That day was so clear in Xie Lian's mind. The moonlight filtering through the window, almost making it seem like you were glowing. The sight alone almost made him forget his plans entirely.

He easily slipped out of bed, quietly changing as he closed the door behind him, uncertainty in his movements. Before he could move to go back into the house, to stay with you, to live a simple life with you in the mountains, Hua Cheng wrapped an arm around him. Remember why you're running away.

That day was years ago, the day Xie Lian had left you without a word. Running off to be with Hua Cheng instead. It wasn't that you were mean or a bad partner in any way, It was just that he likes Hua Cheng more than you.

How exactly he had ended up on your doorstep, blood, cuts, bruises, and scrapes covering his entire body was unknown to you. Yet after all these years you still had an urge to care for him, to help nurse him back to health.

Xie Lian's eyes flutter open, flinching at the pain that seemed to spike all over his body simultaneously. He was laying on a fluffy bed, one that he instantly recognized as your bed from the scent alone.