A Liar's True Heart

Can you believe a liar's feelings?

Ke Xia is a shameful turtledove, the one that stole the magpie's nest.

At just five years old, Ke Xia accidentally learned the secret of the nanny in his home. It turned out Xie Songchuan wasn't the nanny's child. He was. Ke Xia kept that secret for a very, very long time...

Ke Xia persuaded his adoptive parents to take Xie Songchuan in. From then on, he was like a despicable voyeur, spying on the happy family that should have been his.

If the culprit falls in love with the victim, can he escape the judgment of justice?

If Ke Xia had never fallen in love with Xie Songchuan...

Could life have kept moving along smoothly?

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Xie Songchuan fell in love with the little sunshine of his employer's family.

When he was five, the little sunshine hid behind a tree and watched him for a long time. He pretended not to notice, luring the little sunshine closer, until he cautiously asked, "Xie Songchuan, aren't you cold?"

The little sunshine lifted his hands out of the basin and grimaced. "I'll blow on them for you. You'll feel warm once I blow on them."

When he was eight, the little sunshine came running up to him, his brow beaded with sweat and his eyes so bright they were hard to look at. "Xie Songchuan, would you like me to give your mom and dad back to you?"

Xie Songchuan went home and got a brutal beating. There wasn't an unbruised spot on his body. His mother beat him as she scolded him. "Did you put those words in the young master's head? He's kind enough to forget your different stations in life and play with you, and this is how you repay him? Do you deserve to live the way he does?"

When the little sunshine found out, tears streamed down his face as he apologized again and again in a tearful voice. "I'm sorry, Xie Songchuan. I'm sorry..."

When he was ten, his mother died of liver cancer, and the little sunshine's family adopted him.

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Ke Xia was the only light in Xie Songchuan's life, brightening his entire youth. Ke Xia would curl up in Xie Songchuan's arms, let him knead the back of his neck, and sweetly lean in to kiss him.

With his shirt hanging loosely around his waist, Ke Xia's gaze still unfocused, his arms nonetheless found Xie Songchuan's neck with perfect precision. He arched his limp body and repeated the words he'd said thousands upon thousands of times, his voice soft and clingy: "Xie Songchuan, I love you."

After the truth came out, Ke Xia vanished without a trace.

Ke Xia didn't believe Xie Songchuan would trust a liar's sincere feelings.

So, can you believe a liar's feelings?

Content warnings:

Xie Songchuan is the top; Ke Xia is the bottom.

Not a bad ending, but there will be a touch of heartache.

The past will be shown through flashbacks, but they won't take up much of the story.

Theme: Sincerity for sincerity