No Pretending We're Close

Jian Xi, TFI's starting ADC, is hailed as a genius marksman and was the 2023 Shenling Esports International Invitational FMVP.

They say he is the "Proud and Unbothered" who topped the national server ADC rankings for three years straight.

"Genius ADC," "2023 FMVP": the only stain on Jian Xi's professional career is that he doesn't get along with teammate Gu Yunbai.

The two players' fanbases are sworn enemies, and they argue endlessly over which of them deserved the FMVP.

They say Jian Xi and Gu Yunbai were in the same youth training camp, and even then they kept their distance. But the deranged team made the two players pretend to be close, just to keep up the appearance of harmony within the team.

Both fanbases lambasted the team for mistreating its players and refused to believe the claims that they were "really close."

The two queue up together, and the chat floods with "They don't know each other."

The two go shopping hand in hand, and the fans ask if the team can please leave the players alone.

The two...

Both fanbases: Stop pretending to be close!

Then one day, while Jian Xi was livestreaming at home, Gu Yunbai unexpectedly appeared on camera in his pajamas. Everyone in the stream watched Jian Xi smile and give Gu Yunbai a kiss.

Wait, was that staged too?

Marksman x Mage (pretty younger seme x cool, straight-laced uke)

They dote on each other

The game is entirely made up by the author

Let me recommend my friend Ye Miao A's upcoming seme-focused novel, I'm Not Breaking Off This Engagement. The blurb is so good, you really have to check it out qwq

[Seme-focused, the fiancee is the seme]

[Tsundere young lady fiancee seme from a broken-engagement plot x uke from a "thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't bully the poor young man" plot]

As soon as Yu Chi Changting transmigrated, he walked right into a broken-engagement scene. Even more absurdly, he was the "fiancee" who had come to break off the engagement.

There was a boy in the corner, his face full of resentment and his eyes dark with fury. The people around him were sneering at the boy. Only after a moment did Yu Chi Changting realize that the scene felt familiar.

Had he somehow ended up in one of those "thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't bully the poor young man" stories?

Yu Chi Changting, who was used to doing whatever he pleased, suddenly had a fun idea:

He wasn't going to break off the engagement.

He wanted to see if, with his support as the "fiancee," this boy following a broken-engagement plot could still fulfill the "don't bully the poor young man" storyline.

Later...

Yu Chi Changting stormed off with his sword to stand up for his useless fiance,

"You scum are the ones who dared bully my fiance?"

As the legitimate son of a prominent clan, Gao Lou was betrothed at birth to the legitimate heir of another clan.

Later, an aptitude test revealed that he was a good-for-nothing, and he fell from the clouds into the dirt in an instant.

When his haughty fiancee heard that he was useless, she immediately made a big show of coming to break off the engagement in person.

He knew he couldn't blame her for ending the engagement, given his circumstances. But when he actually saw that gifted young woman arrive to break it off, he couldn't help showing a trace of resentment.

Then Gao Lou watched in disbelief as his fiancee suddenly changed her mind and called off the breakup.

From then on, everyone in the Soul Realm knew that the Gao family's cultivation-incapable good-for-nothing had a fiancee who was a formidable fighter and fiercely protective of him.

Later, after Gao Lou made his comeback, he held the hand of his fiancee, who was always running around with a sword, ready to chop people up.

"Changting, when are we going to make our marriage official?"

He'd been her fiance for far too long. When could he finally drop the word "fiance"?

Reading guide:

Seme-focused, mutual doting, pretty seme and handsome uke

The seme is spoiled and fiercely protective, with extraordinary fighting skills. Early on, he is the uke's powerful backer.

The uke is a mad dog to outsiders and a loyal puppy at home. He becomes a formidable fighter after his comeback, and the two are a perfect match.

No reverse pairings. Please behave yourselves.

Theme: Believe that you can succeed, no matter what