A Major Online Romance Disaster [Esports]

[My new novel, The Foolish Mermaid and Her Nemesis Become a Hit on a Dating Show, is now available. Please add it to your library!]

Blurb

After a year spent recovering from an injury, Xie Xingzhou returned only to find himself a rookie again, and his club had gone under.

Xie Xingzhou: "I'm completely disoriented."

On his first day at his new club, Xie Xingzhou was given a new nickname: "All looks, no substance."

What no one expected was that this pretty face packed quite a punch.

At the spring tournament, Xie Xingzhou dominated the competition and brought the Fading Glory team back into the public eye.

When viewers saw his handsome face on camera, the internet exploded.

[Turn on donations during your streams from now on. I'll sell my school to send you gifts.]

[Didn't you say you were 48, divorced, and raising two kids? You look like you've still got it to me!!!]

[How did Hawk hide him so well? I watched one match and fell in love with both the team captain and Xie Xingzhou. If they both tried to pursue me at the same time...]

With fame came plenty of pressure, so Xie Xingzhou let loose on his daily streams to unwind.

During one stream, he was matched with a noob account whose name was a jumble of letters and numbers.

Xie Xingzhou: "I'm Ace. I'll carry you to a chicken dinner."

The Guy With the Gibberish Name: "Sure... Nice movement."

Xie Xingzhou: "Speaking of movement, my ex taught me that." Xie Xingzhou got carried away chatting and gave his ex a thorough verbal thrashing.

The viewers in the chat:

[Quick, shut up! Do you know whose account that is? It's the captain's!]

[Xie Xingzhou, you must be trying to get kicked off the team.]

[Pass it on: Hawk captain Xi Ran got hit on by Xie Xingzhou.]

Completely oblivious, Xie Xingzhou said, "Why aren't you using voice chat? Is your voice bad? Don't worry, I won't judge you. I'm not like that."

This viewer was extremely considerate, always replying to everything and following through on every promise.

One day, Xie Xingzhou asked, "Bro, want to be my online boyfriend? We won't meet in person, ever. I just want to make my ex jealous."

Xi Ran paused for a moment. "Sure (*^▽^*)."

Xie Xingzhou, thinking to himself: Someone who uses emoticons can't be all that bad, right?!

At last, Xie Xingzhou saw the light at the end of the tunnel: his online boyfriend finally turned on voice chat.

"Watch out for the house up ahead."

Xie Xingzhou: ...

Xi Ran chuckled softly. "What, can't you recognize your ex's voice anymore?"

[Am I part of your little game?]

[Why are you couples so devious?]

[What's going on with you Hawk guys??? Is no one going to step in?]

Bad news: I fell for my team captain online.

Worse news: The captain is my ex-boyfriend.

Xi Ran: You won't come back to me after we break up, but you go and start online dating instead?

Bonus Scene

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After hearing Xie Xingzhou describe all the things this two-timing, heartless playboy had done, Xi Ran found it hard to connect the guy in the story with himself.

Especially the part about "using all kinds of sweet talk to trick him into calling me Big Bro."

Xie Xingzhou had been happy to call him that at the time, so how could he turn around and blame Xi Ran now? It made no sense.

Xi Ran's hand trembled. He failed to control his gun's recoil and got headshotted by the other team.

A familiar laugh came through his headset. Xie Xingzhou sounded a little sweet as he said, "It's okay. Big Bro might not be able to control his gun, but he can control me."

Xi Ran: ???

#Being number one in the world is your dream. My dream is for us to become number one together.#

A cheeky, playful, goofy uke with slick movement x a brooding, secretly flirtatious esports ace seme

==Reader's Guide (Must Read)==

[Updates at 9 p.m. Lots of chapters in reserve, no hiatuses.]

1. Both leads are virgins and each other's first love. A sweet story about getting back together after a breakup~

2. The seme and uke are not based on real people. Please don't compare them to real people. Read rationally. Happy ending.

3. The game is PUBG, and the characters are professional PUBG players. The games referenced are PUBG and Game for Peace.

4. Romance comes first, gaming second. Even if you don't know how to play, you can still enjoy it~ Daily updates without fail.

