No wonder he gloms onto Ren Susu. This is exactly what he thinks love is! Ongoing mistreatment with occasional tenderness or trying to mitigate others’ abuse sometimes.

Good freaking lord. That man has a squirrel’s chance in hell for any normal romantic relationship.

He sticks by her so hard because this is his normal! He has no functioning boundaries or understanding of healthy relationships or what a functional person should want and accept. It’s not proof of the enormity of his feeling, it’s proof of the enormity of his damage.

Yes let me inhale your toxic fumes!!

But yes like @dangermousie — she loves provoking him to get that unhinged jealousy from him. Seriously, those two should just consider hate fucking. Da’ge won’t care.

Go for it, you crazy kids!

but Qingyu's reputation must never be tainted by murder.

I ship this so hard.

In this ruthless world, there would be no waiting for her to slowly grow and face the storm. The crisis was everywhere. He could only use extreme measures to force her growth. He wouldn’t let her remain like a floating reed. He would help her find her roots, so he could finally let her go.

She was nothing more than a passerby in his long life. They traveled together for a while, and that was all. The fleeting emotions between them would quickly dissipate with the passage of time. He had become accustomed to being the villain, so he didn’t need her gratitude. In fact, hatred and fear would be preferable.

Such a farewell was the right one.

He had always regarded himself as a dead man, a shell of a body. Only by seeing himself this way could he continue to live. The human emotions of love, hate, and desire were inverted within him—he had to hate those he loved and love those he hated in order to move forward, step by step. Everyone wants the love of family, friends, and lovers, but he deliberately pushed all of these things away.

The slightest greed or attachment would destroy everything.

This was the last time he thought of her. He hoped that her future would be bright, and that one day she would live the life she had long dreamed of.

Whale Fall

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