I Raised an Esports Prodigy

Qi Jiu was a rich heiress who never applied herself to her studies. She had a happy family, and her life motto was to lie flat and give up.

She thought she could keep enjoying such a carefree life forever, until the day she turned eighteen.

At her birthday party, she was exposed as the fake heiress. The real heiress, who had been living elsewhere, had returned.

Her adoptive parents were too busy doting on the real heiress to care about her. They gave Qi Jiu some money and told her to fend for herself. After falling seriously ill, Qi Jiu lost heart, became obsessed with gaming, and spent her money on a game called Esports Manager, raising a character named Xie Dongyi.

His card profile said he had once been a three-time league champion. But now, because of injuries and his age, the team he'd been loyal to had betrayed him, and every other team was trying to drive down his price. If she chose to abandon him too, he would be deleted forever.

"Nobody wants him? I do! I'll spend! I'll start a club right now!"

"An old hand injury? I'll get it treated! I'll spend! Max out all his stats!"

"Limited achievements? I'll get them! I'll spend! The all-star team is taking off. We won't miss a single championship!"

Qi Jiu had nothing but money, and she had a blast spending it in the game.

Meanwhile, the twilight years of Xie Dongyi's career were spent enduring disdain and mockery from the professional scene.

His old team cared only about profit and wanted to abandon him as a useless has-been. Netizens sneered at him, and everyone reveled in kicking him while he was down. Other teams took advantage of his plight, hoping to squeeze every last bit of value out of him with a shameless contract.

Beset by troubles within and without, with no light ahead, he felt as if he were wading through a river in the dead of night. In pain and exhausted, Xie Dongyi had written his retirement application and thought his career was over. But one day, he woke up to find that everything had changed...

A rising powerhouse team offered him an astronomical signing fee.

The hand injury that had shown no improvement despite years of treatment suddenly had a chance to heal.

One prodigy after another joined his team, and together they won every championship trophy.

At first, he thought he'd simply been blessed with good luck. Gradually, he realized a deity was taking special care of him.

Then one day, their two worlds merged, and he finally got to meet his deity.

She was struggling and vulnerable, walking through the dark river of life just as he once had.

But it was all right. This time, he would hold the lantern for her.

Theme: Love and hard work