Crimson Illusion

[The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Hua Xie Fanfiction]

The peach blossoms were still there that year.

The face of the boy he'd been grew blurred as he matured, yet the darkness brought it back before his eyes again and again.

A restless soul hidden beneath an enviably handsome exterior; lonely, faltering footsteps wandering along the edge of darkness; half a lonely figure sinking into rotting mud and weeds.

Their hearts could never be reconciled, their identities could never stand side by side, and the two of them could never love each other, yet they longed so desperately to draw close, even if it meant falling into a beautiful, tempting hell.

Only the gallows, seemingly visible right before my eyes, had been towering overhead from the very beginning. Was my past with you merely an illusion I could never erase from my sight?

A crimson illusion fills my eyes. I see the passion and ardent love that have endured to this day, and blood...