[1v1, Both Pure] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Mutual Healing] [Fictional Setting, Please Don't Compare It to Reality!]
Yun Zhou thought that if she escaped the swamp, she could draw closer to the ray of light that had once shone into her darkness.
But things didn't go as she hoped, so she forced herself to forget that brief moment of happiness.
Yet eight years later, Ji Cheng'an's appearance brought all her vulnerability to the surface. She didn't want to sink too deep, but with every step, she fell further.
Ji Cheng'an thought that once he broke free of his family's control, he could be with Yun Zhou without a care in the world.
But he never expected that the Ji family's deep-rooted need for control had taken hold in him, too.
With Yun Zhou on the verge of breaking down, he feared his forceful, domineering nature would frighten her.
But giving her up was out of the question. While he hesitated, Yun Zhou took the shackles and placed them in his hands.
One is pathologically controlling, the other pathologically dependent. Their relationship may seem warped, but to the two of them, it is salvation.
