The blurb is written in first person, while the story is written in third person.
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When I was eighteen, I escaped my backward, isolated hometown and came to Jiangcheng.
That was when the esports industry was just taking off. I wanted to go pro, but everyone said I had no talent.
They called me delusional. They said I flaunted my pretty face and looked less like a competitive gamer than a girl trying to drum up business for a pro team.
The arrogant darling of the heavens called me a little slut.
The powerful manager of the youth training camp tried to force me to warm his bed.
They all said I was born to do that kind of thing.
Everyone looked down on me. Everyone bullied me.
I suffered plenty of indignities there, but I never thought about giving up.
In the end, I still had to give up. It was frustrating, but they were right: I really didn't have the talent. Year after year passed. I got older, and it was time to wake up from the dream.
But I also have them to thank. Without them, how could I have used the banner of a pro career to open an esports training center and make a living?
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Throughout my career, my favorite player was Chi Xue.
He was dangerous and fiercely aggressive, a notorious troublemaker in the scene, a marksman whose brilliance dazzled the entire league, and a peerless sword just drawn from its sheath.
He was also the only person who, when I was stripped naked and locked out on a balcony in winter, turned his back, opened the door, and handed me a coat.
But Chi Xue died. He died right in front of me. He jumped from the roof and landed at my feet. Blood soaked the soles of my shoes, and the light slowly faded from his beautiful eyes.
I heard him say softly, "Did I scare you? I'm sorry."
Yes, I was badly frightened. My vision went black, and I passed out on the spot.
But when I opened my eyes again, it was Christmas Eve, 2016.
Outside the balcony, in the two-degree-below-zero cold, a boy with a face as pale as frost took off his down jacket. With his back to me, he silently held it out along with his hand.
I reached out with trembling fingers and took the jacket.
And before he could walk away, I grabbed his hand.
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Years later, the league's most famous duo were known as Shuang Sheng and Chi Xue. Side by side, they won every Honor of Kings championship and ushered in an era that belonged to them alone: the Frost and Snow Era.
On the Olympic podium, the woman who had just won the Best Player award lifted her trophy and said to the world, "Someone once said I wasn't suited for esports. This trophy proves I was right all along. Doubt followed me throughout my career, but I always shattered it, every single time."
When the five of them lifted the championship trophy, golden confetti filled the air. Everyone cheered to celebrate their victory.
The man standing beside Shen Jinyu leaned over and asked, looking down at her, "You said we had to build our careers before starting a family. Now we've won the championship, and you've won Best Player. When are you going to make things official with me?"
He was the sharpest sword in the league's history, and she was the only one who wielded it.
Reader's Guide:
1. High-drama melodrama. A brainy heroine × the strongest enforcer hero. This is not a gender-bender story, but the heroine is beautiful, opinionated, and proactive. She isn't perfect and has flaws, as do the other characters.
2. Set in the world of Honor of Kings, though many things differ from reality, such as the tournament format and hero reworks. It's an alternate-universe Honor of Kings story, with a substantial romance element.
3. The blurb is for reference only. The story itself takes precedence.
Theme: Love and confidence