- Red-thread binding; winning back the love; love triangle with one caught in the middle; mutual salvation
- White-haired, weary matchmaker x alluring, brilliant dream immortal
Sui Yu had spent over a thousand years tying red threads for others. She never imagined that one day, she would be bound by one herself.
The red thread was bright and beautiful, wrapped around her little finger like a joke.
The person at the other end was a dream immortal, Yi Xian.
He was the most unfathomable person she had ever met. The moment the red thread bound them, he began reeling her in, step by step, like an angler holding a fishing line, until he had drawn her into his arms.
The red thread snapped. She breathed a sigh of relief as her body turned to light and slowly faded away. She saw his expression shatter, the dark currents in his eyes finally swelling into a crazed obsession.
She thought she was free. After more than a thousand years, she was finally dead...
Then she woke up, only to find herself tangled up with two different versions of him. One had white hair and a smile that could bewitch anyone. The other had black hair and eyes so deep she couldn't see through them.
He moved closer, and she instinctively stepped back, only to bump into the other one's icy embrace.
Caught between the two of them, she didn't know whether to move forward or retreat.
"Who are you?"
"Yi Xian."
"I don't know you."
"That's fine. I know you, and that's enough."
"Your eyes are beautiful. Can't you look only at me?"
"No."
"Why won't you look at me?"
"I'm Yi Xian too."
Scene
At mealtime, one person holds her left hand while she grips her chopsticks in her right. The other twirls her hair around his fingers.
She can put up with that.
The two on either side of her argue back and forth, their words pouring into her ears like a comedy routine.
At last, she can't take it anymore. She closes her eyes and speaks in a low voice.
"Quiet."
The world is silent again.
P.S.:
1. This is a one-on-one romance with a faithful couple.
2. Neither of the two leads is quite right in the head.
3. The female lead is introverted and passive.
4. The writing is plain and straightforward.
Theme: Be brave enough to accept love
