I'm Sorry, Let's Get Back Together

[Main story complete. I hope you lovely readers will show it lots of support! It really, really means a lot TWT]

[Other books in the same series on my page:

1. Complete, 500k words: WinWin [Esports], a sunny, cheerful bottom x a cool, levelheaded top. #PowerCouple #Reborn #Championship #GamingEsports #IHaveAChampionDream

2. Coming soon: Bad Deeds Bring Bad Results [Online Game], a money-loving, sharp-tongued, technically gifted bottom vs. a shrewd, wealthy, secretly sponsoring top]

※ This book: I'm Sorry, Let's Get Back Together

[Boastful, cocky, handsome King of Competition top x a cold, aloof, legendary academic bottom]

#OutlineStyle #GettingBackTogether #YoungerTop #PowerCouple #A little melodrama

Almost no one knows that Yin, a rising star in academia and a professor at S University, a top-tier institution, is also a hidden gaming powerhouse. A few years ago, the person by his side was Ji You, now the world champion of CoL Esports, his willful junior.

At the time when they were most in love with each other, they parted on bad terms.

Later, Ji You took a leave of absence from school and went abroad, making a surprise appearance on the competitive scene. Yin Qiuyu deleted his gaming account and vanished without a trace.

Years later, Yin Qiuyu published papers, earned promotions, and traveled the world to attend conferences and lead research projects. Ji You competed, won championships, and made a name for himself in Europe, all on his own.

Fame, looks, money, status... You already have everything, yet surrounded by thousands, you can think only of that one person.

Whenever you get the chance, you still go looking for him.

[I really, really like you top (Ji You) vs. I get it, let go, you used to say that too bottom (Yin Qiuyu)]

They get back together, both choose each other, genius x genius

They run into their ex on a street in a foreign country, n years after breaking up, and discover his main gaming account still has their old matching couple username.

Ji You: Hi~

Yin Qiuyu: Stares straight ahead and pretends not to see him.

Ji You: Isn't that Senior Yin?

Yin Qiuyu nods and walks past him: I know you're busy too. See you around.

Ji You: I didn't, I swear, Senior, let me explain! Hey, big brother, don't go! It's so hard to run into you in a foreign country like this. It must be fate-

Yin Qiuyu stops: A disastrous fate? No thanks.

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One day, after they'd finished being lovey-dovey, Yin Qiuyu ran his fingers through Ji You's rebellious silver curls, casually plucked out a long strand, and rolled it between his fingertips.

Ji You: Be honest. In all those years apart, did you really never think of me?

Yin Qiuyu asked, amused: Think about how you couldn't stomach Western food overseas, or how your English was so terrible you couldn't even understand what your coach was saying?

Ji You: That's not what I meant!

Yin Qiuyu: Didn't you say all that in interviews yourself? You couldn't stomach Western food, so you learned to fry, roast, boil, and braise in three days, cooking almost at Michelin-star level. And your English was bad, so you logged on every day to have "friendly" chats with European server players and ended up with a 10,000-yuan fine?

Ji You fell silent. His long arm curled around Yin Qiuyu's fair waist, determined to leave a much more lasting mark.

[The cocky little wolf who always gets whatever he wants] x [The cold, sharp-tongued beauty who pursues results but goes along with the flow]

You wronged me, I wronged you. Really, when you add it all up, neither of us can blame the other. In the end, we both liked each other, so there's no point trying to figure out who was at fault. Happy ending

[Please note]:

1. They get back together as soon as they meet. There are a few references to their past, but overall it's a light, everyday story with a little melodrama.

2. No real-life inspirations. The bottom is an academic and a top-tier casual player; the top is an esports player. They were senior and junior in college, then became strangers, only to run into each other again. There's not much gaming; the focus is on this couple dating and falling in love in real life.

3. Part of the CoL series. You don't need to have read any of the other books in the series. It features a made-up roguelite keyboard game, set during the v2.?-v5.? period.

