Love in the Language of Scars (Tan X Fang)

In the shadows of a criminal underworld, Tan has built walls around his heart-walls that only his makeshift family of Maria and Rodger can breach. University is just a cover, a brief escape from missions and bloodshed. But when Fang, the mafia boss's cheerful nephew, refuses to give up on befriending him, Tan discovers that some walls are meant to be torn down. Yet in a world where love can be a weapon and kindness a liability, will Tan's growing feelings for Fang become their salvation-or their destruction?