|CHAPTER 1|

|PAST (PART 1)|

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It was a night full of misery for two great and well known family.
The rain was pouring down hard, thunders rumbled up the sky and lightning painted the dark sky.

In the middle of the street two bodies were lying on top of each other, pool of blood now mixed with the rain surrounds their body. They're families cried for the loss of their sons.

Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang were both sons of a very influential family. They are also opposites to each other. One being a carefree and outgoing person while the other is a coldhearted beast.

But nonetheless they still found love with each other. They both learned to accept each others weird traits and flaws, making them the perfect pair for each other.

The love that they have for each other was unacceptable to their parents eyes.

So one committed suicide and the other followed his lover with the promise of never leaving each other behind.

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'Xingchen get back here!' Xingchen's father yelled while trying to catch his son who was trying to escape.

'No, I will never come back here again. Why can't you understand that A-Yang and I love each other deeply?' The son and father kept yelling at each other while still running, one trying to escape the clutches of the older one while the other is trying to catch the youth.

'You don't understand Xingchen. He's only endangering you.' Xingchen's father tried to run faster.

'How do you know that he's only going to bring me trouble and endanger my life?' Xingchen angrily yelled at his father.

'Because he's the son of a Mafia. Their whole family are killers and they have no mercy at that.'

'I don't care as long as we are together we will pass all those hardships.'

Xingchen ran faster until his father couldn't keep up with him anymore. He ran to the place where he and Xue Yang only knows.

Xingchen was sitting on a sofa all alone in the cabin which he and Xue Yang made just in case of an emergency.

The cabin was full of silent sobs and whimpers. Xingchen was startled when he heard a loud banging from the door. Then came the voice of his lover whose clearly in panic.

'Xingchen, are you there. Xingchen ah, answer me.' Xue Yang yelled while banging the door more loudly. After a while he heard the door click so he opened it and dashed to the person whose shrinking away from him.

'Xingchen what happened? Are you ok, Xingchen?' Instead of getting an answer the sobs coming from his lover grew louder, tears poured down his cheeks nonstop.

Xue Yang could only comfort him with a hug and a kiss on the forehead. After a while Xingchen became heavy and his sobs died down.

Xue Yang carried his lover bridal style to their room and made sure he was comfortable before leaving him to rest. Xue Yang went outside to give instructions to his group.

'Xue Yang is Xingchen ok now?' One of Xue Yang and Xingchen's friend asked while playing with a cute bundle of fluff. Wei Ying is a member of Xue Yang's gang.

'Yeah, he'll be fine. He just fell asleep so quiet down.' The rest of the gang gave Xue Yang a pat either on the back or shoulder before going to their positions.

Xue Yang thought that if his and Xingchen's parents won't agree to what the two of them had, so he already created a plan to take Xingchen somewhere far.

The clouds started to turn dark, the blue skies now covered. Inside the cabin was so silent but it didn't last long. The sound of kitchen tools were heard as well as a few curses coming from Xue Yang.

He decided to make something for Xingchen so when he woke up he won't have an empty stomach. While preparing the things needed for the food Xue Yang remembered the talk he had with his mother and father.

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~~~ 'A-Yang I told you already to leave that boy.' Xue Yang's mother begged him while his father shot him deadly glares.

'No, I won't leave him. I love him mom please respect that.'

'You are already engaged to someone else and the engagement cannot be cancelled.' Xue Yang's father's voice got louder as their conversation got worse.

'Mom please understand, I love him and I will never leave him. You're the one who told me to listen and follow my heart to find the right person. Now that I found that right person you want me to leave him and marry someone I don't love.' Xue Yang exclaimed before punching the guy who tried to restrain him.

'I won't agree to what you both want. Xingchen and I will always be forever, no one can stop us from being together even death won't stop us.'~~~

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Those were the last words Xue Yang said to the both of his parents before leaving with his gang right behind him. Soon he heard that Xingchen was missing so he started to panic and tried to call Xingchen.

Before he could panic more Wei Ying told him to check the cabin they made in the middle of the woods.

And to his relief Xingchen was in the cabin crying to himself. He kinda blamed himself for the situation that they are in.

Because of their love for each other they are forced to leave their parents behind. Why can't their parents understand that they both love each other deeply.

By the time Xue Yang finished preparing the food for Xingchen it was already night time. He went up to their room to see if Xingchen is already awake.

He saw Xingchen curled up in a ball in the corner of the room while sobbing. He immediately went to his lover and hugged him tight while whispering sweet and loving words on his right ear.

It took some time before Xingchen calmed down and after that they both went downstairs to eat the food Xue Yang prepared. The two ate in silence only giving each other a quick glance before resuming to eat.

