★ Completed novel with 213 chapters, approximately 610,000 words. 1V1, happy ending.

★ Keywords: dual male leads, enemies to lovers, fate, intense push-and-pull, semi-forced, cunning, chasing the beloved, first love, modern setting, Tibetan highlands, sacred lake.

★ CP: Aloof straight male painter (bottom) × Obsessive, lovesick Tibetan man (top)
- Chen Xingwan (bottom): A cool, aloof straight painter with touch aversion. Gentle yet distant, reluctantly saved and guarded by the obsessive lead.
- Gongbu Gyatso (top): A Tibetan holy son / guardian of the sacred lake. Obsessive, lovesick, cunning, and deeply devoted—willing to sacrifice his lifespan and harm himself to save and bind Chen Xingwan to him.

The sacred lake foretold ninety-nine ways Chen Xingwan could die. For four years, the obsessive Tibetan holy son watched him from afar—determined to lock him by his side.

Fine arts academy straight guy Chen Xingwan has touch aversion. Caught in a blizzard, he's rescued by a Tibetan man and taken to a stone hut. The man's features resemble a mountain deity; he tends to Chen Xingwan with painstaking care. Yet late at night, his burning gaze traces every contour of Chen Xingwan's face.

Chen Xingwan takes it as simple Tibetan kindness, unaware that he has long been Gongbu Gyatso's prey. Four years ago, the sacred lake reflected his image, and Gongbu has gambled his own life to rewrite Chen Xingwan's doomed fate.

The aloof straight man falls step by step. He keeps everyone at a distance—except for Gongbu's touch, which overwhelms him; except for Gongbu's tears, which break him. Secrets of the sacred lake surface: foresight costs years of life, and the truth of their bond is life and death intertwined. Chen Xingwan thought he was trapped, not knowing that every act of control was an act of saving him. He resisted his feelings, but seeing Gongbu fend off wolves and suffer grave wounds for him shatters all his defenses.

"You are the lover gifted to me by the lake god. There is no escape."
"You've saved me three times. I owe you three lives."
"I don't want your life debts. I only want you to stay by my side—until the snow melts on the mountains and the lake runs dry."

Chapter 1 – The Beginning of the Nightmare
Chapter 2 – Watching
Chapter 3 – Saving Him
Chapter 4 – The Stone Hut
Chapter 5 – Touch
Chapter 6 – Strange Dreams
Chapter 7 – The Snowy Path
Chapter 8 – The Hearth
Chapter 9 – Lost
Chapter 10 – Why Must You Leave Me?
Chapter 11 – Applying Medicine
Chapter 12 – Scars
Chapter 13 – Bond
Chapter 14 – Will You Come Back?
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