To Mend Broken Cogwheels
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Suddenly Drowning in a Toast of Poisonous Wine by MistressVanya
Fandoms: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV)
13 Apr 2024
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It is not the first time; for them to be standing in front of each other, once again failing in their effort to find the missing Li Lianhua. It is also not the first time for them to drink away their frustration together and have a round or two of violent sex to cope with the grief.
For Fang Duobing to be sore, bruised, and bleeding after having sex with Di Feisheng, none of it is the first time. And he craves the satisfaction of pain and fatigue in his body to rest, to temporarily take his mind off of the missing Li Lianhua.
It is, however, the first time; that instead of rough manhandling and fingers doing careless preparations on him, a pair of chapped lips press on his cheek, near the corner of his mouth.
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- Part 1 of To Mend Broken Cogwheels
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Who Would Believe The Sentimental Promises on Drunken Seas? by MistressVanya
Fandoms: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV)
01 May 2024
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Li Xiangyi's letter arrived exactly a day after they all gathered at the East Sea. In that letter, Li Xiangyi entrusted Fang Duobing under his care and exchanged his deepest secret for it.
Di Feisheng couldn’t fully accept his new responsibility. As much as Di Feisheng tolerated Fang Duobing, he could never replace Li Xiangyi. And for one mere moment, he thought how it’d be better if Fang Duobing was Li Xiangyi and could turn into him.
Things changed and Di Feisheng didn’t want to let go of Fang Duobing. In an ironic turn of fate, the Fang Duobing whom Di Feisheng had accepted as himself, behaved exactly as Li Xiangyi had and would have done.
‘Li Xiangyi… Li Lianhua. What should I do?’
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- Part 2 of To Mend Broken Cogwheels
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Even a Bird Will Fall When Weary by MistressVanya
Fandoms: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV)
14 May 2024
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He destroyed the Di Fortress and her base; he cut ties with his past and was ready to leave them all behind. At the back of his mind, under his deepest unconsciousness, he wished to no longer be affected by them.
He promised himself to never allow everything, anything from those pasts to plague him, awake or asleep. But everything crumbled apart on the edges, cracking along to the middle in tiny cobwebs and heading towards the middle.
Then, Di Feisheng dreams. He dreams of a room with a pungent scent of aphrodisiac incense lingering in the air. Cold metal encasing his wrists. Bitter liquid forcefully poured down his throat. A wicked laugh and hands roaming on his bare skin.
And he dreams of the swelling anger and piping wrath, the humiliation and rippling lurch in his stomach.
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- Part 3 of To Mend Broken Cogwheels
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Walk Ahead Through Boundless Trajections by MistressVanya
Fandoms: 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV)
10 Jun 2024
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When Fang Duobing found out about the loss of his inner power, he assumed he would merely revert to his condition before learning Yangzhouman. It wasn’t until later that it finally dawned on him; the impact of the loss was way more serious than what Yao Mo had explained.
He has been adjusting to it, but it’s a tedious process of getting used to being that sickly child again. And to have his old illness coming back now, Fang Duobing would've laughed again if the previous two laughs weren’t physically hurting him.
Still, Fang Duobing is stubborn. Di Feisheng doesn’t need to concern himself with this, or about other things Fang Duobing hasn’t been letting him know. He already has too much on his plate, Fang Duobing can't possibly add more to it. Except that Fang Duobing forgets one thing: Di Feisheng is as stubborn as he is.
“You said not to shoulder everything by myself. Now you’re doing the same thing. Aren’t you being a hypocrite, Fang Duobing?”
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- Part 4 of To Mend Broken Cogwheels