Arc 2Chapters 26–42
No recap yet. An arc gets one once it has 25 chapters.
No recap yet. An arc gets one once it has 25 chapters.
Yan Zhun and Pei Ran spent the morning with Lin Xuhuan, then played arcade games together, growing closer as Yan Zhun taught Pei Ran. When Pei Ran explained that he had never taken Luo Qingshan home and offered Yan Zhun a candy, Yan Zhun said he thought Pei Ran was starting to like him.
Luo Qingshan learned that Pei Ran had picked Yan Zhun up and insisted on confronting the situation, while Su Nian’s hopes of being more than a good friend were dismissed. Pei Ran’s drawing of Yan Zhun surfaced at Lin Xuhuan’s birthday dinner, where Yan Zhun recognized the artist and privately thanked Pei Ran.
Pei Ran watched Yan Zhun scrim, and Yan Zhun showed his growing affection by giving him special attention. After learning Yan Zhun had fought Luo Qingshan, Pei Ran rushed to the hospital, where Yan Zhun admitted he had thrown the first punch and asked him not to be angry.
After Yan Zhun and Luo Qingshan fought, Pei Ran visited them both at the hospital and tried to arrange a settlement. Pei Ran made clear that his relationship with Luo Qingshan was over, then reunited with Yan Zhun as Yan Zhun’s parents prepared to take him home.
After Yan Zhun returned home from the fight, Pei Ran brought him a massager and confronted rumors blaming Yan Zhun for his breakup with Luo Qingshan. The chapter ended with Yan Zhun meeting Pei Ran at a park and offering him candy, asking him not to be angry.
Pei Ran and Yan Zhun reconciled over dinner, then spent the evening looking for somewhere to go before ending up at an internet café. Yan Zhun tried to teach Pei Ran recoil control, but Pei Ran was too distracted by their closeness to absorb the lesson, and Lin Xuhuan’s teasing left the two of them together at the game.
Pei Ran spent the evening playing games with Yan Zhun and Lin Xuhuan, then ran into Luo Qingshan’s old friends, who reminded him of the relationship he had left behind. As rain sheltered them beneath a shop’s eaves, Pei Ran kissed Yan Zhun, who pulled him close and kissed him back.
Pei Ran and Yan Zhun kissed, confessed their feelings, and started dating. The next morning, Pei Ran learned Luo Qingshan had not been the one who secretly helped him in high school, rejected his offer of friendship, and then went to meet Yan Zhun, who turned down his coach’s request because he was dating.
Yan Zhun told the coach he was dating someone and asked Pei Ran to let him stay with him until he moved into the team house. While they spent time together in Pei Ran’s dorm, Yan Zhun discovered Pei Ran had privately drawn only him, then kissed him and asked to be his figure model.
Yan Zhun watched TZG struggle after Brother Wei’s hand injury forced him out of competition, then heard the coach formally invite him to join the team. He agreed to consider the offer and left the decision unresolved.
Pei Ran stayed overnight in Yan Zhun’s room, and the two grew intimate on the balcony after Yan Zhun invited him to kiss. Lin Xuhuan interrupted them, leaving their moment exposed to an awkward witness.
Pei Ran and Yan Zhun began living openly as a couple at the TZG base, and Yan Zhun accompanied Pei Ran to his high school reunion. Their arrival together under one umbrella left Luo Qingshan stunned.
After spending the night together, Pei Ran and Yan Zhun stayed an extra day at the hotel, where Luo Qingshan realized they had become intimate. Yan Zhun received news that a teammate was retiring and was asked to decide whether to return to professional play; the chapter ended with Yan Zhun forwarding his contract to his dad.
Yan Zhun committed to joining TZG and prepared to debut as its new flex player and in-game leader, while he and Pei Ran grew closer. On match day, Pei Ran rushed to the venue after his flight was canceled and kissed Yan Zhun before his first game.
In a high school basketball game, Yan Zhun played fiercely after hearing that Luo Qingshan was dating Pei Ran, then protected Pei Ran from a stray ball. Years later, Yan Zhun met Pei Ran again in college, but Pei Ran did not recognize him, leaving Yan Zhun alone with the thought that he had not been remembered.
TZG competed in the opening match of the PUBG Global Invitational in Cologne while Pei Ran arrived and reunited with Yan Zhun. As they spent the night together, Yan Zhun told his parents that he liked men and booked a separate hotel room for the week after the tournament.