this phantom pain might not be so farfetched {JC x LXC} {Xicheng}

Since the tender age of 9, Jiang Cheng has been convinced there is something growing within his chest. He fancies it might be a rose bush, full of thorns that poke his lungs everytime his father praises Wei Wuxian while his mother compares his lacking skills to his adopted brother and his sister dotes on the older boy...