He Died for You Once

[Bad Ending | Time Travel | Dual POV]

Autumn 2015

Su Mu, 25 × Gu Rui, 21

A young painter with short hair and a smile like the northern sunshine. He calls Su Mu “Ge,” shamelessly asking him to take his picture.

What seems like an ordinary encounter ❌ is actually

In the previous timeline → he took a bullet for Su Mu → waited four hundred years in liquid nitrogen at -196°C ❄️ → woke up to find Su Mu gone → so he transmigrated back, returning to his side

This time, all he wants is to spend those two years with him again ✨

⚠️ But the one who transmigrated knows how it ends.

When the gunshots ring out again, Gu Rui makes exactly the same choice he made in his previous life:

He rushes in front of him · pushes him away · takes the bullet

Only this time, his transmigrated body cannot withstand being torn apart a second time. No body. No gravestone. He disappears in Su Mu’s arms like melting ice.

Nothing is left behind.

Twenty-seven years later. Su Mu, now 54, stands before tank C-17. The tank came from another timeline ⏳ The person inside might not be entirely “his” Gu Rui.

But he doesn’t care.

“He died for me once.” “And I never even said I love you.”

✦ One-on-one romance / Bad ending / Includes a warm bonus scene ✦ No cheating, no third party, no contrived misunderstandings ✦

“He’ll still say at 21: ‘Ge, can you take a picture of me?’” “And then, once again, he’ll die for you.”