Pecked by Wild Geese

[Blurb]

Mu Xingchen, the young lord of the demons, was only ever coaxed by Zhao Hanguang three times.

The first time, Zhao Hanguang said he had fallen for him. Mu Xingchen believed him and lost an arm for his sake.

The second time, Zhao Hanguang said he might like him. Mu Xingchen believed him too, and gave him half his cultivation.

The third time, Mu Xingchen should have known better than to believe him. But this time, Zhao Hanguang said he loved him, and Mu Xingchen believed him again.

This time, it was worse than the first two.

He lost all his cultivation, his meridians were destroyed, and he was reduced to a cripple.

On that final night, Mu Xingchen watched Zhao Hanguang hurry away and thought: So there are mortals even more evil than demons, and they can lie, too.

Only when Zhao Hanguang's figure vanished into the moonlight and the chill of blood loss crept over him did Mu Xingchen suddenly realize that not everything Zhao Hanguang had said was a lie.

He was the one who had fallen for Zhao Hanguang.

He was the one who seemed to like Zhao Hanguang.

So, from beginning to end, Zhao Hanguang hadn't been talking about himself at all.

It was he who loved Zhao Hanguang.

If only he would turn back and look at me once. If only he would turn back and look at me once...

But the person he longed for never looked back.

From then on, their past vanished in an instant. For the next twenty years, through every season and storm, they never saw each other again.

Unexpectedly, one day Zhao Hanguang came looking for him again.

What could he want?

Whatever it was, Mu Xingchen had nothing left to give him...

Mu Xingchen: No one told me the top could be deceived this badly, too.

Theme: Form a healthy attitude toward love.