Chapter Summaries

While playing PUBG with Luo Qingshan and his classmates, Pei Ran noticed Luo Qingshan favoring Su Nian and leaving him in danger. Luo Qingshan’s roommate Yan Zhun rescued Pei Ran and gave him a weapon, but the chapter ended with Yan Zhun crashing his motorcycle into a tree.

• Pei Ran joined Luo Qingshan, Su Nian, and an unfamiliar teammate for a PUBG match, where Luo Qingshan agreed to land at the military base for Su Nian.
• Luo Qingshan gave Su Nian an M4 in exchange for bringing dinner, while Pei Ran found no gun in the crate and was soon knocked down by an enemy.
• Yan Zhun, the fourth teammate, used long-range headshots to eliminate enemies, then raced to Pei Ran and revived him just before his health ran out.
• Yan Zhun gave Pei Ran a med kit and an M416, and Pei Ran recognized his voice as Luo Qingshan’s roommate’s.
• Luo Qingshan offered Pei Ran his AK, but Pei Ran chose Yan Zhun’s M4, and Yan Zhun crashed his motorcycle into a tree.

Pei Ran played a match with Yan Zhun, watched him hold off an enemy team, and later arrived at school expecting to meet Luo Qingshan. Instead, he walked in on Yan Zhun fresh from a shower and found himself unsettled by the encounter.

• Luo Qingshan and Su Nian ran toward the safe zone while Pei Ran and Yan Zhun rode there together, but an ambush killed Luo Qingshan and Su Nian.
• After Pei Ran was knocked out and eliminated, Yan Zhun fought the opposing team, stalled three enemies until the zone killed them, and then died himself.
• Pei Ran watched Yan Zhun's gameplay, later saw Luo Qingshan's dinner posts with Su Nian, and changed Su Nian's contact name in his phone.
• Pei Ran arrived at school that evening and learned that Luo Qingshan had taken Su Nian to the campus clinic after he twisted his ankle.
• Pei Ran entered Luo Qingshan's dorm room and found Yan Zhun leaving the bathroom in a bathrobe; Yan Zhun dressed and invited him inside.

Pei Ran watched Yan Zhun play PUBG and learned that Yan Zhun liked men, while Luo Qingshan returned from meeting Su Nian, who had confessed to him. That night, Luo Qingshan went to Su Nian’s room, leaving Yan Zhun alone with his resentment over Pei Ran.

• Pei Ran sat with Yan Zhun, watched him play PUBG, and praised his skill.
• Yan Zhun told his teammates that he liked men, and Pei Ran was startled by the unexpected confession.
• Luo Qingshan returned and kissed Pei Ran, who turned him away until he showered; Pei Ran also noticed Luo Qingshan had disabled message previews.
• Luo Qingshan told Yan Zhun that Su Nian had confessed to him, then asked whether Yan Zhun preferred Pei Ran or Su Nian; Yan Zhun chose Pei Ran.
• Luo Qingshan answered Su Nian’s call and went to his room to check on his painful foot, while Yan Zhun smoked on the balcony and struggled with resentment.

Pei Ran attended Luo Qingshan’s birthday party at a karaoke bar, where Su Nian’s closeness with Luo unsettled him and Yan Zhun quietly looked after him. When Pei Ran saw Su Nian embracing and kissing Luo in the corridor, Yan Zhun covered his eyes and told him not to look.

• Pei Ran revisited Su Nian’s WeChat Moments and noticed that many posts from the past two months involved Luo Qingshan.
• Pei Ran agreed to celebrate Luo Qingshan’s birthday at karaoke and brought him a replacement phone, only to learn Su Nian had given Luo the same model.
• Yan Zhun gave Pei Ran an unopened bottle of mineral water when Pei Ran found no water at the party.
• After Luo Qingshan left the room, Pei Ran followed and saw Su Nian embracing and kissing him in the corridor.
• Yan Zhun covered Pei Ran’s eyes and told him not to look.

