Xiao Zhan made the perfect choice.
A kind, understanding Alpha fiance who respects him, supports him, and never asks for more than he can give. They're good friends, two people who know each other too well. Who fit together in all the ways that make sense. Everyone says they're perfect for each other. And maybe they are.
But behind the calm smiles and quiet routines, Xiao Zhan feels himself fading. Everyday is the same, measured, polite, safe. He goes through the motions of a life that should make him happy, but instead he feels...nothing. Not joy, not sadness, just an endless stillness.
He isn't unhappy enough to break it all apart, but not hopeful enough to dream of more. He's simply tired of time, of being the good omega who does everything right, of living a life where he exists but never feels.
He chose this life because it made sense.
Now he wonders if sense is enough to keep him alive.
Somewhere along the way, he lost the map of his own soul, the colors, the edges, the warmth. Every choice he's made has smoothed the outline of who he used to be, until he is left with a version of himself that looks perfect but feels hollow.
And then there's Wang Yibo. A man who burns where Xiao Zhan drifts.
A young, thriving business man who lives on the edge of speed and motion. Restless and endlessly curious, Yibo chases experience the way others chase safety. Yibo thrives on adrenaline and chaos. He's stoic yet untamed, a man who lives every second like it might explode. Calculated in thought, wild in spirit, he's mastered control, but never learned stillness.
One man trapped in silence.
One man made of fire.
When their paths cross, stillness meets motion and for the first time, Xiao Zhan begins to wonder what it means not just to live, but to feel.
A story about numbness and passion, order and chaos, and the fragile beauty of waking up to life again.
This is the journey of finding the way back, of redrawing the Map of My Soul.