[Bonus 3]
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Watching the empty husk of the man he had loved so deeply that it hurt to even think of him, Li Xinyuan — to some extent — understood what was the type of love Hu Lijing had for Long ZhenHai, and how could he not, the said man had been a sweetheart if everything that Hu Lijing told him was not a lie.
So yes, watching the lifeless, soulless husk of that man, watching his corpse burn up to cinders as the flames that had birthed the nine-tailed fox spirit devoured his lover, swallowing and swallowing; plundering and incinerating him until there was left nothing of him but the drifting smoke and cooling ashes.
The surgeon's heart ached fiercely as he watched the look on Hu Lijing's face, the raw heartbreak and sheer agony, not to mention the wet glimmer of barely concealed tears blanketed under the thin and trembling veil of his eyelids whilst the long lashes, laden heavy with tears, shook ever so softly.