After Dumping My Online-Dating Disaster [Esports]

At the sixth spring qualifier for the Desolate Realm, the up-and-coming team Stream had been battling the veteran team's second squad, tasked with intercepting them, for nearly half an hour. The rules stated that if the match wasn't decided within forty minutes, the team with more kills would win.

Just as everyone thought the newly promoted Stream was about to fall in this match, the ranger at the back suddenly shifted her dual pistols. A bullet flew out and precisely took down the enemy healer from a thousand miles away.

The entire arena erupted.

The tide of the match turned in an instant, and Stream won by a landslide.

The crowd cheered and screamed, excitement surging. Inside the small, isolated room where they were playing the match,

the man sitting beside the girl saw the word "Victory" appear on the screen. He abruptly tossed aside his mouse, shoved his gaming chair into hers, and blocked her escape.

His long, strong hand seized her arm. His eyes were brimming with disbelief and towering fury, but his voice trembled as he clenched his teeth and said each word slowly: "Gaming is a waste of time and a distraction from your studies?"

The girl shuddered and shrank into her gaming chair, scared stiff.

She'd thought her own world was dark enough, and couldn't bear to let him enter it. Little did she know, his world was even darker, so dark he couldn't see his hand in front of him.

But it was all right. They could huddle together for warmth. Whatever she had, she'd share half with him.

He once left the stage in dejection, but in the end, he made a glorious return with her.

The most romantic thing he'd ever heard in his life was no more than, "Whatever I have, I'll share half with you." (The author's hopeless at being sentimental. The words may be plain, but the sentiment is true. Hides face.jpg.)

Cold, proud, sharp-tongued outcast vs. slow-to-warm, taciturn sharpshooter

Remember: The characters in this book aren't based on real people. Don't try to match them to anyone.

Content warnings:

1. The heroine is a little slow and gentle. Family circumstances have made her somewhat socially anxious. The hero is more volatile, cold, proud, and sharp-tongued.

2. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story or a story about a strong female lead. It's a niche story about two people helping each other achieve their dreams. (The blurb makes it sound lighter and more exaggerated, but the story itself is what matters.)

3. The story includes lots of common gaming memes. It draws inspiration from too many types of games to list them all. You can think of it as its own game world, or... use your imagination? (The game is an open-world MMO.) The author is a beginner, and there are lots of made-up details, so please don't read it from a professional perspective~

4. This is a story the author wanted to write~ If you don't like it, don't force yourself to read something that makes you unhappy~ Sending love.

Lastly, I hope everyone enjoys reading~

For my next book, I'll choose the one with the most advance followers in my profile. If there's a story you'd like to see, please follow it in advance. Let's build up those advance followers! And please give my author page a follow while you're at it (blush〃?〃)

Theme: Take pride in your work and cherish the present.