Qi Muy u pulled Xie Cichuan into his room on the day Xie wrapped filming.
The bedside lamp flickered. Qi Muy u clasped Xie Cichuan's wrist, a perfectly timed romantic line caught on his lips.
Xie Cichuan turned his head to avoid his gaze and pressed a finger against Qi Muy u's lips.
"Shut up."
Two hours later, Xie Cichuan was ready to leave with his suitcase for a variety show shoot in a city nearly a thousand kilometers away. Bundled up, Qi Muy u saw him off in the elevator.
A night like that seemed easy to forget once life got busy, until the variety show Xie Cichuan was filming went wrong and made the trending topics.
For the first time, Qi Muy u acted on impulse, driving through the night to another city.
At dawn, the warm yellow sunlight made Xie Cichuan look even more frail in his hospital bed. He opened his eyes and looked toward the door, where Qi Muy u stood, travel-worn.
They silently met each other's gaze. It seemed that only in moments this intense could their suppressed, hazy, deliberately ignored desire pour out...
Qi Muy u, the youngest actor and TV actor to win top honors in the entertainment industry to date. Xie Cichuan, a newcomer whose drama had yet to air.
Falling in love on set, a one-night stand, friends with benefits, two men... All of this doomed their relationship to be twisted and their love to remain forever hidden from the light.
But in that moment, they gave in and lost themselves.
Gradually,
they became sweet, flirtatious, tender, and passionate.
But the paths they had taken since childhood and their understanding of love were worlds apart.
They became suspicious, sensitive, repressed, and quarrelsome.
Years passed in a flash.
Their love gradually wore away.
Afterward, Xie Cichuan leaned against the headboard.
"I'm going abroad to study. Let's end this."
In an instant, the air around them seemed to grow thin.
Qi Muy u pretended to be calm as he operated his phone, transferring a sum of money to Xie Cichuan's account as he replied,
"All right."
Their words faded into the air, and almost simultaneously, they both turned away.
That money was the most dignified goodbye they could give each other.
It was also the restart of the once-bright life Xie Cichuan had left behind years ago.
Lovers, friends with benefits, boyfriends, good friends... Whatever they had been, it all ended here.
But later...
Only after endless push and pull and entanglement did Qi Muy u and Xie Cichuan finally understand that some relationships between people are simply destined.
Love, hate, entanglement, torment.
Principles, morals, boundaries, and restraint all vanished under the sway of emotion.
As long as you still care about me, as long as you keep secretly checking up on me every waking moment, as long as a single word or gesture from me can still keep you up at night,
then love or hate, either will do.
Our bond must sink deep into our bones and flesh. We will love each other forever, and be entangled forever.
Until death do us part.
Even death won't part us.
[An artist with professional ethics, though not necessarily any other kind.]
[A sea of love and hate. Hate is born of love.]
[No real-life inspirations, please don't associate this with anyone~ No matter the dimension or world, everyone is wonderful and unique~]
Theme: The weather is beautiful because you're here.
