When An Yuanyang was fifteen, he played with model airplanes at home with Li Jing, oblivious to Li Jing's youthful crush on him.
When An Yuanyang was twenty-five, he accepted Li Jing's invitation to visit his mansion with nothing but resentment.
As children, we imagine adulthood as something dazzling and colorful, believing that if it's far enough away, we'll have enough time to make enough dreams come true.
Only when the gears of time grind their way through the years do we realize that growing older is nothing more than one moment piling atop another.
If only growing up made every problem disappear.
The tenth time his boss chewed him out. The twentieth time he was told not to come in tomorrow. The thirtieth time HR rejected him. The sixtieth time his resume went unanswered.
The rent reminder was a monthly death sentence. His girlfriend blocked him and dumped him without a trace. The life path he'd assumed was normal fell apart.
An Yuanyang had long since cast his dreams aside, never expecting that Li Jing had kept them in mind for him.
But he'd developed a new dream, one he was too embarrassed to tell Li Jing about as he had back then.
He didn't want to work hard anymore. If he went into sex work, would Li Jing support him so he could live off him?
An Yuanyang x Li Jing. An Yuanyang is the top. Once a sunny heartthrob (?) turned useless and utterly disillusioned top x once a twisted secret admirer (?) turned gloomy, crawling-in-the-shadows rich kid bottom.
A story set ten years after Life's Destination, told from the top's perspective: what happened after An Yuanyang gave him the friend card.
Theme: On how reality can change people
