[Obsessive, unhinged male lead + innocent, delicate heroine + At first, the male lead uses threats and violence to keep up a false show of having the upper hand + Later, the heroine rises up and turns the tables]
Ning Shen drains people's blood, breaks their bones, and burns their corpses, yet he tells her that he's afraid: afraid she'll abandon him, afraid his love will go unanswered.
He also says, “Devils appear only because you haven't been good, darling. They punish those who teach you to misbehave.”
“As long as you obey me, the world will be at peace.”
After passing through layer upon layer of confusion, Xiruo finally sees the monster beneath the human skin. She cuts away the hands that reach out to save her. He drenches her world in blood, then gently holds out his hands to shield her eyes and ears.
Those who consort with monsters can hardly be kind themselves. Everyone is simply protecting their own skin. So she'll tear his off with her own hands and give it back to him. She would rather they both go down together than stay by his side.
She says monsters don't deserve to be human or to have love, and bad children don't even deserve to have toys.
