Chapter 1

Amidst the brightly lit buildings, Music Park was bustling with activity, a place mostly filled with young people. A teenager on a skateboard soared into the air from a ramp, his short, shimmering blue-purple hair catching the light as he paused in mid-air.

A startled scream rang out. The boy's pupils slightly dilated. With a clang, he and his skateboard fell to the ground.

!

The boy took a few steps forward, barely avoiding the girl he'd nearly bumped into. He turned around, put his foot on his skateboard, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry."

The moment he met the girl's eyes, his voice paused and he rubbed his skateboard backwards with his feet.

“…”

This look didn't seem frightened. Instead, Qu Xing caught a glimpse of a very strange emotion in the dazzling light and shadows—a mixture of surprise and indignation, like the feeling of a police officer encountering a long-wanted criminal.

No way... He even wore a mask... and changed his hair color...

He rubbed back again. The girl suddenly yelled, "Dazzling!!!"

!!

Qu Xing was so frightened that he shuddered all over. He lifted the skateboard with one foot, clamped it between his armpits, turned around and ran away.

The girl chased after him frantically: "Dazzling!!" She might have been furious, or maybe it was just her speaking habit, but her words were full of motherly undertones, which made Qu Xing's heart skip a beat.

"Where the fuck are you running!!!! You sent me this crappy Weibo post after losing the game!!! What the fuck are you doing when you're not live streaming or playing games?! There's been no news for half a year!!! What the fuck are you trying to say?! Come back and explain yourself!!!!"

She probably realized that she couldn't catch the fast-running Qu Xing by herself, so she shouted, "That guy running with the skateboard over there is Qu Xing!!! Dazzling!!! Catch him!!!"

Um?

Several people around looked over at the same time.

Dazzling.

The rookie who once rocked the LPL, the Devil AD carry, took AD play to another level. He and "that man" of the DL team—the world's top mid laner, Wind—shared a similar influence and had a multi-million-fan CP super topic.

Why was it once?

Because this boy, who is less than nineteen years old, has been "retired" for more than half a year.

Qu Xing emerged at the age of seventeen, dragging four teammates who were older than him, leading the team that had difficulty advancing to the playoffs, and repeatedly defeating opponents with much greater strength than him.

The unprecedented and amazing talent he demonstrated during this period, the meticulous operational thinking that surpassed his peers, and the very personal style of play made him be dubbed the "God" at a young age.

During the year of the competition, everyone was waiting for Dazzling's contract to expire.

All the major teams will definitely be vying for him. Then he will leave that small, broken team and join a wealthy team to show his true strength. Of course, the most popular one is still the traffic king DL.

Qu Xing will join DL and team up with Wind, the God of Wind, to form a double god team. They will be unbeatable and finally exchange rings in front of the S-League championship trophy...

That’s a nice thought.

Netizens are good at fantasizing.

Maybe it's just that Dazzling and Wind's looks and skills are so perfectly matched, or maybe it's just that their auras are so incompatible that people think it's unthinkable they shouldn't be together. Anyway, I don't know what their real-life relationship is like, but online, they've already gotten married and had children, and their post-match fist-bump videos are so elaborate. I can't believe how many fan fiction stories have featured them together.

Dazzling disappeared. She had no news after her contract with VIN ended, leaving fans anxiously asking for information.

Until the major teams couldn't handle the bombardment and posted on Weibo that Dazzling had refused to sign. This group of fans panicked. A few days later, Qu Xing posted a Weibo.

[Dazzling: Don't bother others. Due to personal reasons, I can't play the game for the time being. Goodbye everyone.]

The Weibo IP is overseas. He didn't say why, or how long this temporary period would last. Especially the "goodbye" part, it always feels like we'll never see each other again.

After that, no matter how excited everyone was, there was no news about Qu Xing.

…

…

Qu Xing took a rough look as he ran, realizing that while many people were looking at him, not many were actually chasing him. Only... maybe a dozen or so...

Aaaaahhh!!

Only then did he remember from his confused head that he could ride a skateboard, so he dropped the skateboard on the ground with a clang and quickly left the music park.

Back home, Qu Xing kicked his skateboard away, ripped off his mask, and flung himself onto the sofa. Before he could catch his breath, he heard the Minions singing the soulful "Bnana Song" in a jumbled voice.

"What's the matter?" Qu Xing answered the phone.

"Have you come to terms with it?" Yu Dun asked without any context.

Qu Xing was confused and said, "What do you mean by let go?"

"Just... Grandma..." Yu Dun said cautiously, "You've been depressed at home every day for the past two months. Now you're finally willing to go out. Grandma will definitely be very happy to see you."

"Thank you, I'm not depressed." Qu Xing closed his eyes, then opened them again: "How did you know I was out?"

"Your heroic escape has been on the hot search for a full minute and 20 seconds," said Yu Dun.

"..." Qu Xing switched apps in a split second and saw two eye-catching titles:

—Dazzling appears—

——Dazzling was chased and scolded by fans——

The first picture you click on is a picture of him running away with a skateboard in his arms.

Qu Xing leaned over and flipped through the pages casually:

"Aa ...

[Are you really planning to retire?... He's healthy and full of life. He just said he's not going to fight anymore.]

[His father is the boss of a foreign company, so he's definitely just playing for fun. Who would be so stupid as to give up a fortune worth hundreds of billions to join the esports industry and get criticized every day?]

"That's impossible. Why would he come back if he wants to inherit the family business? He must be coming back to play in the competition at this time, right?"

