#abodesire

From my very personal viewpoint, there's absolutely no way I can believe Hua Yong loves Shao You. As a hardcore crime show fan, I've watched approximately 2,670 hours of police procedurals, psychological thrillers, and criminal dramas. To put that in perspective: if you watched two episodes every single day, it would take you 1,335 days (that's over 3.6 years) to get through everything I've seen over the years.

That’s why, from the moment I started watching ABO Desire, I knew Hua Yong was a psychopath. Okay, it’s more complicated than that—but that’s another topic. He never showed empathy, only a sick obsession to possess Shao You. Maybe his obsession makes him believe he’s in love, but I refuse to believe it’s real.

He strongly reminds me of Frank Breitkopf from Criminal Minds: a man who murdered hundreds but developed a twisted fixation on Jane. She was his prey—he looked her in the eyes and chose not to kill her. Instead, he turned her into a keeper of his victims' memories. After years of manipulation, she ended up killing herself alongside Frank as if they were some tragic romantic couple, when in reality, she was a victim so broken she couldn’t imagine life without her manipulator.

I fear Shao You is heading down the same path. Between Hua Yong’s psychological manipulation and the biological dependency that will inevitably come with being permanently marked, Shao You risks losing himself completely—becoming so entangled in Hua Yong’s web that he may never break free, just like Jane.

In fact, in one of my own fanfictions, I wrote that Shao You’s death was the only way he could ever be truly free—an execution carried out by his own son, Hua Sheng. Because in a world where Hua Yong’s obsession transcends even biology, freedom isn’t found in escape, but in release.

In the same way, no matter how many times Hua Yong says he loves Shao You, I only see calculated manipulation and pain. He hurts him deliberately, strategically, and then disguises it as devotion.