Brother-sister sadomasochism, don't like detours
In Cicada Chilling at Seventeen, Su Wu lost Wu Qun while waiting in the bell tower. A forged breakup letter caused the two to miss each other for six years. When they reunited, she huddled in the basement with her daughter, and he pretended to be poor and shared the house with her, secretly supporting her. Her ex-husband competed for custody rights and there were past misunderstandings, but his paranoid preference never dissipated. When the daughter called out "Daddy", the six-year-late proposal finally warmed up her frozen seven years.
