Flame in the Cage

[A devastatingly beautiful young master who flirts without realizing it × a free-spirited boy who only has eyes for him]

Best friends to lovers

The receiving lead hasn't yet discovered romance, but he shows the giving lead boundless favoritism, and just a few words from him are enough to leave the giving lead utterly lovestruck.

The giving lead loves passionately, but never takes advantage of the receiving lead's favoritism to cross the line. He's willing to wait until the receiving lead truly falls in love with him.

Mutual healing

The giving lead gives the receiving lead the courage to be himself.

The receiving lead gives the giving lead the chance to feel needed.

A bittersweet plot naturally deserves a sweet romance.

Happy ending, read without worry.

Le Lingyin is the young master of the Yue household, and his father has a flair for the dramatic.

Only Xin Liyuan saw through his act. What kind of good father keeps his son "confined" at home for sixteen years, making him train every day?

One morning, Xin Liyuan snuck Le Lingyin out of the residence.

They witnessed the final dance of a Shining Warbler before its death, and Le Lingyin's yearning for freedom was finally awakened.

"A-Yuan, why are you so good to me?"

"We're friends. Of course I'm good to you."

When Le Lingyin's father was poisoned, his second uncle came to visit and immediately called him a menace who brought harm to others. Le Lingyin could only endure it.

Within three days, Xin Liyuan took him along, stuffed that foul-mouthed second uncle into a sack, and gave him a sound beating.

That night, Le Lingyin dreamed of his mother, who had died in childbirth.

His uncle Sun Qing used Soul Gathering on him and discovered that his mother's spirit still remained.

The matter was secret, and even his father couldn't be told, but Le Lingyin told A-Yuan.

He said, "A-Yuan isn't someone else."

Le Lingyin wanted to search for clues about his mother, while Xin Liyuan wanted to uncover his own origins.

When they first arrived in Guanqi City, they learned that Xin Liyuan had been possessed as a child.

He fell into self-doubt. Could he be the original owner of this body?

But Le Lingyin gave him confidence: even if he had taken over someone else's body, he'd find him a new one.

He playfully asked what would happen if he insisted on staying in this body.

Le Lingyin replied, "Maybe... I'd have to beg you. If I begged, you'd always say yes."

Le Lingyin had no idea what his favoritism meant to Xin Liyuan.

That night, Xin Liyuan almost couldn't control his feelings.

In the Le family, a household of bachelors and widowers, helping Le Lingyin understand romance was harder than reaching the sky.

But he had to reach that sky!

Once he succeeded, he discovered that Le Lingyin's father didn't just intend to "devour" his own son. He even wanted to carve out the Sacred Bone in his own brain and implant it in himself.

Such a vicious man could never be allowed to get his way!

P.S.:

Xin Liyuan is the one who was possessed. The sword of spiritual awareness was forged from his own spiritual awareness, and has nothing to do with A-Bi, whose remnant spirit resides in his body!

Theme: If I was born guilty, then when I come of age, I will use my own body to atone for my own sins.