After Pei Ran saw Luo Qingshan kissing Su Nian, Yan Zhun helped him leave the birthday party and comforted him. Pei Ran returned to his dorm without answering Luo Qingshan’s messages, then accepted Yan Zhun’s friend request and exchanged a brief goodnight message with him.

• Pei Ran chose to leave the karaoke party without confronting Luo Qingshan, and Yan Zhun went with him.
• At a coffee shop, Yan Zhun brought Pei Ran coffee and White Rabbit milk candy while Pei Ran ignored Luo Qingshan’s repeated calls.
• Lin Kang told Pei Ran that Luo Qingshan was drunk and asking for him, so Pei Ran asked Lin Kang to take Luo Qingshan back to the dorm.
• After a voice message let Pei Ran hear Su Nian calling to Luo Qingshan, Pei Ran left the coffee shop, and Yan Zhun apologized and gave him the rest of his candy.
• Pei Ran returned to his dorm, ignored Luo Qingshan’s messages, accepted Yan Zhun’s friend request, and replied to Yan Zhun’s voice message telling him to sleep.

Pei Ran broke up with Luo Qingshan after learning that Luo had kissed Su Nian, while Luo insisted it was an accident and pleaded for another chance. Luo returned to the dorm and planned to apologize again, as Yan Zhun quietly watched the situation unfold.

• Luo Qingshan woke in a hotel room with Su Nian and realized he had likely kissed him, then messaged Pei Ran and later brought him shrimp wontons.
• Pei Ran asked Luo Qingshan to break up and explained that he had seen Luo kiss Su Nian outside the restroom.
• Luo Qingshan denied that the kiss meant anything and pleaded with Pei Ran, but Pei Ran offered to repay him and again asked to end the relationship.
• Luo Qingshan returned to the dorm, drank beer, and told Yan Zhun that Pei Ran had broken up with him and that he intended to apologize.
• Yan Zhun gave Luo Qingshan a belated birthday gift, then opened WeChat and agreed to play more games with Bu Zhongyao.

Pei Ran kept his distance from Luo Qingshan after their breakup, then explained during a late-night call that his feelings had never grown enough to forgive everything. After learning Yan Zhun had overheard the call, Pei Ran booked him as a gaming companion, and Yan Zhun agreed to play with him the following week.

• Pei Ran left class early to avoid Luo Qingshan and reviewed Luo Qingshan’s persistent messages.
• Luo Qingshan drank alone, called Pei Ran late at night, and told him they had been together for three years.
• Pei Ran told Luo Qingshan that their breakup was not entirely about his mistake and that he could not forgive everything; Yan Zhun then revealed he had answered the call.
• Yan Zhun covered the sleeping Luo Qingshan with a jacket and reminded him that Pei Ran was no longer his baby.
• Pei Ran found Yan Zhun’s gaming-companion listing and booked ten hours, and Yan Zhun arranged to play with him the following week.

Pei Ran dealt with the awkward fallout from his breakup with Luo Qingshan and agreed to meet Yan Zhun to play games that night. After Luo Qingshan confronted him over spending time with Lin Kang, Pei Ran returned the value of Luo Qingshan’s gifts and finally joined Yan Zhun, who had waited for him.

• Lin Kang told Pei Ran that their friends had noticed his breakup with Luo Qingshan and discovered Pei Ran was not included in Su Nian’s Dali trip group.
• Yan Zhun asked Pei Ran to come play games that night, and Pei Ran agreed; Lin Kang then told him that TZG Team had once offered Yan Zhun a large sum to join.
• Pei Ran left campus with Lin Kang in a Maybach, and Luo Qingshan grabbed Lin Kang and accused him of getting too close to Pei Ran.
• Pei Ran told Luo Qingshan to let go, then went home and transferred him money for the gifts he had given her.
• Pei Ran realized he had forgotten to meet Yan Zhun, apologized, and joined him in a game; Yan Zhun admitted he had thought Pei Ran would not come.

