"My reason tells me I can't love him, and forces me to hurt him, so I split my soul and sealed my reason away in a forbidden place."
Xiao Qingchen was once a pampered prince. After accidentally falling into another world, he endured one hardship after another until he grew weary of life and came to despise himself. Then someone appeared and took his broken self home.
At first, Xiao Qingchen found fault with everything he did, nitpicking over the food and complaining that his clothes were made of cheap fabric.
The man said, "Eat it or don't."
One night, Xiao Qingchen was starving. He snuck some food, but got caught. He stubbornly said, "I was only doing you a favor."
The man replied, "Of course. Should I go cook a couple more dishes, then?"
"Fine."
Later, the man died in Xiao Qingchen's arms, and he no longer had a home.
To find his little cook, Xiao Qingchen searched for him in every reincarnation. Sometimes the little cook, with no memory of him, married someone else. Xiao Qingchen couldn't bring himself to be the other man, so he'd hug his pillow and cry in the middle of the night.
In his final reincarnation, someone asked, "You look for your beloved in every lifetime, but several times he's spent that lifetime with someone else. He's your one and only, but you're not his. What makes you think the two of you are true love?"
Xiao Qingchen set down his spatula. "As long as I show up, I'm still the one he loves most. I'm the only home he has!"
That night, Xiao Qingchen clung to his Dao companion and sobbed, "Waaaah, tell me, am I the one you love most? Am I still your precious one?"
"I only love you!"
"Then give me a kiss."
"..."
The love interest will split into multiple versions later, and they may all appear at once. Read with caution!
