The Thorn Bell

Come try a story about two older, unhinged men. The rating should go up.

That night, a heavy blanket of snow fell over Beigang. The swirling snowflakes blurred Cheng Qi's vision, and the rich liquor drowned his heart in drunkenness... By a twist of fate, he got into the wrong car, allowing the other man to see him at his most wretched and lost. Someone he had once thought gone forever reappeared before him when he opened his eyes, their reunion in the sudden snowstorm the result of a comical misunderstanding.

[To everyone else, I'm Noah, a reserved and elegant pianist. But when I'm with you, I just want to tear off my mask and become that little madman again...]

[Big brother, just hide. If you hide, they won't be able to find you.]

[You can only be mine. No one else even has the right to covet you.]

[So who was wearing the mask and pretending to be crazy? And who was the one left in such a wretched state?]

Louis planted withered roses in the manor year after year, for no reason at all. He let the seasons turn, the leaves fall and branches bare, while thorns covered the high fence and wound around his heart. He thought the roses would never bloom again, until that snowstorm came... The cold wind swept away the bitterness in his heart, and the dead leaves had already begun to sprout.

[Baby, you don't have to pretend around me. You don't have to act like you don't care or like you're generous. You should be unrestrained. You should let your sharp edges show.]

[Qiqi, I'm sick. Didn't you know that a long time ago? A little madman and an obsessive psychopath, aren't we a perfect match...?]

[Perhaps fate had long ago decreed that we were meant to find each other again after losing one another.]

Main pairing: older, obsessive, unhinged top x gentle, ruthless, two-faced bottom [Louis x Cheng Qi]

Secondary pairing: Song Xian x Qin Mu