My Online Romance Is Actually My Archrival's Junior!

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[Fake gentleman, real rascal younger seme (Pei Hexing) × fake aloof, real innocent, beautiful-but-tragic uke (Zhou Zhuoran)]

Zhou Zhuoran, the "Snooker Fox," has the proud, striking face of an Eastern beauty, yet no one in the snooker world dares call him a genius.

Fans both love and hate him. They love his absolute dominance at the table, where everything is within his reach, and hate his arrogant, foul temper.

Then, during the World Championship, he was exposed for using a blocking agent during a match. The former darling of the heavens was instantly abandoned by everyone and fell from grace.

Only one young friend, who had no idea who he was and went by the online name "Free-ball," continued to care about him, gradually becoming the secret, hopeless flutter in his heart.

Talents come and go, and a new genius will always appear. At just twenty-two, Pei Hexing is ranked fifteenth in the world, the best result for a Chinese player other than Zhou Zhuoran.

Some people call the new genius a younger Zhou Zhuoran. Pei Hexing sneers: "I'm not like my senior. I'm pretty stable mentally."

Zhou Zhuoran refuses to back down, firing back: "Your fundamentals are so bad, I'd be embarrassed to be associated with you."

Just after the two of them have made enemies of each other, Pei Hexing's agent tells him to recruit Zhou Zhuoran to join the club and coach him before competitions.

Pei Hexing is extremely unhappy. He would much rather work with "Snookered," the online friend he's known for ages.

Although he doesn't know their real identity, this senior sees right through things, and is serious, gentle, and strong. In every way, they're better than Zhou Zhuoran.

The two can't stand the sight of each other, and Zhou Zhuoran doesn't hold back. In match after match, he rubs the face of this hypocritical junior into the dirt.

But as time goes by, the look in the kid's eyes starts to change.

All his hints keep Zhou Zhuoran awake, so he decides to bravely pursue love for once.

He opens his chat with his online friend "Free-ball." His fingers tap out a message, then delete it, and he feels even more nervous than before a final.

Snookered: Do you like anyone?

Pei Hexing's phone lights up. He looks at the tightly closed door opposite him.

Free-ball: I think... I've fallen for that ill-tempered senior.

Snookered: ?!

Agent: The media says you two got together?!

Pei Hexing gets out of bed and gently pats Zhou Zhuoran on the back, waking him. He replies unhurriedly: "Don't make things up. We are together."

1. Includes competitive snooker content, with plenty of creative liberties. You can enjoy it even with no prior knowledge.

2. No real-life inspirations, so please don't try to match the characters to real people.

3. Neither lead is perfect. A sweet story with secret identities exposed.

4. Please save and comment~~

5. I'll add more if I think of anything...

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(Foxy, slightly unhinged, master-level dog trainer, dramatic beauty uke × fatherly, slightly dom seme who loses his head the moment his wife teases him, devoted husband, with multiple versions of the same man)

Xu Yanze wakes up with no memory and is sentenced for the attempted murder of Main System No. 7. He is about to be permanently deleted. Unless... he goes to a series of small worlds to complete villain activation missions.

"You will return to the very beginning of every story. Win over your target and drive him to corruption, turning him into a villain."

Xu Yanze agrees, both to survive and to recover his memories.

World One: The aloof, abstinent villain takes one look at him, covers his nose in disgust, and tosses away his business card without a second thought. He repeatedly wipes the hand that touched him, his face cold as he asks what Xu Yanze is after.

Du Yanze thinks this is easy. First, he draws close and gives him a taste of sweetness, then he becomes stingy with even the slightest touch.

So the fastidious villain hides the shirt Xu Yanze has worn, then begs hoarsely, like a lovesick stalker, for a kiss and licks his fingertips.

World Two: The reborn villain, corrupted and bent on revenge, swears to overthrow the aristocratic families that have ruled for centuries. The first person he must eliminate is... the hypocritical Holy Son, Ye Yanze.

Ye Yanze says there's no way he's going to clear his name. He can only treat the villain like a slave, ordering him around and pressing a foot to his face to teach him loyalty. Who says absolute loyalty doesn't count as success?

So, after the corrupted villain successfully seizes the throne, the first thing he does is capture the master who escaped him. Still dressed in his coronation robes, he kneels on the ground and begs him to step on him again, swearing his absolute loyalty with the most desirous look in his eyes.

World Three: The ruthless villain, an imperial secret police officer, draws his blade in front of everyone, slices off Xu Yanze's official hat, and snaps his jade hairpin. He threatens, with amused interest, to ransack his home and throw him in prison to see just how strong his bones are.

Song Yanze thinks this bastard will behave after a couple of slaps. If it doesn't work, he'll just slap him a few more times.

So even this cold-hearted villain begins to carefully choose his words in letters, confessing his longing and asking how Xu Yanze has been eating lately, whether he's dressed warmly now that the weather is getting colder, and if he likes the jade hairpin that was sent back... and whether he misses him.

World Four: The arrogant, cold-blooded villain treats him like a plaything, teasing that he'll pay forty million for Xu Yanze to dance only on his bed from now on, a canary for him alone to amuse, then warning him to remember his place.

Kong Yanze thinks: You love spending money, don't you? Then I'll spend it all. A canary? I'll show you what it means to give someone your body but not your heart.

So the once-invincible villain panics and gives him all his jewelry and cash, begging him not to leave. He repeatedly polishes a ring himself, but only dares to slip it onto Xu Yanze's ring finger while he sleeps. He doesn't dare ask for a title, or even whether Xu Yanze has feelings for him.

World Five: The villain, short-tempered and anti-AI, anti-cyborg, sees him as a robotic vacuum cleaner and coldly tells him to stay away and not touch him, or he'll scrap him.

Li Yanze thinks: You're going to die alone, kid. I've lost my memory, so who are you?

So even the villain who only knows how to destroy, not protect, starts worrying that his rough hands might damage the little android. He crouches outside the door, begging for pity and a touch, deliberately leaving wounds for Xu Yanze to bandage. He'd rather get hurt himself than let Xu Yanze so much as scrape his skin.

The System is amazed, then coldly urges him to hurry up and drive his targets to corruption and world destruction.

Xu Yanze smiles and readily agrees, then turns around and taunts the villains: "If you do even one bad thing after I leave, we'll never see each other again."

The System threatens to delete him and sternly demands to know what he's up to. Xu Yanze shrugs. "I guess it's hard to resist causing trouble when you enjoy ordering me around so much."

Behind him, a figure gradually takes shape, wraps its arms around his waist, and refuses to let go.

Theme: Every regret will eventually find its happy ending.