[Dazzling! lpl needs your help! ! ! ]

Qu Xing: "It's a very good shot."

"Very good, the new hair color is quite handsome..." Yu Dun was silent for a while, then said sadly: "Are you really going back to your father to inherit the family fortune?"

Qu Xing said helplessly: "I've told you many times, I really just took grandma to get treatment, and it just so happened that Qu Hongfei had the resources."

Yu Dun didn't believe it, tears welling up in his eyes through the screen: "But can you resist the temptation of that family fortune?"

Qu Xing laughed: "You can't resist it?"

"When you become a billionaire CEO, don't forget to give your brothers some shares." Yu Dun's expression changed at the speed of light.

Qu Xing dragged out his tone: "It's better for you to rely on your own efforts——"

He stretched himself, slid down the back of the sofa, and slumped down comfortably on the cushions. He said, "There's no legal relationship. Even if he inherits the family property, it should be his biological son."

"What? He has a biological son. You never told me that before."

"Qu Hongfei never told me this either." Qu Xing imitated his tone.

"I thought you were his only son and he cared so much about you." Yu Dun was even more puzzled: "Then why did he insist on you going there too?"

"Even if he doesn't let me go, I have to go. I can't leave grandma there alone, right?" After a pause, Qu Xing admitted, "He wants me to learn how to manage a company from him."

"Then what?"

"That's all." Qu Xing spoke quickly.

Yu Dun was a little confused as to where Qu Xing's sudden cold tone came from, and he remained silent for a moment. After a moment's silence, Qu Xing finally explained, "I can't fit in with their capitalist lifestyle."

"...and he seemed a little scary." Qu Xing recalled the time he spent abroad.

He is the son of Qu Hongfei's ex-girlfriend. For the past eighteen years, he has only seen his father, who is far away from home - both emotionally and physically - through his grandmother's mobile phone, and the number of times he sees him is very rare, so rare that he only remembers this person when they video call.

His grandmother often told him not to treat him as a father and that Xingxing didn't need a father. He didn't even know what his mother looked like.

So he naturally felt that he was born without parents, and did not understand what the so-called "fatherly love as high as a mountain" really meant.

It was not until his grandmother became seriously ill that Qu Hongfei suddenly entered his life in 3D form, and with a tough and indifferent attitude.

This impression overshadowed his previous weak understanding of his father and became his only impression of Qu Hongfei.

Love should not exist, but it is indeed like a mountain. And it is the kind of deep mountain forest with thousands of ravines, dark and terrifying.

After taking my grandmother abroad, this man, Dashan, showed no concern. He stayed with my grandmother in the hospital every day. After a while, Mr. Qu, who was always busy with his work, appeared in the hospital for the first time and said:

"You don't need to stay in the hospital every day. Come with me to see your brother."

Qu Xing really didn't know what kind of conflict had occurred between the mountain and his grandmother to make them so cold. They were like strangers. Shocked, he thought it was okay to meet her and come back later.

Who knew that after they arrived, Qu Hongfei pointed at him and said to the skinny brother who looked no more than fifteen years old: "This is your brother. He will be your main person to help you in the future. Study hard with your brother, okay?"

"What?" Qu Xing was confused.

"Help your brother run the family business in the future." Qu Hongfei turned to look at him. The gorgeous lighting cast a shadow on him, making him look a bit distorted. "Don't worry about your studies in China. I'll figure out your nationality. You won't have to go back."

"When did I say I wanted to stay here?" Qu Xing's mind went blank.

Qu Hongfei ignored Qu Xing's reluctance and arranged everything for Qu Xing without question, ready to send him to school.

Qu Xing couldn't think of a way to resist, so he had to pretend to give in. "Grandma only has one year left. I'll be with her for the rest of the year, and it's up to you to decide."

Unexpectedly, grandma only lasted five months.

After returning and settling his grandmother down, he decisively put aside all contact with Qu Hongfei and prepared to get his life back on track.

"Oh my god." Yu Dun was terrified when he heard this: "Hasn't he contacted you in the past two months?"

"Yes, he told me to go back to school in a year." Qu Xing muttered, "Am I stupid? It seems that I will obey him as soon as he kisses me."

"So you want to continue playing the game?" Yu Dun asked impatiently.

I don’t know if it was because of Yu Dun’s psychological reasons, but Qu Xing seemed to be quiet for a moment.

He was still a little nervous, afraid that Qu Xing would say: It's too boring to fight.

Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, Qu Xing said as a matter of course: "Of course."

“…”

"I can't really retire," Qu Xing looked at his hands and moved his fingertips slightly, "I've just started."

"I'll post a job search post on Weibo when the transfer window opens."

"Oh my god!" A crisp slap sound came from the other end of the phone, followed by a clattering noise, as if something was falling one after another, which sounded a bit tragic.

Qu Xing sat up quickly: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm just a little excited." Yu Dun rubbed his sore thigh with a grin and said excitedly, "Oh my god! That's great! Do you know how much I want you to come back and play?"

Qu Xing smiled, "Don't worry, I will fight until the day I can't fight anymore."

"That's good, that's good." Yu Dun wanted to hug Qu Xing and kiss him. "To be honest, when you had to take a break from the competition and go abroad, not only those netizens, but I felt sorry for you. I dreamed about you holding the trophy a while ago. Your colorful hair was so dazzling on the stage. That brilliance made Feng Shen look like a foil."

Qu Xing: “…” Which colorful hair?

Silence for two seconds.

"I suppress him?" Qu Xing asked back.

He uttered a "huh".

"He corn eight eight."

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