MVP

If you haven't read this recently, please don't buy it. I'm applying to make it temporarily free, so keep an eye out for the free period on 2026.9.4.

He Yanchi, notorious as an esports flame warrior and the pink-haired weirdo, livestreamed his post-match analysis after the S14 World Championship finals and stirred up trouble by flaming Shen Zhishuo, the jungler for the LPL's first seed.

Three days later, Shen Zhishuo hit back with a single line: "I learned from the genius mid laner peaking."

The players couldn't figure out what kind of grudge the two had against each other, for they'd been trading insults online for seven or eight years.

During the transfer window, He Yanchi was sold.

He never expected that the final piece of his new team's roster would be Shen Zhishuo, the very person he'd been arguing with online.

Top laner: "You two are so good at going at each other online. Why don't you say a word when you're face-to-face?"

Support: "Come on, give us the inside scoop. Do you really have some deep grudge against him? Or has our mid-jungle duo already fallen apart before the spring split even begins?"

AD carry: "You two are sharing a room. Should we expect to find one of your corpses tomorrow morning?"

Nobody knew they had met long ago. Nobody knew that He Yanchi had been in love with Shen Zhishuo for years.

Please note:

1. None of the players or teams are based on real people. Don't make real-life comparisons or read them as real people.

2. This is a fictional setting. The heroes' relative strengths don't match any version of the real game, so don't compare them to real life.

3. My gaming skills: terrible, but I love to play. I don't understand the game very well, either. The game details are entirely made up, so this is confidently delivered nonsense. Please proceed with caution if that bothers you.

4. There are livestreams, chat comments, and forum posts, and quite a lot of them. Please proceed with caution if that bothers you.

5. Updates at 6 p.m. If there won't be an update, I'll let you know in advance.

6. If you like it, stay. If you don't, leave. Don't force yourself to keep reading if you're not enjoying it. Run! I'm not worth it, and neither is this story. Maybe we'll meet again in another book!

Blurb: 2023.1.4

Coming soon: The Mind Your Own Business Agency

A request for help appeared on the S City Awakened Forum, the first in a long time. The poster wanted to know how capable the city's "Mind Your Own Business Agency" was.

Replies soon appeared:

User A: "The director's a useless piece of junk with a lowest-level lighter spirit. You really think he's capable of anything?"

User B: "My verdict: not much talent, but plenty of rules. You'd be better off hiring the lucky cat at the door."

User C: "Let me put it this way: I am Qin Shi Huang."

The comments were nothing but bad reviews and mockery. The original poster didn't reply.

Half a month later, the post was bumped to the front page. The newest comment was a video posted by the original poster.

In the video, an ordinary man with tousled hair, wearing a T-shirt, beach shorts, and flip-flops, looked at the room full of rampaging beast spirits and shook his head helplessly. Then he turned around and snapped his fingers.

The room immediately went up in flames. The beast spirits shrieked in anguish, their cries piercing and terrible. A few seconds later, the sounds stopped, and the room had turned to ash.

Then the man's languid voice came through the video: "Kid, find another agency for this kind of business next time. I'm really busy. Don't let it happen again, okay?"

The video set the comments on fire.

Passerby A: "That's incredible. The classic useless piece of junk with a lowest-level lighter spirit. With firepower like that, some people wouldn't even leave ashes behind, right, guys? @User A @User B @User C..."

Passerby B: "No wonder the agency is called 'Mind Your Own Business.' In the face of that kind of power, an A-rank job really is nothing."

Passerby C: "A celestial master at that level? I'm curious how much the poster paid to get him to take the job."

Original poster: "Not much. Ten bodhi seeds."

Everyone: "What?! You can get a deal like that? Is the owner a philanthropist?"

And so, the "Mind Your Own Business" Agency, which handled no trivial matters, meddled in no business, and didn't give a damn about anything, suddenly became the busiest agency in town.

The agency's owner, You Shuo, was bewildered by the sudden rush of work. "What's going on? Did all the other agencies go out of business?"

Theme: Foster a healthy competitive spirit.