After the Coveted White Moonlight Dies

When Xiao Lingsheng was young, he was tormented by nightmare demons and once saw Lin Qinxue.

At a temple fair, through the crowd, he caught a distant glimpse of those cold, indifferent eyes beneath a white veil. Like the white robes fluttering in the breeze, Lin Qinxue blended into the drifting incense, like snow that had lain unthawed between heaven and earth for ages.

But the fierce black eyes, the vermilion dot between his brows, and his rosy lips pulled him abruptly from the image of Guanyin and back into the mortal world, immersed once more in its bustle.

He dreamed of Lin Qinxue again and again, of this stranger. The cold eyes shed their distance, and the cascade of black hair lay rumpled across that snow-white shawl.

But he never saw him again.

Not until Xiao Lingsheng became head of the Xiao family, and the elders of the family brought Lin Qinxue before him once more.

“This is Mr. Lin. With him here, evil spirits won't dare come near.”

Xiao Lingsheng's secret longing of many years was finally fulfilled.

And even... even when he later broke Lin Qinxue's Heartless Dao, he saw those bewildered, innocent eyes, red and swollen with tears.

Just as Xiao Lingsheng thought they were lovers finally united, he heard Lin Qinxue murmur tremulously, “Senior Brother...”

Xiao Lingsheng felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.

So Lin Qinxue had protected him all these years, refusing even the Xiao family's enormous wealth, all for the sake of his dead senior brother.

Looking into Lin Qinxue's cold eyes, Xiao Lingsheng felt his heart torn to pieces.

What did Lin Qinxue take him for?

He had never broken his Dao. How could he break it for a substitute?!

Xiao Lingsheng calmed down and thought: The dead are dead. As long as Lin Qinxue stayed by his side, how could a dead man compare to him?

But then, against all odds, Lin Qinxue's beloved, long-dead senior brother came back to life.

On the day Lin Qinxue left with him, Xiao Lingsheng knelt in the snow. Usually composed, he completely lost control, coughing up blood as he screamed, “Lin Qinxue! You're leaving with him?”

“Yes.”

“Even if it means I'll die, you're still leaving with him?!”

Lin Qinxue's cold expression shifted slightly. “Yes.”

Then he turned and walked away.

Later, Xiao Lingsheng finally stopped being tormented by nightmare demons and dragged the gravely injured Lin Qinxue back when he was on the verge of death.

After subjecting Lin Qinxue to every kind of torment, even getting him pregnant with his child.

Before Xiao Lingsheng had finished venting his hatred, Lin Qinxue died.

Only then did Xiao Lingsheng learn that his nightmare demons had stopped tormenting him not because the heavens had shown mercy, but because he'd been drawing on Lin Qinxue's life force.

Lin Qinxue wouldn't have died otherwise, but after becoming pregnant, he used all his strength to protect the embryo and fell to evil spirits.

So Lin Qinxue really had died, body and soul, because he loved him too much and had broken his Dao.

Xiao Lingsheng went completely mad.

He lit a lamp that burned souls and searched everywhere, above and below, for Lin Qinxue. After going through countless hardships to piece him back together,

Lin Qinxue opened his calm eyes again and asked him coldly and warily,

“Who are you?”

Content warnings:

1. Extremely melodramatic. There is no child; this is mpreg with miscarriage.

2. There is no white moonlight, only an endless flood of rivals. As usual, the shou is loved by everyone.

3. Very pure 1v1 romance. Those who've read my work know that Master Chun's stories are full of lovebirds who adore each other. No cheating, and no one else will take the lead, so don't worry!

Theme: Trust science.