Love Cuts Deep, Leaving Its Own Wounds

Gu Xiao’ou loved Ou Yanting with a consuming, utterly undignified passion. She hated him so much she would gladly destroy herself, yet she still couldn’t stop thinking about him. Every glance he gave her was filled with cruel disgust. The words he said to her most often could each make her feel as if she’d been tortured a hundred times over. He said, “Gu Xiao’ou, every day you’re alive is another day you spend atoning for Niannian’s sake...”