[Childhood friends, equally matched leads, white moonlight, meticulous scheming, both virgins]
[Pure-hearted, slow-witted puppy turned unhinged yandere top x aloof young nobleman bottom who stirs up the court]
Xie family’s Xie Tingxue: a prodigy, the top scorer in the imperial examinations
Shen family’s Shen Ye: a spoiled young rake from the capital, notorious for his womanizing
Everyone in the capital knows that the Shen family’s young master hates the bookish Xie blockhead most of all.
Shen Ye can pick a fight with anyone, but he has ten barbs for Xie Tingxue.
Their worst quarrel even made it all the way to the emperor.
Before long, rumors of their scandalous affair, with each man flying into a rage over a beauty, spread throughout the capital.
Then disaster struck. While everyone else kept their distance, Xie blockhead, famed for his cold heart and irreconcilable differences with Shen Ye, knelt before the palace to plead for a chance at his survival, then saw him off through the snow.
When they meet again,
Shen Ye’s heart is the first to lose control.
“Save me one more time, Xie Tingxue.” His eyes red, he trapped him in a space barely wide enough for the two of them. “I’ll be your dog.”
No one can make us stand against each other. We’ll make a name for ourselves together.
“Sometimes I really wish I could be nobody.”
“Then, from some corner in the sea of people, I could watch Xie Tingxue climb to the highest stage and see him stay safe forever.”
“Then everyone around me would know”
“that I love him most.”
I love him so much I’m going mad.
I am not a cultural person and can only say two words: "good-looking"
The writing and emotion are so delicate. But one thing that makes me more confused is why Chengan was so cold to his brother later on.