He is Chu Mu, the prince of the subjugated country, who became a prisoner of the enemy country, and is like a bird with broken wings in a golden cage.
He is Xiao Heng, the prince of the enemy country, the master of the cage who controls his life and death, and the hunter who gives him bone-chilling tenderness and despair.
Chu Mu's world was shattered and reshaped by Xiao Heng's own hands. Every time he struggled, he fell into a deeper prison:
* When he thought that the deep secret passage was the light leading to freedom, what was waiting at the end was Xiao Heng's insightful whisper: "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
* When he thought that the poisoned wine in his hand was a sharp knife for revenge, what he got in exchange was Xiao Heng pinching open his jaw and forcefully pouring it into his mouth and declaring: "This medicine can save your life. You have been mine for a long time."
* When he thought that assassination on the battlefield could wash away the humiliation, what he got was the humiliation of Xiao Heng tearing his clothes and exposing his brand in public: "See clearly! You have been mine for a long time!"
Hope is like glass, breaking into powder again and again in Xiao Heng's hands. Hatred and humiliation grew wildly in Chu Mu's heart, but they were also entangled with an unspeakable and twisted bond.
When the war resumed and the Chu army came to the city, Xiao Heng made the cruelest and craziest decision - he protected Chu Mu behind him, used himself as a shield, and declared to thousands of enemy soldiers: "Use the blood of me, Xiao Heng, in exchange for the return of your Chu crown prince, and in exchange for thousands of people in this city from being destroyed!"
The moment the city gate opened, a poisonous hidden arrow tore through the sky and pointed directly at Chu Mu's heart! At the critical moment, Xiao Heng used the last strength of his life to push him away and faced the fatal cold light with his chest...
Thousands of arrows piercing the heart? No, just one arrow is enough.
Seeing the figure that had brought him endless pain and despair collapse, the light in his eyes extinguished, and Chu Mu's world completely collapsed. All the hatred, all the resentment, all the entangled emotions were turned into ashes at that moment.
Falling into the air, under the gaze of everyone, there was only a dead calmness on Chu Mu's face. He clenched the dagger in his arms that he had intended to kill with his enemy, and stabbed himself in the heart without hesitation and determination.
"This time, it's me who will go with you."
Concept: The paradox of love and hate and the entanglement of fate in "Bitter Tenderness"