Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
TAGS
abo
danmei
bl
mutual pining
memory loss
dual glands
An ABO danmei novel about a framed colonel sentenced to death and the classmate who has secretly loved him for over a decade and hijacks his execution convoy.
Chinese Title: 日落大道
Pinyin: Rì Luò Dà Dào
Common English Title: Sunset Boulevard
❤️ Main Relationship
Chen Boqiao (陈泊桥) × Zhang Jue (章决) Fandom ship name: Unknown (usually written simply as 陈泊桥×章决)
✨ Introduction
《日落大道》 is a completed danmei web novel by 卡比丘, serialized on 长佩文学 (Changpei) at roughly 166,000 characters, tagged modern, ABO, HE. It is widely regarded as one of the author's signature works and one of the best-known "unrequited love" stories in the genre.
Chen Boqiao is the youngest army colonel in the Alliance's history — brilliant, admired, the idol of his school years — who never once loved anyone back. Zhang Jue is the quiet, ordinary classmate who confessed to him at seventeen, was gently rejected, and was so thoroughly forgotten that Chen Boqiao barely remembered the confession ever happened. Zhang Jue spent the following years trying to erase him: twenty-eight hospital visits, four full courses of memory-sealing treatment targeting over two hundred memory segments — every single one containing the name Chen Boqiao.
The novel opens with Chen Boqiao convicted of treason and patricide and sentenced to immediate execution. Zhang Jue hijacks the convoy and smuggles him abroad, expecting nothing in return. On the run together, Chen Boqiao slowly uncovers the depth of a devotion he never noticed, and falls — deliberately, unmistakably — in love.
🌏 Background
The story is set in a fictional near-future world split between two states: the Alliance (亚联盟), a militarized superpower, and the newly independent nation (新独立国/泰独立国) where the fugitives hide, including an extended stretch in its Bangkok-like capital. It is an ABO universe: people are born Alpha, Beta or Omega. Zhang Jue was born without glands, received an Alpha gland implant as a teenager, and later differentiated into an Omega — leaving him with two glands, a fragile body, and a secret he guards desperately during the escape. The central external plot is Chen Boqiao's frame-up and his eventual return to clear his name.
🎭 Themes & Tone
- Long-term unrequited love (暗恋成真)
- ABO dynamics: dual glands, pheromones, marking
- Fugitives on the run / forced proximity
- Self-worth, devotion and being "ordinary" beside a legend
- Mutual healing and gentle revenge of the overlooked Tone: Bittersweet and aching in the first half, turning tender and reassuring; restrained prose, heavy on quiet heartache, ending in a secure HE.
👥 Main Characters
- Chen Boqiao (陈泊桥) — Alliance colonel, son of its richest family; calm, calculating and outwardly warm, inwardly detached; once convinced no one's love for him was real, he becomes fiercely protective once he falls.
- Zhang Jue (章决) — son of a New Independent State official; socially awkward, self-effacing and stubbornly devoted; a "weak" uke by posture only — he rescues a death-row convict single-handedly and defies his family to become an Omega for love.
- Pei Shu (裴述) — Chen Boqiao's trusted friend and ally who handles his affairs in the shadows.
- Harrison (哈里森) — Zhang Jue's closest friend, blunt but loyal, who punctures the pining with uncomfortable questions.
✨ Iconic Quote
- Narration: "Zhang Jue came to the hospital twenty-eight times and completed four full courses of treatment, trying to seal away over two hundred memory segments — from age ten to twenty-seven, every single one contained the name Chen Boqiao."
- Chen Boqiao (rejecting the seventeen-year-old Zhang Jue): "Thank you, but I'm not ready to date anyone." (谢谢你，不过我还不准备谈恋爱。)
- Zhang Jue (asked what he wants): "Something that can stay." (想要能留下来的。)
- Chen Boqiao: "Zhang Jue, are you stupid or what?" (章决，你笨不笨啊。)
- Chen Boqiao: "Zhang Jue, I'll give it a try with you." (章决，我跟你试试。)
- Chen Boqiao: "Willing. Me too. I like you too." (愿意。我也是，我也喜欢你。)
🎬 Adaptations
- Audio Drama: Released on 猫耳FM (MissEvan); fan listings credit 光合积木 with 刘思岑 as Chen Boqiao and 胡良伟 as Zhang Jue, though some sources name 玉苍红工作室 as producer — studio attribution is Unconfirmed.
- Manhua: Completed. Adapted by 魔仙社, serialized exclusively on Bilibili Comics (哔哩哔哩漫画) from March 16 to December 15, 2022; 3 volumes, 34 chapters.
- Live-action: Unknown (no confirmed adaptation).
🔥 Why It's Popular
- The "four courses of memory-erasure, still couldn't forget you" premise is one of the most quoted gut-punches in modern danmei.
- A rare seme who falls in love through careful observation; the "I'll try with you" turning point is endlessly re-read.
- Zhang Jue's dual-gland secret and Bangkok arc mix hurt/comfort with genuine suspense.
- Fits readers who want a pining story where the yearning is finally seen, honored, and answered.
📚 Reader Notes
Beginner-friendly: ★★★★☆ Angst level: ★★★☆☆ Plot complexity: Medium Romance visibility: High Mystery focus: Medium Recommended for readers who enjoy ABO settings, decade-long pining, and a gentle seme slowly realizing what he almost lost.
✍️ Author
卡比丘 (Ka Biqiu) A signed Changpei author (Weibo: 不是不是皮卡丘) known for delicate, bittersweet modern BL. Representative works include Bedtime Guide (《入睡指南》), Social Temperature (《社交温度》), Good Luck Time (《好运时间》), and Innocent Scandal (《纯真丑闻》).
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🌌 Similar IPs
If you like Sunset Boulevard, you may also enjoy:
- Beyond the Law (《法外之徒》) by 卡比丘 — another of her pining masterpieces, often paired with this one
- Social Temperature (《社交温度》) by 卡比丘
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