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    Mo Xuanyu is the hastily legitimized daughter of Jin Guangshan.

    Wei Wuxian wakes up in her body the day before her wedding.

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    07 May 2026

  2. Rec 53

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    An essay with quotes pulled from the Seven Seas translation of tgcf and fan translations of the unrevised version of tgcf, supporting the argument that Hua Cheng is a kinder person than fans often give him credit for.

    This essay covers his good deeds, his self-esteem issues, his similarities with Xie Lian, how respectful he is of Xie Lian's autonomy, and how Xie Lian does not just "make excuses" for him all the time.

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    15 Mar 2026

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    Yet, despite its overwhelming dissonance, despite all the molar-grinding concessions disguised as compromise, the appearance of the wedding itself wasn’t what now had Xie Lian choking on his own pesky expectations as they came surging sourly up his throat– but rather, the one and only empty place to be found in the entire venue.

    The altar. 

    Xie Lian’s first thought was a mortifying head-on collision: one, that he couldn’t believe it, and two, that he should have fucking known.

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    After his decade-long, soul-sucking relationship with Jun Wu ends with being left at the altar, Xie Lian decides to take his life back into his own hands once and for all— starting with his would-be luxury honeymoon, now turned solo trip.

    Out of practice with relaxation, Xie Lian doesn't expect much more than a week of privacy in which to lick his wounds and try to start over. He certainly doesn't expect San Lang, the bold and spirited young man he encounters on the way, who seems determined to raise Xie Lian’s standards /for/ him, who somehow has all the gossip on the island resort they’re both going to— as well as its notorious owner, Hua Cheng.

    Maybe 'unexpected' is exactly what Xie Lian needs.

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    23 Feb 2026

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    With Lang Ying dead and the rebellion staunched, Xian Le should be entering an era of peace. However, the local lords are corrupt and gaining power, the fields have been razed to cinders, and the remnants of plague still linger. On top of that, Xie Lian's excuses for turning down marriage proposals are dwindling.

    When the assassins come, he suspects that the Gods might hate him.

    Hua Cheng just wants to rip apart the person sending them. Hard to do, when he might as well be chasing a ghost.

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    23 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Xie Lian, Taiwan’s former number one figure skating prodigy, struggles with his declining mental health after losing everything: his family, friends, home, and career. Eight years later, he gathers the strength to take on an office job—and suddenly finds himself able to read other people’s minds when he touches them. Thanks to this strange supernatural power, Xie Lian discovers how hopelessly in love a mysterious young man seems to be with him. As he gets closer to him, Xie Lian gradually learns what it means to be alive again.

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    A Cherry Magic AU where Hua Cheng thinks he’s simping in secret, but Xie Lian hears all of it.

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    21 Feb 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 42

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    "Have we met?" Xie Lian smiles his employee-of-the-month winning smile.

    "Maybe," smirks Hard-Cock.

    "Sure. For here or takeaway?"

    "Peppermint cocoa for here, please. And your Valentine's plans?"

    He's unfazed by Xie Lian's dryness, which he has to admit is interesting. Unfortunately, Xie Lian is very, very tired. And so his filters aren't what they really ought to be when working in customer service.

    "I'm going to order in some food, watch my favourite film, and then cry myself to sleep."

    After Jun Wu breaks up with Xie Lian, it takes good friends and a persistent stranger to get Xie Lian to want to live his life again.

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    21 Feb 2026

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    Lan Wangji had too much power over Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian already couldn’t think when he was around Lan Wangji; if he ended up catching stupid feelings for the stupid alpha — wanting to date him and kiss him and make a nest for him — it was over. Wei Wuxian’s life would absolutely be over. Because he would do something stupid, like, forget to take his birth control, or make a down payment on a house with a cute little backyard, or buy a fucking eco-friendly hybrid SUV with enough room for kids and a pet.

    Or Wei Wuxian baby traps himself into a relationship he'd wanted for years with an incredibly reliable and sexy alpha. The horror.

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    19 Feb 2026

  8. Rec 36

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    “Hua-chengzhu is the kindest person I can think of.”

    “Oh? Are you so sure about that?”