Pei Ran played PUBG with Yan Zhun, who treated him like a client and repeatedly risked himself to protect him. After a long night of matches, Yan Zhun asked Pei Ran to book him for more gaming sessions during the break.

• Yan Zhun took Pei Ran to a remote landing spot, where he carried their team to a Chicken Dinner and Pei Ran promoted Yan Zhun’s gaming companion service.
• Yan Zhun declined an order from one teammate, then played another match with Pei Ran and streamer xktv197, insisting on using Pei Ran’s gun.
• Pei Ran knocked down an enemy during a fight, and Yan Zhun charged in to save him instead of reviving 197 first.
• Yan Zhun revived 197 after securing the fight and explained that he had prioritized protecting his boss, Pei Ran.
• Pei Ran and Yan Zhun played until four in the morning, then exchanged messages in which Yan Zhun asked Pei Ran to book him for more sessions during the break.

Pei Ran rejected Su Nian’s attempt to reconcile and began clearing away reminders of Luo Qingshan, while Yan Zhun chose Pei Ran over an esports scrim. The chapter left Yan Zhun cutting ties with Su Nian and leaving the group chat.

• Pei Ran discovered he had booked fifty hours of gaming companionship with Zhunle and declined Su Nian’s invitation to Dali.
• Su Nian explained that he had kissed Luo Qingshan while drunk and apologized, but Pei Ran blocked him and told Lin Kang to tell him to fuck off.
• Pei Ran packed away Luo Qingshan’s gifts and deleted their intimate photos, keeping only a picture from outside the university gates.
• Lin Xuhuan told Yan Zhun that a streamer’s video of their match had gone viral and invited him to fill in for a team scrim, but Yan Zhun refused to play with Pei Ran instead.
• Yan Zhun saw Su Nian’s messages in the group chat, told him they were not close, unfriended him, and left the chat.

Pei Ran spent the break playing PUBG with Yan Zhun, growing more confident as they fought through Bootcamp and learned they had attended the same school. On his last day off, he accidentally joined Luo Qingshan for a match instead, leaving Yan Zhun to join Lin Xuhuan’s squad.

• Pei Ran rejected Lin Kang’s offer to confront Su Nian, then teamed up with Yan Zhun for a series of Sanhok matches.
• Yan Zhun cleared Bootcamp searching for the player who had killed Pei Ran, then blew himself up rather than continue without him.
• Pei Ran scored multiple kills and playfully traded weapons and bows with Yan Zhun; they discovered they had attended the same school and lived near Manzhong.
• Pei Ran read Luo Qingshan’s explanations but ignored them, then spent the rest of the break gaming with Yan Zhun.
• On his last day off, Pei Ran accepted Yan Zhun’s invitation despite planning to cancel, but accidentally entered a duo match with Luo Qingshan instead.
• Yan Zhun saw Pei Ran was already playing with Luo Qingshan, then joined Lin Xuhuan’s squad and said his boss did not need him that day.

Pei Ran tried to settle accounts and end things with Luo Qingshan, then played PUBG with Yan Zhun. After Pei Ran paid Yan Zhun, Yan Zhun confessed that he liked him, leaving Pei Ran stunned and flustered.

• Pei Ran confronted Luo Qingshan about the gifts he had given him, while Luo Qingshan apologized and asked to remain friends.
• Yan Zhun won a PUBG match with twenty-one kills while playing with Lin Xuhuan, then left his team to play with Pei Ran.
• Pei Ran and Yan Zhun played Erangel together, and Pei Ran declined Luo Qingshan's offer to go to campus with him.
• Pei Ran settled Yan Zhun's gaming-companion payment, and Yan Zhun revealed that he had tricked Pei Ran into ordering so they could play together.
• Yan Zhun told Pei Ran that he liked him, and Pei Ran froze before shutting his window, claiming the rain was too loud.

Pei Ran tried to make sense of Yan Zhun’s messages, then accepted that Yan Zhun had feelings for him. The next day, Pei Ran met Lin Kang for lunch, where Yan Zhun joined them and ended the meal by teasing Pei Ran about his small feet.

