Delusions of Being Loved

Former title: Who Taught You to Fall in Love Like That?

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A top-tier Catastrophe Host who openly acts crazy and wants to give up on everything (top) X a cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside regulator who secretly acts crazy (bottom)

What do you do when you fall in love, but the person you love is dead?

Cheng Xi: No problem. I'll start over.

*

Starting over in the second loop.

The good news: her beautiful lover, Bo Yi, has come to her door just like before.

The bad news: as the Catastrophe Host codenamed Demon, Cheng Xi has shut off her heart and has no human emotions.

Powerful, but heartless.

In short, she has to learn how to love by the book.

But how can you know whether a melon forced off the vine is sweet unless you give it a try?

Cheng Xi imitates the Bo Yi from the first loop, with a little help from some romance guides...

She thinks she's got it in the bag this time.

Then she turns a corner and runs into the beautiful regulator, confiding in a friend about her troubles.

Bo Yi sighs and says vaguely, "...You give me too much credit. What love? I'm just a plaything whose freedom you've stripped away."

Cheng Xi: "Oh, a plaything."

She can lavish everything on that rose, but what if the other person doesn't want anything at all?

Cheng Xi understands. The thorns that had lain dormant grow again, tearing out the heart that had only just begun to form within her.

She thinks, let's just call it a dream. She'll give Bo Yi her freedom.

*

The day Bo Yi is sent back to the Regulatory Bureau, all her colleagues congratulate her on escaping her misery.

"Demon is a Catastrophe Host, after all. Even if she shows you a little kindness, nothing good will come of it."

"Those who aren't one of us can never share our hearts."

Is that so? Bo Yi tries to convince herself, but the missing piece in her heart leaves an emptiness that never fills.

She returns to that rose-covered castle.

The sleeping Catastrophe Host no longer opens her eyes. Bo Yi tries to touch her, but receives only a blunt refusal.

Cheng Xi says, "Go back to your own world."

Bo Yi's eyes turn bloodred, and for the first time, she lets large tears fall without holding back.

She thinks Cheng Xi is truly awful. When she loved her, she summoned Bo Yi whenever she pleased; when she stopped loving her, she cast her aside just as easily, as if Bo Yi were an object she could toy with at will.

She should have felt heartbroken over it.

But... never mind.

When those blood-red eyes look at her again, Bo Yi clings to Cheng Xi, sobbing until even her voice turns hoarse.

"As long as I can be with you forever, that's enough."

In the face of such burning passion, she should have surrendered long ago.

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An unconventional groveling arc, not an all-female setting. No unsolicited writing advice.

There are no fundamental issues. At its heart, this is still a sweet romance about two people learning to get along.

#SheFoundLoveBeforeSheKnewWhatLoveWas#

Note: Both are pure, one-on-one, no accessories.

Reborn into a second loop from the start. The setting is fictional, and very loosely constructed!

The characters aren't perfect, and both heroines have their flaws. Readers who enjoy this kind of story, please dig in!

Theme: Every meeting is a reunion after a long separation