"You don't know me." his voice is cold, forbidding, his hurt manifesting like ice on a stream. If he were a different kind of man, he might punch Xue Yang for daring to claim his only aim is to hurt Xingchen. He wants the opposite! He saw how happy the pair were before he approached and now he sees the agony his presence has created.

Xiao Xingchen is even denying himself love.

Something within him cracks and he panics - the ice shifts - and he finds himself embracing Xingchen, his eyes - Xingchen's eyes - closed tightly. The blood running down his soulmate's cheeks is because of him. He has given him so much and Zichen can't take any joy from his life.

So he will protect him. Watch over him. But the words are hard to say since Xue Yang said them first.

"Your heart is the size of a mountain. There is room for two." he speaks that directly into Xingchen's ear, "If you want me to stay, no one can make me leave."

Pulling back ever so slightly, he dabs at the bloody cheeks with his sleeve, wincing. Does it hurt to cry bloody tears? He can't imagine it not and so he takes Xingchen's hand, glancing at Xue Yang for guidance. Where do they go?