• Pei Ran read Yan Zhun’s clarification that he had been explaining himself rather than confessing, and later replied, “Okay.”
• Yan Zhun told Lin Xuhuan that he liked a man and was waiting for Pei Ran to reply, then went to bed after receiving Pei Ran’s message.
• Pei Ran returned to school, signed up for the three-thousand-meter race, and met Lin Kang for lunch.
• Lin Kang told Pei Ran that Yan Zhun had attended Manzhong and had become well-known after winning a PUBG tournament.
• Yan Zhun, who had been sitting nearby, joined Pei Ran and Lin Kang’s table and asked what Pei Ran remembered about him.
• After Lin Kang left, Pei Ran told Yan Zhun he remembered a Weibo post, and Yan Zhun compared their feet before remarking that Pei Ran’s were small.

Yan Zhun and Pei Ran grew closer through teasing, a dinner, and small gestures, while Yan Zhun encouraged Pei Ran before his race. The chapter left them at the sports meet after Yan Zhun mistakenly drank from Pei Ran’s water bottle.

• Yan Zhun told Lin Kang that he had worked as a gaming companion for Pei Ran, and Lin Kang mistook Pei Ran’s advance payment for evidence that he was Yan Zhun’s devoted regular client.
• Pei Ran apologized for paying Yan Zhun in advance and tried to reimburse him for dinner, but a call from his roommate interrupted them; Yan Zhun slipped candy into Pei Ran’s pocket before leaving.
• Yan Zhun learned that Pei Ran had entered the three-thousand-meter race and messaged him a silly copied text before warning him not to push himself too hard.
• Pei Ran told his roommate that he and Luo Qingshan had already broken up, then watched Yan Zhun finish the thousand-meter race in third place.
• Yan Zhun took the water bottle Pei Ran offered and drank from it, not realizing Pei Ran had meant to give that bottle to his roommate.

Pei Ran kept his distance from Luo Qingshan and was injured when a spectator collided with him during the three-thousand-meter race. Yan Zhun took him to the infirmary and treated his wounds, where Luo Qingshan found them together.

• Pei Ran told Luo Qingshan he would take responsibility if his injured finger had lasting effects, while Luo resolved to win him back.
• Luo Qingshan asked Su Nian not to come to the race, then discovered that Pei Ran had blocked him after receiving Pei Ran's message.
• Pei Ran began the three-thousand-meter race, but a spectator stumbled onto the track and collided with him, scraping his arm and injuring his leg.
• Yan Zhun helped Pei Ran to the infirmary and treated the scrape on his lower leg despite Pei Ran's protests.
• Luo Qingshan entered the rest room and found Yan Zhun tending to Pei Ran's leg.

Pei Ran sprained his ankle during the race, and Yan Zhun helped him while Luo Qingshan tried to look after him and revive their relationship. Later, Yan Zhun returned with ice cream and played games with Pei Ran, leaving Lin Xuhuan stunned by how attentively Yan Zhun treated his client.

• Luo Qingshan learned Pei Ran had fallen and found him with Yan Zhun, who was icing Pei Ran's sprained ankle.
• Luo Qingshan offered to take Pei Ran to the hospital and asked Yan Zhun to hand over the ice pack, but Yan Zhun challenged his attempt to get another chance with Pei Ran.
• Yan Zhun carried Pei Ran back to his dorm, returned with ice cream for his ankle, and took a bite of the peach Pei Ran offered him.
• Yan Zhun went to the TZG team house, played scrims, and later invited Pei Ran to join him in a game.
• Yan Zhun followed Pei Ran around the map, gave him equipment, and blew himself up after Pei Ran died, prompting Lin Xuhuan to wonder how much Pei Ran paid him.

At a crowded student gathering, Luo Qingshan discovered that Pei Ran had been playing Chicken Dinner almost daily with Yan Zhun, while Yan Zhun stayed at the TZG base. Yan Zhun and Lin Xuhuan then ran into Pei Ran at a computer repair shop, and Yan Zhun invited him to dinner, where he asked to see Pei Ran’s healed leg.

