I Want to Keep You (Shadow Version Wang Longke Fanfic)

A 2008 Wang Longke fanfiction based on the Shen Xiaohai version, written in 2013. He was only a villain. No matter how peerless his talent or how elegant his bearing, he still stood against the tide of his era. It wasn't only when he died that I was moved. Even before then, even if he truly had been utterly evil, I still felt for him. It was when his assassination attempt on Emperor Xuanzong failed and he argued with Yan Yu. In a fit of anger, he accidentally struck his younger sister. The astonishment, guilt, and regret tangled in his gaze: it was the first time I had seen him so flustered and helpless. Tears welled in his eyes, his breathing was ragged, and suddenly my heart softened, ached, and forgave him. He once said with a smile, "What great man need worry about finding a wife?" Again and again, he said, "We are siblings who depend on each other to survive." Was that just an excuse to console himself? But one day, she learned that they weren't really siblings, and he let her leave with the man she loved. He murmured, "I was most afraid this day would come, but it has come all the same. Go." His grief was impossible to hide. Until the day he died for her, leaving his lofty ambitions behind. By the river, beneath a blood-red sunset, tears fell like rain. Longke, "Longke"... Does it mean you are a dragon among men, yet do not belong to this world, forever just a passing guest? None of this was really your fault, was it? Perhaps leaving was something you didn't want, but it was the right choice. I believe that a hero in life remains a hero in death. I want to keep you here. Theme: