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  1. Public Bookmark 79

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    Faced with such odd behaviour, Xie Lian couldn’t help but worry. As he took a deep breath to calm himself, a sweet scent suddenly assaulted his nose; an aroma that he was shamefully familiar with. It wasn’t long before he realized that it was coming directly from the man in front of him.

    All of him, really. His breath, his clothes, his hair—Hua Cheng reeked of it.

    “Oh, you’re…” Xie Lian said quietly. “You’re drunk, aren’t you?”

    In an over-the-top show of gratitude, Hua Cheng eagerly downs the whole jug of wine Xie Lian had thoughtfully given to him.
    [ revised on 03/23/2025 ]

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    21 Oct 2025

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    “I have nothing to my name, but still want to make a bet. What do people normally do at the Gambler’s Den if they have no money to use?” Xie Lian asked.

    The smirk on her face grew, but she humored him. “It depends on the way you bet. If you’re at a normal table, you’re out of luck. But if Hua Cheng is in, the bets he takes rarely have anything to do with money.”

    “Hua Cheng?”

    At his confused look, she outright laughed. “Oh boy, you’re in for it.”

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    Devastated from the tragedy that befell the small farming village where he lived, Xie Lian travels to Ghost City to ask for help at the Gambler’s Den. What he doesn't expect is for their lord to continue to follow him around, even when Xie Lian’s business in the city is complete.

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    20 Oct 2025

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    The Crown Prince of Xianle’s third ascension was nothing to laugh at. Or it was, if you were He Xuan and thrived off watching the Heavens suffer. In his role as a multitude of martial god subordinates and low-class literature gods, it was his job to act excited, and then shocked, and then disappointed for when Xie Lian rose for the third time, causing chaos in every single moment of it.

     

    aka the AU where he xuan accompanies xie lian to mount yu jun rather than nan feng and fu yao!

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    22 Sep 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 66

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    All those moments will be found in time, like smiles in the rain.

    Xie Lian, a makeshift, broken cyborg, collects metal scraps in an effort to mend and maintain his body. On a night like any other, where androids and cyborgs roam the busy street markets and clubs, Xie Lian encounters the first living, breathing human he’s seen in years.

    “Even if my body…is in the abyss, my heart…will be in paradise.”

    Or: A story that travels through memory and time, with Xie Lian seemingly bound on the path toward cybernetic martyrdom, and Hua Cheng/Wu Ming/Hong-er doing everything he can to save him from that fate.

    **A reimagining of several canonical events and themes set in a science fiction world**

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    11 Sep 2025

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    Oneshots in a universe where HC is a werewolf with a misfit pack of humans, including his boyfriend’s coven, his definitely-not-friends’ accidental plus ones, and a literal child that FX didn’t know he had.

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    09 Sep 2025