[Two Male Leads | Pure Love | Obsessive Codependence | Delusion Made Real | Mutual Healing | A Real Male Ghost]
Jing Yu knows he is ill.
Someone named Jing Ci lives in his world.
That person is his older brother.
Everyone says Jing Ci is imaginary, a product of his severe delusions. His aunt sent him to a psychiatric facility. The white walls and smell of disinfectant are nearly drowning him, and the pills the doctor offers gleam with a bitter light.
They say that if he takes the medicine, “Jing Ci” will disappear.
But Jing Yu would rather be mad.
He hides the pills under his tongue and spits them into a flowerpot when no one's looking...
“They say you're not real.” One night, he touched the hand that wasn't there, his voice trembling.
“Do you believe them?” The familiar voice sounded by his ear, its gentle tone filled with laughter.
Jing Yu nodded hard, tears falling onto the bedsheet. “I believe you're real.”
Later, torrential rain brought down the walls of the facility.
As Jing Yu huddled in a corner, clutching a drawing, the door opened.
A young man in a black trench coat stood in the rain, his features identical to Jing Yu's.
“I've come to take you home, Xiao Yu.” The young man walked over. The warmth of his palm was exactly as Jing Yu remembered. “I told you I wouldn't leave you alone.”
[Bonus Scene]
Reporter: Mr. Jing, how did you and your husband meet?
Jing Yu (blushing): He was... someone I imagined.
Jing Ci (pulling him into his arms and smiling at the reporter): To be precise, I was already dead. He pulled me out of nothingness with the force of his obsession.
(Reporter: ??? What kind of supernatural love story is this?)
[Content Warnings]
1. The uke, Jing Yu, has severe delusions. The story includes prolonged inner conflict and blurred perceptions, and his mental state is unstable early on. Some readers may find this distressing.
2. The seme, Jing Ci, exists as a hallucination early in the story, with his identity revealed later. He is a real male ghost made real by a delusion, with extreme possessiveness and emotionally painful conflict.
3. Includes an emotionally distant family of origin and malicious exclusion by relatives. The tone is bittersweet and oppressive, with little catharsis early on and a long buildup of pain.
4. The characters are presented as “older brother” and “younger brother.” Please read with care if this makes you uncomfortable.
5. The world includes fantastical elements such as “belief becoming reality” and “ghosts entering dreams.” The emotional expression is impressionistic, and the logic serves the characters' feelings rather than strict realism.
6. Whether Jing Ci was someone I imagined or truly existed before he died no longer matters. What matters is that we're happy.
(The story centers on an all-consuming belief that “what you believe exists,” and on redemption. The most painful parts come in the middle, followed by mutual healing in the later chapters. Happy ending guaranteed.)
Theme: Even if the world is an illusion, a belief strong enough can make a real flower bloom from a lie.