    “My mother agrees too,” she says with surety and assurance unbefitting a girl her age. “If not for Hua-chengzhu, we would’ve been worse than dead, I’m sure. If not for Hua-chengzhu, my father would’ve killed my mother eventually and I’m sure he’d come for me, too. He never did like me. I’m not his real daughter, after all.”

    Ah. So it’s like that, then. Hua Cheng remembers his own eleventh birthday: his father had chased him around the house, pinned him down, and tried to gouge his red eye out with a knife.

    Little kids have such a brutal honesty to them. Hua Cheng tries and fails to be unmoved by it.

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    25 Oct 2025

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    “You’re in the hospital,” she says. “You were in a traffic accident, and–"

    “No, I heard that. But–” Wei Ying glances at the extremely pretty man, who’s just staring at him, completely still. His empty hands hover in the air. “I don’t need anyone to take care of me. I just wanna go home."

    “You are going home,” Yanli reaches over and tucks his hair behind his ear, giving him a tiny smile. “Don’t worry. Just a few more scans, and then Lan Zhan can take you back."

    “Who’s Lan Zhan?” he asks.

    The pretty man by his side inhales so sharply Wei Ying feels the air get sucked out of the room.

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    Wei Ying gets in a traffic accident and loses six years of his memories, including meeting and marrying the love of his life. This is the story of how he falls back in love with Lan Zhan: quickly, and inevitably.

    Or, my take on one of my favorite tropes.

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    20 Sep 2025

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    Lan Zhan has been in love with Wei Ying since they first met. He understands that Wei Ying does not feel the same; he will take whatever friendship Wei Ying wants to offer.

    And then Wei Ying proposes that they have sex.

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    19 Sep 2025

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    Wei Ying's life is good; small, but good. He has Wen Ning and Wen Qing, and can't ask for much more. He's settled, even if he's not ecstatically happy with how things have turned out.

    Until Lan Zhan comes back into his life.

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    19 Sep 2025

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    His phone buzzes again, and Lan Zhan picks it up this time. To his surprise, it's a message from the Blood Bank.

    The Blood Bank was a way for him to make money faster, beyond his usual teaching job, to help his mother. He tried not to think too much about the fact that there were random faceless vampires feasting on his blood.

    Frowning to himself, Lan Zhan clicks the message.

    "You have been selected as a special provider for a very prestigious client! The Yiling Laozu has chosen you to be a part of his regular collaborators!"

    Lan Zhan raises an eyebrow when he sees the name.

    Very few vampires are known amongst humans, because they keep well hidden, but Yiling Laozu is one of the most well-known ones.

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    Lan Zhan's blood gets the attention of a vampire who is well known to the entire world for his creations: Yiling Laozu. At the same time, a beautiful man he meets on a rooftop tries flirting with him, his aura strangely alluring.

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    17 Sep 2025

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    Something smells so good. Wei Ying closes his eyes, already feeling sleepy, and tries to identify where the scent is coming from. He turns his face to one side and then the other, chasing it, until his nose touches Lan Zhan’s cheek.

    He pulls back quickly, not freaking out, because it’s fine. He touched Lan Zhan’s cheek with his nose, and Lan Zhan smells really fucking good, and they’re lying down together on a very soft bed because Lan Zhan is too drunk to let go of him, and Lan Zhan is gay but Wei Ying isn’t, and it’s fine.

    Wei Ying swallows hard and closes his eyes again.

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    Wei Ying helps Lan Zhan out of an uncomfortable situation, and they grow close right away, becoming instant friends. To Lan Zhan, they become instant something else. With time, they only get closer and closer, and Wei Ying is forced to deal with his own feelings about Lan Zhan, and his perception of his own sexuality.

    (the "Didn't know they were dating" fic)

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    17 Sep 2025

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    "Tell Lan Zhan that I'm weeping uncontrollably," Wei Wuxian says to the juniors. "Tell him I'm truly pitiful and he needs to do everything I say until I'm well again."

    Lan Congyi is in the middle of carefully holding his eyelids open to check his pupils, but he still obeys, bless him. "Hanguang-Jun, Senior Wei would like us to tell you that he can't stop crying and he'd like for you to do everything he says until he's better." There's a moment of silence, and then Lan Congyi says to Wei Wuxian, "Hanguang-Jun says he already does everything you tell him."

