[Dark, obsessive, twisted yandere top | Gentle, delicate beauty bottom]
1. Cui Shizhao could never understand why Lu Yunqing, an ugly illegitimate son born to a dancing girl, was favored by his father, brothers, and stepmother, while he, the heir to the Prince of Huainan, was despised by his father for indulging his concubine and neglecting his wife, living worse than a rat in the gutter.
So during the year he stayed with the Lu family, he repeatedly bullied Lu Yunqing, who was three years younger, out of jealousy. But that ugly boy never learned his lesson. He kept following Cui Shizhao around, impossible to chase away, grinning foolishly at him despite having two front teeth missing.
That smile became a nightmare that tormented him for years.
2. In golden September, rosy clouds stained the blue sky, and a gentle evening breeze stirred.
Cui Shizhao and Lu Yunqing unexpectedly crossed paths outside Chang'an.
Beneath half a golden mask was a pair of peach-blossom eyes that had haunted Cui Shizhao's dreams for years.
Lu Yunqing saw him, but merely glanced past him.
The beast trapped in Cui Shizhao's heart stirred, and he once again felt the urge to bully Lu Yunqing.
Only now, Lu Yunqing was even more unshakable than he had been as a child, as though nothing in the world could stir his heart.
But Cui Shizhao knew his weakness.
Cui Shizhao came up with a revolting scheme, one that would make him remove his mask and reveal his true nature.
3. "Yunqing, whether you believe me or not, I've been in love with you for a long time."
Lu Yunqing held out for days, but finally lost control. He coughed up a mouthful of black blood onto Cui Shizhao's white robe. "Cough, cough! What are you trying to do now?"
Cui Shizhao spoke with utmost sincerity. "If I have told even one lie, may the heavens strike me with five bolts of thunder!"
On a clear autumn day, thunder suddenly cracked across the open sky. The big black dog curled up by the doorway yelped and ducked under the bed, its neck tucked in.
Cui Shizhao, meanwhile, still wore a faint smile.
It was rather chilling.
Theme: Love and peace
