I feel like what gets me most about Yuwu is Mo Xi tries soooo hard to take care of Gu Mang when he lives with him. There’s this charade of prisoner that he has to follow so people believe him but like. He tries so hard to make things good for him. He has him do some work like the servants but it’s nothing super difficult or painful for him. He lets him keep his weird doghouse thing because obviously Gu Mang feels safe there. He lets Gu Mang sit at his table and eat with him and even cooks for him… and then when he won’t sit at the table any longer he makes sure half the food meant for him goes to Gu Mang. So Gu Mang is always eating the same meal that Princess Mo Xi is eating. He lets him hang out and keep his dog around. He brings him around everywhere with him for “supervision” to let him get out of the house.
The thing that absolutely sent me was when Gu Mang stuffs himself and Mo Xi just starts rubbing his stomach to make him feel better. Like I’m sorry what 😭 my lord is rubbing the prisoner’s tummy cause he ate too much?
He’s just soooo tender with him, like he literally does as much has humanly possible to make this man feel good and happy given the terrible circumstances that they’re in. He might honestly be one of the most tragic danmei characters I’ve read because he literally is just so stupidly and irreversibly in love with him this man who betrayed him and doesn’t even remember him and is sentenced to death and he literally canNOT stop himself from loving him despite everything.