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    Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji find themselves cursed, unable to see or hear each other. They figure things out anyway.

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    02 Sep 2025

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    Wei Wuxian grits his teeth, knowing he has no other choice. Not if it means Lan Zhan’s life. Besides, the Cloud Recesses has the best library and a long history of dealing with curses. It’s the most logical choice, even if he’d like to punch logic in the face right now.

    “Wei Ying?” Lan Zhan asks.

    He gives him a grim smile. “Looks like you’re finally getting your wish, Lan Zhan.”

    Lan Zhan stares back at him, expression blank.

    “I’m coming to Gusu with you.”

     

    Or: Lan Wangji gets hit with a curse that requires Wei Wuxian to stay in close proximity at all times. Everything only gets more complicated from there.

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    28 Jul 2025

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    The Lans were one of the founding families of the Vancouver Guild; part of their legacy is to maintain their place in it for the benefit of all. Cultivation is important, essential, serious.

    In the distance, something squeaks.

    A disaster, is Lan Zhan’s first impression as the bike squeals to a halt on the far side of Song Lan’s car. The man riding it – and he’s tall, and lanky, and sure-footed – hops off and locks it to the car’s back door. The back door of a police vehicle. He pulls his helmet off to reveal long, sweat-soaked hair with a shaggy undercut, bright grey eyes, and a smile that launches like an arrow straight through Lan Zhan’s chest.

    No, he thinks, watching this trainwreck of a man shimmy between the narrow space dividing Song Lan’s back bumper and the next car’s hood like he’s doing some kind of dance step. Absolutely not.

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    22 Jul 2025

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    Lan Wangji could not hope to find any other person like this, at least not so far from their home. But wu speak to birds and beasts across the realm. He may be known to them. He may be recognized, somewhere. The ravens and the hawks hear the name and cry it to the skies; the mouse and the fox both carry it with them through snow-washed fields. Below ground the beetles gnaw it into roots and bark. Wei Ying. Wei Wuxian.

    OR: Tasked with finding the Yunmeng Jiang's missing wu, a young man called Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji recruits a familiar and travels across the land in search of him. His familiar, a black hare with a little too much personality, seems to have his own secrets.

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    20 Jul 2025

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    a bedtime (⸝⸝ᴗ_ᴗ⸝⸝) z z 𐰁 stories podfic

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    The light still doesn't make sense against his eyes, but he thinks he remembers something like color. There is a lot of color around him, and he is able to discern white and black and a great deal of something else. It's a breathtaking splash of vivacity on a new canvas, where there had been no canvas at all for so many eternities. It is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.

    Red, Xie Lian finally names it.

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    In a disorienting turn of luck, Xie Lian is rescued from State Preceptor Fangxin's coffin. He recovers his other senses in good time, but his sight is taking longer to return—decades with no exposure to light have weakened his capacity for it.

    His benefactor and worshiper, a wealthy and eccentric ghost named Hua Cheng, hasn't left his side for months.

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    20 Jul 2025

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    In the end, it had been the Yiling Patriarch’s stratagems and his fierce fighting which had turned the tide of the war. He had killed both Wen Ruohan’s sons, and floored the traitor so that Meng Yao could strike the final blow. His status as the strongest warrior on the field had been undeniable.

    Thus, the offer extended to him by the Lan court. Take his place as the Emperor’s consort, the only one permitted to lay hands upon the Emperor, the only one to share his bed with him while he sleeps, unaware and vulnerable. His last, best line of defense.

    Or: Forced by his court to accept a consort, Lan Wangji is certain he has seen enough of the so-called Yiling Patriarch to know what he's getting: an uncouth ruffian. Slowly, he begins to realise that even an emperor's assumptions can be misplaced.

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    13 Jul 2025

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    He is at his side in an instant, closing his arms around Wu Ming’s flickering form only moments before he hits the ground. He should not be here, Xie Lian thinks, frantic as he desperately calls the ghost’s name, to no avail. He should not be here, bleeding out his very essence in the blinding light of the Heavens for all to see. Because he should be gone.

    Or: Xie Lian's request for banishment is denied. As a result, he is there when Wu Ming ascends from Mount Tonglu.

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    29 Jun 2025

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