Taking Aim at Your Heart

The audio drama is out now. Find it on Manbo. For the drama's update schedule, see Weibo: XY Sweet Little Creek Cloud

[PUBG-inspired] [Second chance after a breakup] [Reunion after a long separation] [Mutual pining] [Mutual healing]

Second-chance romance from the heroine's perspective

Ten years of pursuit finally rewarded from the hero's perspective

Quirky, devoted, love-struck psychological counselor VS cool, scheming, doting-on-his-wife esports player

The newly formed NGU team suddenly shot to fame. Its captain, strum, was hailed overnight as "the handsomest assault player in the country." NGU's success brought good fortune to everyone, and the team went on to win trophy after trophy.

But after strum won the professional league championship, he suddenly announced his retirement from competition. The team began to decline.

For five years, strum vanished from the esports scene without a trace.

Some speculated, "Maybe he won the championship and decided to retire at the top!"

Others said, "Could he be injured? I heard he has a psychological disorder."

And some went even further: "Haven't you seen the rumors about his love life? He's dating someone!"

Everyone was stunned. From then on, strum's legendary story became an unsolved mystery in the community.

Five years later, the famous strum appeared out of nowhere at the World Cup, sweeping through the competition and leading his declining team to victory.

As everyone gaped in disbelief, strum draped in the national flag and holding his trophy smiled. "I want to give special thanks to one person. She was there for me as I found my way out of the abyss..."

Esports fans were overwhelmed and moved to tears. They had all said strum had no heart, but after catching up on the whole story of how he met someone special, they said, "You deserve to be with our sister-in-law! Stay together forever, and here's to ninety-nine years!"

As a sweet, well-behaved girl offline and a fan leader ready to charge into battle for her idol online, Shu Yue had one unrealistic wish:

The next time she hugged him, she wanted to do it as something other than a fan.

She thought she was sure to win him over. This cool, taciturn man only ever opened up to her, and everything went so smoothly that she got to call herself his girlfriend.

But before they had even been together for twenty-four hours, strum resolutely broke up with her and erased every trace of himself from her life.

Heartbroken, she focused on herself and became a psychology content creator with a million followers. Her past with him was buried deep.

Until five years later...

She discovered that the mysterious neighbor who made her nervous and always seemed to follow her was her ex-boyfriend: strum, the esports legend who had vanished five years ago!

The bitterness of her failed one-sided love came rushing back. But this time, strum barged into her life without asking permission. Only after his identity was exposed did he tell her everything.

That night, a torrential storm swept over the city. Shu Yue looked at his lips, inches from hers, and said in a trembling voice, "Then... let's make a deal. I'll be your psychological counselor, and you'll be my boyfriend."

Wen Yao kissed her fiercely, as if trying to release all the longing he'd bottled up for five years.

"I don't want a psychological counselor. You're the only cure I need."

Bonus Scene:

When the teammates learned that their sister-in-law and the captain had met when they were seven or eight, they cried out in unison:

"Captain, if you're not happy, who could be?"

Later, Shu Yue's cringey acrostic poem for Wen Yao from back then came to light.

Shu Yue also found the birthday love letter Wen Yao had written for her the night before they broke up.

They smiled and asked each other, "Are you embarrassed by the silly things we did back then?"

"Embarrassed, but I don't regret it," they answered in unison.

The blurb below is for the new story, When the Snow Stops:

Proud, reserved top student heroine VS obsessive, scheming attack-dog hero

Shen Shiqing had hated snow since childhood. She believed a heavy snowfall had taken her father's life.

That was until she met the real Chi Yunmu on a snowy day.

At school, Shen Shiqing was a reserved, low-key top student in the humanities, while Chi Yunmu was a cool, unsmiling top student in the sciences. Their grades were neck and neck.

They had no interaction at school. Even when they passed each other, their exchanged glances seemed tinged with rivalry.

There were enough girls who liked Chi Yunmu to fill several sports fields. Some even claimed his family was wealthy and that he was a young master who had never lifted a finger to do housework.

Rumors also said Shen Shiqing had a happy family and doting parents who treated her like a princess.

But that night, as the snow fell heavily, it brought two down-on-their-luck people together.

Shen Shiqing saw Chi Yunmu working at a restaurant. Chi Yunmu saw Shen Shiqing standing in the snow, with nowhere to go.

Shen Shiqing watched him wipe his hands on his apron, leave the restaurant, and walk straight toward her.

Their eyes met, and they both burst out laughing.

Rich heir, princess. They were both just as unfortunate as each other.

From that moment on, they shared an unspoken understanding, as if the gears of fate turning just for the two of them had begun to move.

Later, girls at school competed to start dating rumors about Chi Yunmu. Shen Shiqing couldn't help wondering why nobody was spreading rumors about her, the actual girlfriend.

No one could have guessed that the two people least likely to get together at school had become a couple. No one knew that one snowy night, the cool, brilliant Chi Yunmu had pinned the even prouder Shen Shiqing down and kissed her so passionately.

Reading Guide:

1. Volume Two begins with events told in reverse chronological order. The arrangement is intentional. Volume Three connects to Volume One, and Volume Two is especially compelling.

2. Both leads have psychological disorders to varying degrees, but they help each other heal. Please don't read the story with prejudice.

3. This story is entirely fictional. There are no real-life inspirations, so please don't associate the characters with real people.

4. Suggestions are welcome, but please don't tell me how to write. Do not compare or disparage other works.

5. The author's cat wrote this story.

6. Once the couple gets together, the heroine works as the team's psychological counselor. This isn't something an ordinary person can reveal publicly.

7. The heroine's psychological disorder has nothing to do with the hero! Nothing at all! They heal each other!

Theme: I want both passion and you.