Rekindling Things with My Brooding Ex

Tang Rongjia had been a little rascal since childhood, and he was starved for affection. As a boy, he clung too much to his adoptive parents and older brother. When he grew up, he clung too much to the few friends in his group, like a dodder vine that could only cling to others as it grew through life.

When he reached the age to date, Tang Rongjia wanted one more person to love him, so he accepted the confession of his withdrawn deskmate, Shang Jing.

He regretted it a little as soon as he said yes. Shang Jing was smart and handsome, but his personality was far too gloomy and antisocial! His dark eyes fixed on people like a wolf's, fierce enough to make it seem like he wanted to eat Tang Rongjia alive.

Tang Rongjia was just about to break up with him when he discovered that Shang Jing wasn't what he had imagined. In winter, when Tang Rongjia's hands were cold, Shang Jing would wordlessly hold them and tuck them inside his clothes to warm them. He would do Tang Rongjia's homework for him, too, and hug him close as he murmured that he loved him so much.

Tang Rongjia stopped being afraid of him. He even started taking his hand himself and ordering him around.

They graduated from high school, and the first time they slept together was in a hotel.

That night, Tang Rongjia was unusually quiet. He was so sensitive that he kept trembling, and tears streamed down his face. Shang Jing kissed the damp tears from his cheeks, leaned close to his lips, and asked softly if it hurt too much.

Tang Rongjia buried his face in the covers, crying until his cheeks were red.

The next day, Shang Jing saw the little note Tang Rongjia had left by the bed, and felt all the blood drain from his body.

[Mom and Dad are arranging for me to study abroad. Let's break up.]

[From Tang Rongjia.]

Tang Rongjia didn't like long-distance relationships.

So, after the college entrance exam, he told Shang Jing they were breaking up, then boarded a plane that very day. He didn't return to China until after graduating from college.

He thought four years would be enough for Shang Jing to move on.

But just after he got off the plane, they ran into each other at the airport. Shang Jing looked much more mature than before, dressed in a sharp black suit. His dark eyes turned toward Tang Rongjia. Their gazes met, then they both looked away without saying hello.

Tang Rongjia was sure his guess was right.

Until some time later, when a friend took him out drinking at a bar. He got drunk, and when he woke up, someone had locked him in a pitch-black room.

Tang Rongjia had a little quirk: whenever he got nervous, he cried. When the lights came on, he saw Shang Jing sitting before him in a suit. Before he could say a word, tears were already falling. He clutched the blanket and scrambled backward.

His vision went dark. Shang Jing pinned his hands down and pushed him back. His hot breath fell greedily across Tang Rongjia's face. He was sniffing him, his words and breathing heavy with an almost imperceptible madness.

He said, "Why are you crying, baby?"

"Are you scared to see me?"

A flawed, sensitive, naughty baby who loves making a fuss on the receiving end x a flawed, gloomy top who went mad after being dumped

"He wanted so, so much love, and so, so much love was what he got."

Theme: Love.