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  1. Public Bookmark 31

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    For some reason, Maomao remembers her and Chue's chat about the Moon Prince loitering around the former brothel.

    Would she be crazy if she considered it? Everyone else in the building believed it was haunted; if Maomao participated in a group hallucination that hardly counted as crazy.

    And so, for some reason or another, Maomao sits on her futon and looks around, before saying, “Um … Ka Zuigetsu?”

    There’s a clatter in the bathroom and Maomao’s heart is in her throat.

    No way…

     

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    When Maomao needs a cheap place to stay, she doesn't even think twice about the low month-to-month rent at the old Verdigris House.

    So what if it used to a brothel, and everyone says it's haunted? She doesn't buy into that stuff and she's faced worse than ghosts.

    But when strange things start to happen in her room, and a pretty boy claiming to be a long lost prince keeps appearing in her bathroom, she might have to pay up.

    Maomao asks the question she always does: what's the cost?

    She should be asking: is she willing to pay it?

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    01 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 40

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    Maomao takes ginseng from a fox spirit and argues with his shrine.
    Jinshi is amused, intrigued, and entirely unprepared for an apothecary who refuses to fear him - or kiss him.
    A slow-burn, canon-divergent AU of curiosity, restraint, and unintended attachment.

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    31 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 19

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    “Oh my god, you’re Maomao!”

    “Yes, I did just say that.”

    “No, no,” Angel Man is tripping over his words, he’s so excited now, “Maomao, it’s me, Jinshi.”

    Maomao just blinks at him.

    “Who?”

    He scoffs. “What do you mean, who? How could you have forgotten your favorite neighbor?”

    Favorite neighbor?

    Why does that phrase sound familiar? She scans his face, taking in the regal nose, the purple hair, the sharp chin.

    Suddenly, unbittingly, the image of a smiling little boy peeking out from between a bunch of sunflowers comes to her mind.

    Favorite neighbor….

    “Oh!”

    She remembers now. Of course she remembers. She remembers everyone who leaves.
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    Maomao saves a man from getting hit by a truck. It just so happens that this man is an important figure from her past. One she'd tried to forget, but never could. She hates her fucking life.

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    20 Jan 2026

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    Jinshi believes that there is no further mystery to solve between them, that he can hold the truth of their desires in his hands and taste it in her kiss.

    Maomao, as she so often does, proves Jinshi wrong.

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    18 Jan 2026

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    Jinshi paid for the whole night, but the reason why is far more innocent than Maomao expects. Jinshi's reason might be innocent, but as soon as he meets the brilliant and beautiful woman he quickly starts to fall head over heels. He might be able to convince her to assist with his investigation, but can he convince her to trust him with her heart?

    A fic that draws on elements of canon, but is not actually canon. An AU where Maomao is a courtesan at Verdigris House. The palace is plagued with mysterious deaths, and Jinshi suspects poison. He's told of a courtesan that has knowledge of medicine and poison, and seeks her out with the intention of requesting her assistance with the investigation.

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    17 Jan 2026

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