At the age of sixteen, Shen Wuxian was adopted by the Gu family and became Lin Jieruan's nominal younger brother.
One is an abandoned orphan who longs to belong but dare not expect to be loved; the other is the only son of the Gu family, who looks cold and distant on the surface, but hides an unknown softness in his heart. They met under the same roof, from stranger to familiarity, from resistance to closeness, and as they got along day after day, the two hearts quietly fell.
But they are brothers. Brothers in name only are also taboo in the eyes of the world.
Everyone is willing to choose silence. He kept his love deep in his heart, fearing to delay Wu Xian's studies and future, so he only dared to look at him secretly when no one was around. Wu Xian was braver than him - on the day he came of age, he took the initiative to take that step. The two of them fell in love in secret, hiding it from everyone.
They thought they could only do this for the rest of their lives.
But her mother, Lin Mo, said at the dinner table: "Whatever your heart desires is enough." That night, she and her husband watched the story about the two male protagonists with pseudo-bones all night long. The next day, her eyes were red and she said, "Just be happy."
They can finally hold hands, hug and love each other openly. The father gave them a large sum of money and asked them to travel. On the grassland, everyone is willing to kneel down on one knee and let Wu Xian step on his shoulders and climb onto the horse's back - that is all the tenderness he can give.
But fate never wants to be perfect.
Everyone wishes to die. Died in an accident, died in front of Wu Xian.
The person who loved him with all his strength left him with bloodstains all over his body and a question: "Will my brother be afraid?"
The string in Wu Xian's heart was broken.
He ended his life with his own hands, and his blood spread like roses on the ground - because his brother loved roses the most.
The sun is rising outside the window.
He said: "Brother, it's dawn."
This is a story about "love".
Love has nothing to do with blood, gender, or worldly perspectives. Love is when one person is willing to break all the rules for another person and to obey all the rules for another person.
This is also a story about "returning". Wu Xian spent his whole life looking for a home, and finally discovered that home is not a place, but a person. All wishes are his home.
This is a story about "courage". Choosing to love each other in the face of taboos, choosing to be open in the face of the world, and choosing to follow after a loss - every choice requires tremendous courage.
Finally, this is a story about eternity. Death is not the end, oblivion is. When Wu Xian said "Brother, it's dawn", they had already met again in another world.
Intention: Love is both a destination and an abyss. But even so, there are still people who are attracted to the moth. Lin Mo said: "What your heart desires is enough."
Gu Lin said: "I adopted you because I wanted to give you a home, not because I wanted you to lose your right to have a home."
This is this article's answer to the "taboo": the real taboo is not love itself, but the prejudice against love.
