He Told Me He Loved Me, Thorny Branch in Hand

<Yandere Male Painter × Cheerful Female Photographer>

They had been dating for two years, but a part of her boyfriend Wen Lü'an's heart had always been sealed off.

Lu Ran tried to enter his heart, only to discover a darkness capable of destroying her completely.

His love was real.

So was the pain he caused her.

/ / /

“If you can't love me, then hate me, Lu Ran.”

Wen Lü'an gripped Lu Ran's face so tightly it hurt. The invasion of his lips terrified her.

She shoved him away and sank her teeth into his shoulder.

“Lu Ran, I won't hold back anymore, and I've already made peace with the fact that you'll hate me. But can you really bring yourself to hate me?”

Lu Ran refused to let go, and the two of them tormented each other in pain and stubborn defiance.

Wen Lü'an's deeply twisted words sounded beside her ear.

“Lu Ran, accept me and my love.”

“If it hurts you, it's because you love me.”

/ / /

On the night Lu Ran planned to run away, Wen Lü'an caught her.

He took a switch of thorns and lashed it hard at Lu Ran, curled up in the corner.

Just as his father had once lashed him.

Two endings: the first is a bad ending, the second is a happy ending