You Have to Date Me

Chu Chi x Jiang Zhou They were once a coach and a player beneath a golden rain of confetti. To Chu Chi, Jiang Zhou was both his mentor and the man he'd secretly loved for years. When Chu Chi's life was at its lowest and darkest, Jiang Zhou was like a ray of light shining into it. He brought Chu Chi into esports, guiding him from a green, clueless rookie into a mature, capable player, and from a string of losses all the way to the championship stage. Chu Chi thought everything was going to work out for the better, and that he was getting closer and closer to the light he held in his heart. But who could have guessed that the day after they won the championship, Jiang Zhou would sell him off to another club? From then on, the two who had once been close became the most familiar of strangers, at each other's throats. . Several years passed like this. Chu Chi retired, going from a hotshot player to a hotshot coach with five championships to his name. Everyone in esports, newcomers and veterans alike, knows one fun fact: WG and FIRE are bitter rivals, and their relationship is tense because WG's coach, Jiang Zhou, sold Chu Chi, the championship-winning player he'd coached, to another club. Whenever the two teams meet on the field, fans who love the drama care less about the teams' match and more about the coaches' secret rivalry. Just as everyone was looking forward to the new season and hoping the two coaches would come to blows, a famous esports gossip blogger on Weibo posted a photo. The stars of the photo were Chu Chi and Jiang Zhou. The two men rumored to be sworn enemies were... kissing. . Jiang Zhou is the most respected coach in the league. Every player he's coached has been outstanding, and people jokingly call him esports' premier talent developer. And yet, this man once sold the first championship-winning team he'd built himself for money, earning himself the nickname "money-grubber." The audience called him heartless. The players respected him but dared not get close. Though he had earned one glorious accomplishment after another, he was utterly alone. No one could imagine what kind of partner a man like that would have by his side, until one day they saw a photo and suddenly understood. * Younger top, second chance after a breakup. Jiang Zhou is the bottom. The blurb was screenshotted and saved on 2022.7.7. Theme: Bread and love.