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    "Could you listen?" He asked more to himself than the stranger, almost hoping the person hadn't caught it as he continued, "You don't have to say a word."

    "I understand." Came the tone in clarity of powder blue skies. "I won't utter a word."

    "Swear to me."

    "I promise." The voice said solemnly and whatever inhibitions he had dissipated as he threw caution in the air.

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    17 May 2025

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    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, first and foremost. Or maybe it's a cactus, one that parches his throat dry with a hacking cough when all his friends favor the cooler Jiang sibling and dismiss his minuscule insecurities. But sometimes he contemplates if it's poison ivy wrapping tightly around his esophagus, causing uncomfortable irritation when his childhood crush, flawless Lan Xichen doesn't notice him the way Jiang Cheng notices everything about the older boy.

    He might not be certain what it is, but all he knows is that he is growing something so magnificent and indescribable.

    And it hurts.

    Yet no one believes him when he mentions the pain, when somedays the basic skill of breathing doesn't come easy. He catches the eye rolls, hears the scoffs, fumes at the blatant teasing, and clams up at the scolding he receives for his "exaggeration".

    Though perhaps his imagination wasn't too far off the mark.

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    22 Nov 2024

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    ~ 山重水复疑无路,柳暗花明又一村 ~

    After a lifetime of sorrows and a loveless marriage, Jiang Cheng cannot find it in him to continue on with the life he has found himself in. Resolving himself, Jiang Cheng takes one last leap of faith, choosing to put his faith in the last person he would have chosen in a quest to find happiness- himself.

    Or; Making the decision to step away from the cultivation world, Jiang Cheng starts life anew, picks up some special friends, sets up a teahouse, and achieves something he once viewed as impossible - a happy ending of his very own.

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    20 Aug 2024

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    Shang Qinghua felt tears come to his eyes. He’d survived too long to become some pet for the protagonist! He wasn’t going to be locked up and made into a personal blood bag of Yin energy! That was not how Shang Qinghua was going to spend the rest of his life! He refused.
    As he reached the edge of the cliff, Shang Qinghua tried to feel for something over the edge he could use to pull himself up. His hand bumped into something firm and solid that he desperately grabbed onto. Shang Qinghua struggled to climb up, breaths coming out in pants from exertion. And when he looked to see what he was holding onto, he felt his insides drop.
    Shang Qinghua felt his entire body trembling as he looked up into the face of the man standing before him. Ink black hair spilled down his shoulders and framed his beautifully sculpted face. He stared down at Shang Qinghua, eyes and demon mark glowing blue in the cold night.

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    20 Dec 2023

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    Five times someone noticed something was wrong and the one time someone did something about it.

    Portuguese Translation by Beka1010!

    Indonesian Translation by loxeliam!

    Russian Translation on AO3 and ficbook by Sl_ai!

    Russian Translation on AO3 and ficbook by mrs_wilson!

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    09 Sep 2023