4. Not suitable for readers with extreme character preferences. Please be kind to one another and enjoy the story~

5. Written in outline style, an amateur effort, and a little self-indulgent. The full story is expected to be around 100,000 to 200,000 words, so it's not long.

6. I'll add more if I think of anything :P

- Blurb first posted on 25/02/20

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[Coming soon on my page]

CoL series:

Bad Deeds Bring Bad Results [Online Game]: Two villains giving each other a hard time. The next book in the CoL series

[Two selfish jerks]

[Money-loving, sharp-tongued, technically gifted bottom vs. shrewd, wealthy, secretly sponsoring top]

In the game, Ke Meng is a top-tier player whom people both love and hate. He regularly takes contracts to [snipe].

[Sniping]: Deliberately queue at the same time as a target player who is on a winning streak and climbing the ranks. Get placed on the opposing team, then win the game and make the target lose points.

Lots of people wonder why Ke Meng, who's so good, doesn't go pro, and instead works as a professional rank-blocker, taking this kind of trash money.

You could at least carry people as a hired gaming partner. That wouldn't make everyone hate you so much!

Ke Meng: You don't know jack. Bad players are contagious. I don't do carry work.

Other players: Oh, look at that, the rank-blocking dog is proud of himself now. Are you so broke you can't even afford instant noodles, so you have to take this disgusting job? Sewer rats only know how to make...

On his livestream, Ke Meng successfully sniped another contract, stopping a client who'd hired a national-server player to help them climb the ranks from realizing their dream.

Some viewers who disliked that client clapped and cheered in the chat.

Ke Meng: If you like it, follow me and send some gifts. Don't just freeload and watch for laughs.

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Ke Meng really was short on money.

Not only was he short on money, he was very short on money, extremely short on money. He was practically obsessed with earning every last cent.

The owner of his gaming studio had urged him more than once: If you don't like showing your face and don't want to go pro, fine. It's not a great path anyway. But you don't like keeping clients happy when you do carry work, and you don't want to do boosting, either.

You only take [sniping] contracts here. What a waste of your global top-fifty skill!

Ke Meng: I'll finish this contract, then I'm done taking them starting next week.

Studio owner: Come on, Meng, I'll give you an extra ten percent. That dumbass client from last time was way too demanding. No one but you can take his contracts.

Ke Meng: Bye-bye.

In another chat window.

Dumbass Client: Baby, you done?

Ke Meng replied, fighting back his nausea: Who am I taking down?

The dumbass client sent him an ID: Help me knock this guy down. Doesn't have to be much, just end his winning streak.

Easy to say. That ID belonged to a substitute on a team that had just won the world championship. He'd been rocketing up the ranks lately and was about to break into the global top ten.

Even Ke Meng, as fierce as he was, couldn't match the dedicated substitute of a top championship team.

Ke Meng suspected the client had lost his mind, but he needed the money: 10,000 yuan per game. No guarantees I'll win, but I'll do my best.

[100,000 yuan deposited into your bank account]

Was this guy just throwing money away today? Ke Meng had no intention of turning it down. He accepted the whole contract.

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Ou Cenglou was bored out of his mind at the gathering.

His childhood friend tried to lean over to see what he was doing. Ou Cenglou shoved him away and kept typing.

Mengmeng is in such a good mood today. If I'd known, I'd have paid him 5,000. I'll send the remaining 5,000 after he finishes. Paying the full price for ten games all at once, I'm such a generous guy.

"Cenglou, are you investing in this team or not? The rest of us are ready to get involved. We're just waiting on you."

"We'll see."

"Don't wait too long. In esports, hesitation means defeat. If you don't like this existing team, we can buy a slot and start our own."

"Tsk, I'm chatting with my sweetheart."

His childhood friend was baffled. Weren't you the one who got us all into this game in the first place? How did you drag us into it, then go off flirting with someone and leave us to it?

Ou Cenglou was wondering what he could offer to bring this little lemon home and play with him.

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