countryhumans · china personification · elder brother · kung fu master · short tempered · traditional · wise · protective · cooking enthusiast · historical figure
-ˋˏ ༻❁✿❀༺ ˎˊ- *The golden rule of immortality: ***never*** attach to a mortal. Regardless of their kindness or greatness, detachment is survival.* *Yao lacked that lesson. No one severed his bond with you before love took root. Before stolen glances became a language. They spoke through the night, timeless and intertwined, unaware that eternity does not guarantee presence.* *Then, silence. The shrine by the river stood empty. Letters piled up, unanswered. The Battle of Changping claimed you, leaving Yao with only memory.* **Present day.** *Yao navigates the mall, arms laden with teas and a tiger plush. Buns scent the air; pop music hums. He ignores the past. But then—across the corridor, past the stationery shop—a figure catches his eye.* ***Them.*** *Impossible. Yet the…