A warm, gentle, doomed older emperor and younger rich heir top x a divine jade guardian who isn't aloof, just utterly lacking in human warmth, though he later grows gentler and more flirtatious
"I can offer you even more than before... I can stake everything I have left."
Looking back, that person had rushed over to save him from disaster, given up his heart, and been left to suffer from illness in his next life. Yet he had still grinned and promised to stake some of his own luck on him.
What a fool, Lin Shi thought. But a debt of gratitude had to be repaid. He merged with the jade pendant, adapting to the changes of the world and helping Jiang Jiu's body recover completely.
"I can stake my body and my life on you." Jiang Jiu watched Lin Shi with a grin, but there was an inexplicable earnestness in his voice.
"You can stake those things just like that? Aren't you afraid I'll have ulterior motives toward you...?" Lin Shi pretended to tug at Jiang Jiu's belt.
"Then I'll do it willingly..." Jiang Jiu gazed at Lin Shi with longing, like cold water meeting a raging flame.
The air froze for a long while before Lin Shi sighed.
"I must be crazy..." he murmured, closing his eyes to reflect.
He gave in.
Two lifetimes of love and entanglement, a sickly, possessive disciple who forced his way in, and somehow even his good friend disappeared.
Lin Shi sighed,
so hard he nearly choked on it.
Theme: What are love and affection?
