East of Eden

Many years had passed since that sunlit afternoon tinged with the melancholy of parting. So many that Ren Qi had come to believe he would never see Dong Zhen again. Then Dong Zhen returned, transformed into an angel so beautiful he seemed beyond gender, but no longer the adorable boy Ren Qi remembered. Ren Qi discovered that he couldn't stand Dong Zhen's bewitching smile or the sense that his every word concealed a thousand secrets. Every word and gesture of Dong Zhen's could instantly unsettle his otherwise calm heart.

Dong Zhen's eyes held a mysterious gleam. He would unconsciously tease the reserved, taciturn Ren Qi, yet refused to tell him why. Even when he was repeatedly targeted for assassination, he would simply laugh it off. His insouciance only made Ren Qi resist him all the more.

Ren Qi disliked Dong Zhen's ways, and was often infuriated by his lazy, teasing tone, yet he gradually found himself unable to look away. Ren Qi knew that the only time his heart would ever stir in his life had, of all people, been for someone of the same sex. He struggled desperately to escape the forbidden maelstrom...

One had resolved to charge ahead without looking back; the other was determined not to face the truth. Between pursuit and escape, the secrets of Dong Zhen and Ren Qi would one day come to light. And what of their feelings...?

Theme: