Lost in an Illusion

[Sensitive, unloved, dangerously obsessive younger seme, nine-year age gap, healing, two strong leads, the uke is not pure, substitute, imprisonment] At nineteen, Xie Xinghe finally realized that the man who had saved him seven years ago and the man who had raised him were one and the same. He saw him as his only reason to keep living. … But later, Xie Xinghe finally understood that all the kindness the man had shown him was a lie. He was nothing but a substitute. The day they parted was filled with pain and hatred. … Until the two met again five years later. Xie Xinghe grabbed Nan Ze by the throat, his eyes bloodshot as he demanded, “How are you going to make up for what you owe me?” For the past five years, longing had been like a venomous snake, its inseparable hatred coiling around Xie Xinghe’s heart, following him like a shadow he could never escape. He thought that from now on, even if they destroyed each other, he would cling to Nan Ze for the rest of his life.