Dual male leads, equally matched, tragic ending.
Composer Shen Ci x hypnotist Xie Jin.
Both strong, both unhinged, deeply in love with each other, yet destined for no happy ending.
He took a blade for him, he became obsessed; he fell in love, he put on an act; he faked his death, he went mad.
The qin-flower pattern they designed together became both their love and their tomb.
Xie Jin killed the one he loved with his own hands, then married his corpse.
In his final moments, Shen Ci hypnotized him to forget everything.
He lived on alone, guarding an empty music room as the waves rolled by. He could no longer remember his beloved, but he could never stop longing for him.
"I've forgotten your name, but I still remember the instinct to love you."
Books written by pigeons are always the best. 🥰