An Unsolvable Mystery from Start to Finish

Secret crush + bittersweet angst + coercion + obsessive, dark male lead + happy ending

[Cool and gentle x obsessive and unhinged] [Second-generation official x illegitimate son]

Jiang Nian and Huo Qingzhi met in the prime of their youth. One glance was all it took for Jiang Nian to be drawn to Huo Qingzhi. Haunted by the shadow of his family, Jiang Nian instinctively gravitated toward someone who seemed warm, making Huo Qingzhi his emotional refuge. To improve the standing of Huo Qingzhi, an illegitimate son, Jiang Nian even bowed his head to the father who had tormented him for eighteen years, trading his own freedom for Huo Qingzhi’s future. Only after his father was imprisoned did Jiang Nian finally see the truth: everything had been a lie told by Huo Qingzhi. He had never truly understood this man at all. After suffering one blow after another, Jiang Nian’s heart turned to ashes. But Huo Qingzhi, who had once called him disgusting, regretted it. He went to great lengths to keep Jiang Nian imprisoned at his side, promising they would be together forever and never part, in life or death. Jiang Nian could only laugh. What a delusional dream...

Jiang Nian had wondered countless times: if he had known eleven years ago just how crazy Huo Qingzhi was, he probably wouldn’t have dared to get involved with him...