Some are fickle and faithless, changing lovers as often as they change clothes, never getting attached and never looking back.
Some are aloof and proud, the untouchable darling pursued by everyone, never lowering their head or giving in.
They were rivals for the same resources from the start, fighting over leading roles and competing for opportunities. Whenever they appeared together, things turned ugly. For over a decade, they fought without end. Then a danmei adaptation brought them together on the same set.
That night in the escape room, he switched out the prop himself.
From then on, their hostility took on a different edge. Amid their tangled hatred, an unwelcome possessiveness and longing began to grow.
One fell while fully aware of it; the other fell in love without understanding what was happening. Their pretend romance turned real, then warped into obsession. From bitter rivals, they became bound together in a relentless entanglement. They both thought their contest would have a winner, never realizing that from the very first step, they had been sliding toward the same abyss.
This love began with a scheme and ended in ruin.
One was determined to win, certain of victory.
The other had no way out and lost his life.
For him, one sacrificed an empire; another gave up his life; and another paid with an eternal infamy.
No one emerged victorious from this love.
All were losers.
