Come Fight Me in Person, Then!

I've changed the title! My next story, Burning Tide, is now open for follows on my profile. If you're interested, please add it to your collection~ A proud, pure-hearted, easily flustered gong * a cocky, self-deluded, wolfdog-like rising esports star shou A god-tier player vs. a pro gamer Rich young master Duan Tian loved esports, but his adoptive parents thought he was a good-for-nothing and kicked him out. Overnight, he went from a pampered heir to a nobody. He wandered to the YG building in a daze. A poster was still hanging on the high-rise, showing rising esports star Jiang Yao and his teammates holding their championship trophy. It hadn't been taken down yet. He'd been forced to retire after accusations of match-fixing, and the pro gamer had become a streamer. So even this top player hadn't had a smooth, protagonist-like rise to success. He was just as unlucky as Duan Tian. Duan Tian pulled himself together, earned money by playing on other people's accounts, and moved into a new rental. One day, a majestic, ferocious Czech wolfdog refused to leave his doorstep. Duan Tian could only ask in the group chat whose dog it was. Then a curly-haired guy with an indistinguishable face under his tin-foil perm, wearing an undershirt and baggy shorts, knocked on his door. He flashed a white-toothed grin. “Hey, handsome Pink. That's my dog.” Duan Tian: My neighbor doesn't look like a good person. Then, during a ranked peak-match game, Duan Tian was playing on someone else's account and got into a flame war with a teammate. They agreed to settle it in person, only to open the door and find themselves staring wide-eyed at each other: Duan Tian and his curly-haired neighbor. Tin-foil-permed curly hair: So you're the one who plays the side lane? Duan Tian: So you're the one who plays jungle? Tin-foil-permed curly hair: So you're the god-tier player? Duan Tian: So you're a streamer? Jiang Yao yanked off his wig and shouted, “I'm Jiang Yao! What have you got to fight me with?!” Jiang “Genius Jungler” “Rising Esports Star” “Jungle Tyrant” Yao gets exposed online. Duan Tian: “...You're such an idiot.” Reader's Guide: 1. An esports story set in Honor of Kings. The characters aren't based on real people, and both the gong and shou are adults when they go pro. 2. Gong-focused, powerful couple. The author knows nothing about esports; romance comes first and gaming is secondary, so just have fun with it. Theme: The wind may be fierce, but we will ride the waves.