* Li Qingci returned to his residence, changed out of his official robes, and went into the inner room.
The wind stirred the curtains. For an instant, the gauze curtain lifted, revealing a glimpse of the person lying on the bed.
Li Qingci pressed his fingers to his brow, his expression weary and exhausted. He lifted the bed curtain and said softly, "Xuanlin, I'm back."
Xuanlin bent his right leg, making the chains clink sharply. Both his legs were shackled. At the sound of Li Qingci's voice, irritation and impatience filled his eyes. His voice was cold and hard. "Get out."
Li Qingci acted as though he hadn't heard. He took off his shoes and socks, climbed into bed, wrapped an arm around Xuanlin's waist, and buried his head in the hollow of his shoulder.
Xuanlin couldn't help shoving him. "Get off me."
After a long while, Li Qingci was still sleeping peacefully in Xuanlin's arms, his breathing soft and even.
The face resting against his neck was cold as ice. Xuanlin cursed under his breath, his gaze darkening. He hooked the quilt at the foot of the bed and tossed it over Li Qingci.
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Xuanlin was a black jiao who had cultivated for a thousand years. He had lived freely, doing as he pleased, but now a powerless mortal had imprisoned him on a bed. He felt deeply humiliated. At last, he found a chance to escape.
He ran off and slept for a long while. When he woke, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He decided to return and take revenge on Li Qingci, only to find the man lying pale-faced in a coffin.
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Li Qingci met Xuanlin at fifteen, and they knew each other for two years. One day, Xuanlin left, saying he would come back to see him in a couple of days.
Li Qingci waited quietly. When he was twenty-seven, Xuanlin appeared, smiling lazily as he waved to him.
Li Qingci smiled too, then locked Xuanlin up.
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Xuanlin had come to see him again. Li Qingci's lips twitched, but he couldn't smile, because he was out of time. He was going to die.
* One-on-one romance, happy ending
* Mortal recipient, black jiao pursuer
* The story is told in chronological order. It opens when the recipient is fifteen. His relationship with the pursuer begins as a mix of friendship and familial affection, and love gradually blossoms as they spend every day together.
* The emotional tone is sweet romance (in the author's opinion), with everyday life and a slow burn.
Theme: Steadfast devotion, love without regrets
Overall it's very nice to look at. But the problem is that in the end, Xuan Lin did not understand the shortness of time for human beings, nor did he understand the pain and despair that Li Qingci was waiting for when he went to take a bath. Therefore, in the readers' eyes, Li Qingci's feelings in the early stage had no destination. I don't know how to describe this feeling. Maybe from the reader's point of view, it's like, I have taken off my pants, and you show me this? (This metaphor is definitely inappropriate). But the author's original intention may be that this is the helplessness of human beings falling in love with monsters. This is what Li Qingci should suffer. Xuan Lin does not have to know those so-called times. Who made Li Qingci a human and Xuan Lin a monster, and they fell in love? Also, the description of Xuan Lin rescuing Li Qingci in the end seems too easy, at least from the text description. Compared with the detailed description of Li Qingci's waiting in the early stage (I believe many readers cried countless times), Xuan Lin's sacrifice in the later stage was written too hastily, simply and easily, making it not worth mentioning compared with Li Qingci's waiting, so many readers felt "suffering". Moreover, if it is as simple as making Li Qingci as immortal as Xuan Lin later, then what does the suffering Li Qingci suffered before mean? But it's still really good-looking, good luck to the author! I believe the next one will be better.
I really read it with tears in the middle. I hope they will be happy in the future.
Looks good! Love this ending so much!!!
Thanks for the limited fee, nice looking, keep the claws [cat claws]
Jumping from chapter 46 to chapter 62, after seeing this, I finally feel less angry. At least Gong's hometown is full of life and there are other creatures, otherwise I would be really angry that Gong would leave every time for several, ten, or twenty years. I'm also angry about why I can't talk to Gong about my age properly.
The ending was handled very hastily and it was a shame.
The author's writing about the big monster who doesn't understand human feelings is really vivid hahaha
The faults do not hide the faults, but I respect the author's thoughts and ideas. Thank you for the beautiful story 😳
How come I watched it six times in a month and a half? . . . Six times. . . [Good Luck Lotus]
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, great, great A Ci and Xiao Jiao Long will be happy forever