Gentle control freak × sober caged bird
Lightning protection: The male protagonist Jiang Xubai has a strong desire for control, and his methods include monitoring, tracking, and restricting social interaction; Lin Zhaoxu has been in the dilemma of being controlled and dependent for a long time. The two are not related by blood and have a guardianship relationship. In the early stage, the relationship was forced to be unequal. Although it eased in the later stage, it was not a sweet love or redemption. The story is slow-moving and emotionally intense, and Jiang Xubai is extreme but not actually harmful. Not suitable for fast pace, high conflict or light reading preferences, nor does it promote real-life controlling behavior.
⚠️The views expressed in this article do not represent the author's views. Please distinguish between fiction and reality. If you are uncomfortable with controlling relationships, please do not read.
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Lin Zhaoxu was eighteen years old and his parents died. Jiang Xubai became his only guardian.
Everyone said that Lin Zhaoxu had the best brother in the world. Jiang Xubai would peel eggs for him and tie his shoelaces. He remembered every time he was sick and even knew how many times he turned over in the middle of the night. The milk is always warm by the bedside, and the car is always parked under the ginkgo tree at the school gate. He was like an immortal shadow, wrapping Lin Zhaoxu's whole body in tenderness.
But Lin Zhaoxu slowly realized that this gentleness was wrong.
There are eyes hidden in his room. The ticket he bought will expire before departure. The people he finally got close to disappeared one after another. The note left by Shen Yanbai said, "Don't believe anyone." Wen Nian's letter said, "Your mother asked my mother to protect you." The tape left by my mother said: "When you can walk, you must walk."
Lin Zhaoxu passed by. He ran to the riverside late at night, checked his mother's old accounts, and bought a ticket to a distant place. He's even been on a plane. But the plane didn't fly away.
Jiang Xubai stood at the end of the runway, as if he had known he would return there.
Later, Lin Zhaoxu really left once. He lived alone, was sick alone, and woke up alone in the early morning. He reached out to touch the bedside, but there was no cup of warm water. He thought he would be free. The result was that Jiang Xubai had already grown into his bones. Everywhere he went, it was like he was watching.
He's finally back. That night, the lights were on downstairs. Jiang Xubai stood at the door and said, "I'm back."
Lin Zhaoxu said: "I'm back."
No confession, no forgiveness.
Jiang Xubai still took care of him, looked at him, and put him within his reach. Lin Zhaoxu no longer asked, "How long will you lock me up?" Because the answer was written on the candy wrapper many years ago.
Concept: Love is not a prison, but some people only live in love as a prison. The deepest imprisonment is when you open the door, find that he is not outside, and then go back.