They were about to finish their meal when Wei Ying barged in, panic can be clearly seen on his face.

'What's wrong Wei Ying?' Xingchen felt nervous just by seeing Wei Ying's face. Something bad was about to happen and they are not prepared for it.

'Xue Yang, your dad found out about this place and is heading here right now. You two have to go now before he gets here, we'll try to hold them off for a bit for you to escape.' Xue Yang immediately grab Xingchen's hand then ran upstairs to get some hand guns and their valuable things.

They immediately went through the back door and ran into the dark forest. They went even deeper once they both heard the loud sounds of gun shots. Xingchen was already trembling in fear.

Once they are far deep into the dark forest Xue Yang stopped and looked around for a possible shelter.

Xue Yang and Xingchen are both filled with awe at what they saw in front of them. It was a beautiful falls with a few rabbits and some fish in the water.

Behind the waterfalls a cave was hidden pretty well but because of Xue Yang's sharp eyes he saw it.

The two went into the cave and stayed there for a while.

'A-Yang I don't want us to be apart just because of what our parents want.' Xingchen was starting to tremble already. Tears fell one after the other on Xingchen's porcelain skin.

'Don't worry I won't let them have what they want. The two of us will always be together now and forever. No one in this world can part us.' Xue Yang kissed his lover whose already crying due to their current situation.

He hugged Xingchen while the kiss started to get intense going from a sweet and soothing kiss to an aggressive and needy one.

They broke apart, a string of saliva between there swollen lips. Heavy pants can be clearly heard inside the cave. Once they both got their breathing back to normal Xingchen asked with a shaky voice.

'Why can't they just accept that the two of us love each other?' Xingchen hugged Xue Yang tighter and nuzzled his face on his neck.

'Maybe because I'm a man full of sins that I cannot undo. I'm a son of a killer even if the people that my father has killed are all illegal drug lords and criminals, my hands are still stained with their bloods.' Xue Yang hugged his lover back and silently cried. All the pent up emotions that he is keeping inside struck him all at once.

'We'll get through this and once that happens we'll live happily together. And besides I don't care if you're a sinner. If it's a sin loving you then I'd be the greatest sinner of them all and I won't even regret it.' Those were the last words they exchanged together before falling asleep in each others arms.

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The next day after the two woke up they immediately head out to the other secret place that no one knows not even their families except for Xue Yang, Xingchen and the gang.

The trip there was mostly silent except when Xingchen complains about getting hungry or tired from walking. Since they can't be seen they decided to travel by foot in the woods so that they can avoid being caught.

It was nearly night time when they reached the secret place where Wei Ying and the gang were waiting for them. The place was an abandoned warehouse right in the middle of the woods.

Xue Yang's gang made a few adjustments to the place and also made an underground hideout.

The outside of the warehouse serves as a great disguise since it is very old and looked abandoned, no one dares to go there making it a perfect hideout for them.

'Wei Ying did you lose them along the way?' Xingchen was looking around the place in complete awe. The inside of the abandoned warehouse looks just like a high class hotel room.

'Yeah we lost them but it took us a while since they are pretty hard to lose especially your dad's dog, Zhu Liu. That guy is better off being a dog, he's too hard to lose so we kept trying to lose him along the way here.' All of the gang are preparing the equipments needed to protect their Leader and his lover at any cost.

Xue Yang's gang is pretty big with a total of almost a hundred men plus the new ones who just recently joined their gang.

They are pretty much unstoppable in the underground world. Feared by many, loathed by a few, and envied by others. Xue Yang is pretty much considered as the king of the underground world.

'A-Yang, can I use your kitchen to make some food cause I'm hungry.' Xue Yang and Wei Ying laughed at what Xingchen said.

'You're always hungry Xingchen.' The others laughed when Xingchen pouted very cutely and Xue Yang blushed madly because of that.

'Shut up and do your work. Xingchen come on I'll help you make it.' Xue Yang snarled at his friends before pulling Xingchen towards the kitchen. The others laughed at Xue Yang's reaction before dispersing and doing their own things.

The two helped each other in making lots of dishes, for the two of them as well as for Xue Yang's gang.

It didn't take them long to make all the dishes, so Wei Ying whose been hanging around and watching them volunteered to prepare the utensils needed for their supper.

Wei Ying called the others whose been outside patrolling around the area, just to make sure they are safe. There were about 50 men of Xue Yang's gang present since the others decided to stay at their other hideout, which is near Xue Yang's father's place.

This was a perfectly clever strategy and advantage for Xue Yang. Because of his other men they will always be updated of what his father's doing or planning.