• Luo Qingshan saw Yan Zhun in a TZG player’s post and learned that Yan Zhun had been invited to join the team before.
• Luo Qingshan checked Pei Ran’s match history and found that Pei Ran had played many games with 111GOD, then asked Yan Zhun to let him join, but Yan Zhun refused.
• Yan Zhun stayed at the TZG base to play scrims with the team, and Lin Xuhuan took him out to dinner on their day off.
• Yan Zhun and Lin Xuhuan found Pei Ran at a computer shop, where the owner was quoting him three or four thousand to replace his broken keyboard.
• Lin Xuhuan pulled Pei Ran away from the shop, and Yan Zhun invited him to dinner.
• At the restaurant, Yan Zhun asked Pei Ran whether his leg had healed and told him to roll up his trouser leg so he could look.

Pei Ran learned about Yan Zhun’s past stomach problems while dining with him and Lin Xuhuan, and Yan Zhun bought ointment for Pei Ran’s healing leg. Back at the dorm, Yan Zhun challenged Luo Qingshan’s claims about his relationship with Pei Ran and suggested he return Pei Ran’s gifts.

• Lin Xuhuan offered Pei Ran and Yan Zhun cigarettes, but Yan Zhun confiscated the pack and refused to let Lin Xuhuan smoke.
• Lin Xuhuan told Pei Ran that Yan Zhun had developed a stomach condition after eating only one meal a day during youth training, and Yan Zhun downplayed the story when he returned.
• Lin Xuhuan took Pei Ran’s computer to the team’s repair technician, and Yan Zhun bought Pei Ran five tubes of ointment for his leg scar.
• Luo Qingshan told Yan Zhun that Pei Ran had bought him limited-edition shoes and prepared anniversary gifts, while Yan Zhun received Pei Ran’s messages thanking him and advising him to drink milk.
• Yan Zhun reminded Luo Qingshan that Pei Ran had repaid him for everything and suggested that Luo Qingshan return Pei Ran’s gifts.

Pei Ran visited the TZG base to collect his repaired computer and spent time with Yan Zhun and the players. When Lin Xuhuan found old photos of himself on Pei Ran’s phone, he excitedly asked whether Pei Ran was his longtime fan, and Yan Zhun stopped in his tracks.

• Pei Ran accepted a student fan’s request to draw Lin Xuhuan for 800 yuan, then posted that he was not taking commissions.
• Yan Zhun picked Pei Ran up and brought him to the TZG base, where Pei Ran gave him a cup of milk.
• The TZG players teased Pei Ran about gaming with Yan Zhun, while Yan Zhun brushed off their questions and sat beside him.
• Yan Zhun went upstairs with the coach, and Lin Xuhuan lost a tile-matching challenge and had to post an ugly photo.
• Lin Xuhuan used Pei Ran’s phone to choose a photo, found the saved pictures of himself, and excitedly asked if Pei Ran had been his fan for a long time.

Pei Ran watched Yan Zhun dominate the scrims, then walked back with him through the rain. Yan Zhun reminded Pei Ran that he had once confessed his feelings and said he was starting to pursue him.

• Lin Xuhuan found a photo of himself on Pei Ran's phone and mistook it as proof that Pei Ran was his fan, while Yan Zhun stopped him from looking through the phone.
• Yan Zhun joined the scrims and eliminated opponents with ease, while Lin Xuhuan's squad and the youth trainees were repeatedly defeated.
• Pei Ran explained that a fan had commissioned him to draw Lin Xuhuan, and Yan Zhun chose a white sneaker charm from the sponsor's gifts.
• Yan Zhun gave Pei Ran his cap to shield him from the drizzle as they walked away from the base.
• Yan Zhun asked whether Pei Ran remembered his earlier confession, then placed the sneaker charm in Pei Ran's hand and said he was starting to pursue him.