little tree. After a two-month trial period, TKK announced its spring roster. A female streamer had been brought in as the jungler, and fans flooded the team’s official account that night, posting thousands of comments saying, “TKK is doomed.” In the first match of the spring season, rookie Tequila made her debut and won MVP. During the post-match interview, the host asked, “As a player who has just entered the professional scene and joined a top team to compete in the LPL, what are your hopes for your career?” The girl in the black uniform thought for a moment, then gave a plain and simple answer: “Since I’m already here, I might as well win a world championship before I leave.” -- Before You Yang joined TKK, Shi Yu was already one of the LPL’s highest-paid champion ADCs. She’d watched a few of his matches. The man on screen was focused, composed, and taciturn, and even his post-match interviews were strictly by the book. She’d thought he was an untouchable flower on a high peak, only to admire from afar, until she became his teammate. Then she heard the high-and-mighty one doing everything he could every day to cling to her: “Jungler, come gank bot. The enemy’s being a jerk.” “You Yang, drop the Rift Herald bot. Help me get fed.” “You Yang, can I take your red buff?” Meanwhile, You Yang’s daily routine consisted of: “Coming, coming, coming...” “Yours, yours, yours...” “Eat it, eat it, eat it...” TKK_Tequila, a top-tier jungler who thinks up new ways every day to make the enemy team work for her, × TKK_FOUR, the world’s number-one bot-lane carry with legs so thick you could hug them, who can carry late game no matter how badly she has to play safe early on Content warning: The female lead may be amazing, but she does lose matches. She has broken up with the male lead to focus on her career. One-on-one romance, first love for both, happy ending -- Coming soon in the author’s collection: Bright Moon After Rain, the next book. Add it to your favorites if you’re interested: As the entertainment industry’s number-one producer who funds and launches her own projects, Zhuang Ji has made the Dark Night Game series, which has been called a gender-swapped Mission: Impossible. It’s filmed all over the world, with a different handsome leading man in every installment, and each film sparks a fierce war among CP fans over who gets to claim the leading lady. Before the much-anticipated fourth installment is even released, Zhuang Ji is exposed as having a secret marriage. A search on the corporate registry shows her spouse is Shang Yao, president of Fengxing Group, the producer of Dark Night Game. Despite all the digging, not a single photo surfaces online. Speculation about Zhuang Ji’s husband ranges from a forty-year-old businessman to an eighty-year-old man, but everyone reaches the same conclusion: their marriage is purely a business arrangement, without a shred of love. A month later, a couples’ travel reality show approaches them. A young man with a tall, slender build and handsome features opens the door and invites the crew inside. A compatibility quiz in the preview episode will determine their starting budget: “Do you remember where you first met?” Zhuang Ji: “Um...” Shang Yao: “We’ve known each other since we were little, before we can even remember.” “What food does your partner hate most?” Zhuang Ji: “He... seems to eat just about anything...” Shang Yao: “Fatty meat, offal, and broccoli.” “What day is your dating anniversary?” Zhuang Ji & Shang Yao: “...” “What about your wedding anniversary?” Shang Yao: “June 20, 2020.” Zhuang Ji keeps coasting: “...Yes, June 20.” “Can you roughly describe what your partner wore at the wedding?” Zhuang Ji: “Um... a suit.” Shang Yao smiles. “A white satin wedding dress, with a train and a pearl at the neckline.” The results show that their compatibility score is zero. Three days later, they’re sent off to an ancient village in Qiandongnan. Staring at the ramshackle old adobe house in front of them, the young couple, both born with silver spoons in their mouths, stand frozen for a long while. Once they’re forced to face reality, Shang Yao stays behind to clean the house while Zhuang Ji goes outside to find out what’s going on. A minute later, she bursts through the door and jumps into his arms. “A-a pig got out!” Young heiress × young heir / first love for both Business marriage and a sham marriage become true love Theme: Reviving the glory of esports is our duty.