Ye Qifeng knocked on Jiang Qinian's door exactly three times in his life.
The first time was on his eighteenth birthday. His identity was revealed, and the love he'd kept hidden for years was finally brought into the light.
That night, his heart full of love and anticipation, he knocked on Jiang Qinian's bedroom door.
"Big brother, open up, it's me!"
Jiang Qinian opened the door. It was the first time Ye Qifeng had entered his room.
At that moment, Ye Qifeng thought Jiang Qinian would stay by his side forever.
But later, he left him alone at the airport, with nothing but a note.
"Forgive me."
Three words. Not even a single apology.
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The second time was after his father died.
At the funeral, many people asked him about Jiang Qinian.
All Ye Qifeng could say was, "I don't know."
Everyone lamented that Jiang Qinian had abandoned even the last shred of affection, and that the Ye family was truly about to change hands.
To leave, Ye Qifeng knocked on that door again.
"Big brother, it's me. Open the door."
"Let me go."
Jiang Qinian didn't open the door, and Ye Qifeng didn't get to leave.
Ye Qifeng was still the same softhearted person he'd always been. Once again, he forgave Jiang Qinian.
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The third time was the last time they met.
After they got back together, Ye Qifeng, lacking a sense of security, asked Jiang Qinian many times, "Is there anything else you're hiding from me?"
Jiang Qinian always answered, "No."
Until every lie could no longer be hidden.
Ye Qifeng realized he'd never understood Jiang Qinian at all.
For the last time, he went to knock on that door.
"Jiang Qinian, open the door."
"You knew I was outside back then, didn't you?"
"You knew all along that I wasn't Dad's son, didn't you?"
"I've asked you so many times, and you've been lying to me all along."
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"Fate made us fall in love, then used the deepest hatred to turn us into enemies standing on opposite sides."
"The primordial chaos gives birth to yin and yang, and hatred is love taken to its extreme.", Quoted from the TV series "Lin Jiang Xian"
A seemingly innocent but secretly calculating older brother who plans every step (bottom) × a willful young master (top)
Reading notes:
🧊 Faux incest, no blood relation, one-on-one, both virgins, body and heart alike ⊹꙳ ˶˙ᵕ˙˶ ⊹꙳
🧊 Nonlinear flashbacks ૮ ·ﻌ·ა
🧊 A love as vast as a sea of hatred: the hatred is real, and so is the love
🧊 The title and writing style don't match; the story itself is bittersweet ˃ 𖥦 ˂
🧊 No real-life inspirations (*^ω^*)
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Theme: We are each other's light and shadow, inseparable