5. This is the fourth version of the blurb. Screenshots of every version were taken as soon as they went up. Red packet giveaways will appear in the comments from time to time. Enjoy reading~

Please add my new novel, The Director Still Has It, to your library~

A sunny, gentle, gorgeous calico uke x a brooding black panther seme with a strong possessive streak

Shen Que transmigrated into a sci-fi novel as a notorious young hoodlum: uneducated, deep in debt, and having beaten up the son of an important official, nearly making himself a wanted criminal.

Shen Que: "All right, so that's how you want to play it?"

To pay off the mountain of debt left by the original owner, Shen Que took over the amusement park his grandfather had owned, which had gone out of business long ago, and turned it into a kindergarten.

The people of the interstellar world: "What a joke. Does he think he's not in enough debt already? Who's having kids these days?"

Recruiting students was a long and arduous process.

Shen Que used his gift of the gab to persuade a few parents watching his livestream to come for a visit.

Only three children ended up enrolling, and every one of them was a handful.

On the first day of school, Shen Que cleaned up with the kids.

On the second day, Shen Que and the kids tightened screws, sawed wood, and maintained the roller coaster.

By day N, Shen Que and the kids were learning to make tomato and egg stir-fry, with a pirate ship ride as their outdoor activity.

The little red panda raised a fist in protest. "Do you know I'm a national treasure? This kind of education is way too harsh."

The little lion hid in a corner and cried. "My tail got singed! Waaah!"

The little kitten grabbed Shen Que's clothes and showed him its report card. "Director Dad, I got 99 on my midterm. Can I ride the roller coaster after school?"

Shen Que smiled without warmth. "Kate, don't change your own grades. You got 11. Bring your parents in tomorrow."

As the kindergarten grew more and more famous, the big shots of the interstellar world all sent their kids there.

A gang boss told his kid, "Son, if the director bullies you at school, tell the bodyguards. We'll find a chance to put a sack over his head and beat him up."

Shen Que: ...

An official told his daughter, "Remember, by interstellar standards you're only three and a half. You absolutely must not date."

Thanks to Shen Que's careful efforts, relations between the kindergarten and the parents were reasonably harmonious.

Until one day...

The panda cub: "Director Dad, my mom says you've still got it. She's planning to set you up with my uncle."

The lion cub: "Director Dad, my neighbor's second cousin is still single. Want to consider him? He works for the government, so he's got a stable job."

The tiger cub: "Director Dad, just tell my dad what kind you like."

Busy talking to the parents, Shen Que replied offhandedly, "I heard the newly appointed Interstellar Marshal is still single."

He had underestimated the kids' connections. Just a few days later, they really brought the Interstellar Marshal right to him.

One kid, gloating: "Director Dad, your strong one's here."

The marshal: ...

The physical education teacher: "Director, why not consider me?"

One kid's uncle: "Director Shen, I think you've still got it too."

*

The words "Shen Que is single" once shot to the top of the interstellar trending list.

Netizens called out to him: "We don't have to have kids, but you have to find a partner."

The kids: "Director Dad is looking for a spouse online. Civil servants preferred."

The authorities issued a denial: "Director Shen is currently in a relationship. Please do not pay excessive attention to his private life."

Onlookers: Huh???

---Bonus Scene---

A father killed in a car accident, a mother bedridden with a serious illness, a frail grandfather, and him, left broken and deeply in debt.

An omega with a secondary sex trait deficiency, a calico cat whose pheromones were out of control: he had all the worst luck stacked against him.

Before Shen Que could even adjust to his new identity, he found himself surrounded by a group of "feline creatures."

Shen Que: "Don't come any closer!!!"

After they got married.

Shen Que took a medical report out of the drawer. The more he read, the angrier he got, until he kicked the man beside him off the bed.

The man rubbed his backside, a hint of grievance appearing on his handsome, stern face.

"Wifey~"

"Why didn't you wear a condom?! I'm pregnant!!!"

The man excitedly slapped his backside and clambered onto the bed, pulling Shen Que into his arms and breathing in the intoxicating scent at Shen Que's neck.

"But you smell so good, Wifey~" A black tail appeared behind him and, before long, curled around Shen Que's smooth thigh.

Shen Que: ...Who in their right mind has catnip-scented pheromones?!

A sunny, gentle, gorgeous calico uke x a brooding black panther seme with a strong possessive streak

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