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he tian has clearly left in chapter 445 and it is presumably the last chapter in the flashback. we are now out of the flashback and in the present timeline with them as adults. (which the christmas specials, other specials and majority of the official art exist in) when the story started it was in the present timeline before the flashback and it suggested they were college students but now years later its very likely old xian has decided for them to already have graduated as they are pursuing careers and are now likely 22+….so he tian has likely been gone for 5 years.
ENOUGHH :SOB:
In which chapter the present timeline started? And the flashbacks? Didn't the story started with them being highschoolers?
I wanna know to
the present timeline was established at the very beginning of the story when jian yi returned. but this is loose in the canon as the plot didn’t have the depth the story does now especially as with the recent chapters old xian has subtlety changed a lot since those first chapters. we have seen glimpses of the present timeline in the specials and official art. the flashback is throughout their second to last year of high school and and up until chapter 445 (excluding special episodes ) the story was in the past. but now we are in the present timeline from chapter 446 onwards.
Okok thank youuuuu（/TДT)/
this chapter clearly occurs after the christmas specials before he tian has fully returned and when mo is in his old apartment. so it is to be assumed he tian sees mo when he can. i can see mo not being as indifferent to his presence the first time he tian returned after those 4/5 years - he was most likely indescribably angry and hurt. mo probably hates he tian for walking back into his life and leaving again even if it is not permanently. so he refuses to trust him again knowing he tian wont stay. but his true feelings are revealed when he is drunk he becomes affectionate - because deep down he wants to be. he is unable to cope with the love he feels for he tian so he attempts to push it out of his mind or hide physical reminders taped up in that box. when in his drunken state mo thinks he is dreaming he tian tells him he is because he won’t be there in the morning. UGH. does this also mean mo regularly dreams about he tian?? just end my misery!!
THERAPIST KNOWING ABOUT THEM IS SO FUNNY TO ME
Thank u. I will go to sleep thinking about this (in a good way). I absolutely love theories about things, and especially he tian and mo’s way of being intimate… it is very liminal but it’s there: brushing hands, keeping memories, searching for each other, allowing themselves to sleep together (which requires a lot of trust)