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    There were many unspoken sentiments that grew like the peskiest, most utterly loathsome, weeds within Shen Qingqiu’s throat – but never his heart.

    No, a heart desolate as his was too hopeless for even the hardiest of weeds to take root within. Something that had long been left to wither; its barren soil lacking in the latent basis for love or care that those who surrounded him took for granted. 

    Or, perhaps, something had simply been wrong with him to begin with – some inherent flaw within his soul apparent enough to warrant being smothered with his swaddling cloth, rather than cradled. Something in his withered heart that rendered him incapable of growth, no matter how much blood he sacrificed to the scorched earth.

    Truly, how else could he have ended up in such a state; hacking up filthy blood and spit-drenched petals into his lightly trembling palms.

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