[Two male couples + both couples are each other's first and only + 1v1 + forbidden love and romantic tension]
Sweet-faced but cunning young master vs. rebellious young Taoist priest
Young gentleman returned from overseas vs. prickly childhood friend
Dialogue snippets:
Meng Jingze: "You want to be my brother-in-law?"
Xiao Xu: "No. I want to be your sister's husband's younger brother."
Meng Jinghuai: "Daoist Liansheng, why are you so hot-tempered? You keep telling people to... oh... to send ghosts flying out of existence."
Zhang Liansheng: "Whenever I get close to you, I feel wonderful all over, as if my three souls and seven spirits have returned to their proper places."
Reader's guide:
1. All made up, with plenty of reasons to back it up.
2. No female lead. The eldest sister has her own love interest.
3. As someone who champions the beauty of tragic endings, how can I write a story that isn't tragic?
Good looking, who is the other male protagonist? Come on, author! I won't leave until I finish watching it
Ahhhhhhhhh it's so beautiful 😢 😢