Serving the Cicada

Yu Wei and Lu Wanghan were a couple in the cultivation world, so devoted to each other that everyone envied them. They were inseparable, deeply in love.

Lu Wanghan had loved Yu Wei with unwavering devotion for a hundred years, and the story of how they became a couple was even written into a romance tale that became all the rage.

Sadly, the years of cultivation were long, and the two gradually grew apart, until one day Lu Wanghan willingly sacrificed a great deal of his cultivation to decisively destroy their bond as cultivation partners, then disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Qiluo never expected to run into Lu Wanghan in a place like this. Corpses lay everywhere, the ground drenched in blood. Lu Wanghan was the only one alive, sitting with his eyes closed as he meditated and regulated his breathing.

He seemed to have been drugged with something particularly vile. His temples were damp, his cheeks faintly flushed, and he looked truly pitiful.

Zhao Qiluo had seen how tenderly Lu Wanghan doted on Yu Wei, cherishing him like a precious pearl.

So Zhao Qiluo stepped forward, playfully lifted Lu Wanghan's chin, and asked with a smile, "How about I help you?"

He thought Lu Wanghan would angrily draw his sword, or at the very least tell him to get lost.

Lu Wanghan narrowed his eyes. Sweat stung them until they reddened, but he smiled too. "Sure."

The pursuer who thinks he's fishing, but is actually being toyed with (Zhao Qiluo) × the fickle, flirtatious target who falls for everyone he meets (Lu Wanghan/Lu Qian)

A short story, born from the author's delightfully chaotic tastes.

The ex is a real ex, in every sense of the word.

Theme: Seize the present