Chapter 1

Wuming related spoilers!! Hua Cheng jokingly asks Xie Lian if he has a beloved and lot of things end up coming out.
slightly NSFW

'He doesn't know what else could have possessed him.
Maybe he wants to confirm that there's no competition?
Maybe he just wants to see Xie Lian blush again?
Whatever it is, he does ask.
"What about Gege? Has Gege ever had a beloved?"
Whatever he expected, whatever answer or non-answer, he didn't expect Xie Lian's cheeks to pail or the light in his eyes to dim or the way that all traces of a smile fall from Xie Lian's lips.
He certainly doesn't expect the words that falls like stones from Xie Lian's lips.
"Yes, I have a beloved."'