A paranoid, unhinged master of disguise x a good girl who gradually learns how to handle him
Reconciliation after a breakup / reunion after years apart / redemption / from school to the city
1.
One day, when Xin Yi came home, she found a strange boy in the house.
He stood by the window, tall and straight, with strikingly handsome features.
Xin Yi's father told her he was a friend's son and would be staying with them for a while.
The boy was older than her, so Xin Yi's father told her to call him big brother.
But Xin Yi, who had always been well-behaved, didn't listen to her father.
She had heard her parents' fierce argument, and the boy in front of her seemed to be the cause of it.
The boy she treated coldly didn't get angry. He looked at her with gentle warmth.
Xin Yi instinctively looked away.
2.
Xin Yi disliked Ye Xunyu, so she rejected her father's suggestion that they go to school together.
But before long, she realized that someone dangerous was watching her.
At first, they only sent her harassing messages, but their behavior soon became more and more outrageous.
When Xin Yi was at her most frightened, Ye Xunyu appeared.
The exquisitely handsome boy held out his hand to her. "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you from now on."
Xin Yi couldn't bring herself to refuse. With red eyes, she obediently agreed.
3.
During that summer, filled with heat and cicadas, the two grew closer and closer.
Ye Xunyu got the "big brother" Xin Yi had refused to call him from her in other ways.
Many times.
But just when Xin Yi relied on Ye Xunyu most and needed him most, he suddenly disappeared.
They met again years later.
Ye Xunyu seemed not to have changed at all, while Xin Yi now had a boyfriend.
In the dim stairwell, Xin Yi slapped Ye Xunyu hard across the face.
"Isolating me, stalking me, threatening me... What, are you trying the same tricks again?"
Ye Xunyu seemed not to feel the pain. His long, pale fingers gripped Xin Yi's chin as he smiled with delight. "Baby, you've grown up. You're not as easy to fool as you were when you were little."
*
From the very beginning, Ye Xunyu had set a trap so his little prey, Xin Yi, could never escape or break free.
But he never expected to be the one trapped in the end.
Even if he had to bleed and suffer a terrible price, he still wanted to return to Xin Yi's side.
Theme: There should be no lies in love.
