Remnants of Filth (余污) by Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

Xianxia | 196 + 18 Chapters

🩸 Premise 🪷

In the empire of Chonghua, Mo Xi and Gu Mang are two war generals who share a very close friendship—or at least that's how it seems. They actually sleep together and hold feelings for each other. One day, Gu Mang unexpectedly turned traitor by defecting to the enemy nation, leaving Mo Xi shocked and betrayed. Seven years later, he is brought back to Chonghua, mindbroken and without memories. Mo Xi faces this reality with pain in his heart as he cannot get the closure he desperately needs from Gu Mang, nor the answer to the question: did Gu Mang ever really love him?

Recommended if you like:

• a really sad story. just tragedy after tragedy
• beautiful, emotional writing
• more mature/dark themes in a story
• there's some comedy featuring wacky adventures too but honestly the angst overpowers everything else
• explicit smut because this author is actually great at it

Not recommended if you:

• don't like really sad stories
• are faint of heart especially when it comes to themes of oppression, war, poverty, slavery
• hate a lot of shock value

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