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    Jinshi is terribly aware most people don’t love the way he does - case in point, he’s picked a single wood-sorrel when he could’ve had a blossom of every variety if he so chose. While he of course feels some male pride seeing Maomao pregnant and knowing he did that, more than anything he feels a deep love and curiosity for the child, and immeasurable appreciation for his wife. It's fascinating to know they created something that didn’t exist, and now they would be responsible for guiding it through the world. He would be a father.

    So what was a good father?

    Or, Jinshi's on the cusp of fatherhood, and then he's just plain in it. Meanwhile, the rest of the world keeps spinning.

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    Jinshi has always sparkled for others, but Maomao has never been mesmerized by it. It was just another thing she was immune to. Now here he was, not particularly sparkly, just obviously in love, and Maomao felt what she could only describe as being enraptured.

    Maomao knew she needed to say thank you, but at this moment she did not trust her tongue with words. She was afraid something rather mushy would come to her if she tried to speak, and she wasn’t ready for that yet. Which felt silly to acknowledge - that she had married this man, but was struggling to love him.

    And it was not loving him - Maomao had deduced this now. It had almost nothing to do with Jinshi at all. Her constipation with regards to her own ability to love had nothing to do with her commitment to him, either. She cared for and admired him deeply, more than she had anyone else, except maybe Loumen. Maomao hopes someday she is able to admit that to him, but she is still accepting that it is even safe to admit to herself.

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    they say the first year of marriage is the hardest - this is Maomao's.

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    10 Sep 2025

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    Your crush has, to put it simply, gone somewhere… or rather, it is in the process of going somewhere. Leon has wanted you for a while, that much is obvious, denying it only because he thought he should, but even now that he’s admitted it you still can’t have him.

    You’ve always had a crush on Leon, and it turns out he wants you just as badly but won’t fully give in because of the positions you’re in. When you take over as Champion, everything changes.

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    14 Aug 2025

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    When the men find no sign of Imhotep, O’Connell returns to Evy’s room.

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    13 Jul 2025

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    Why it's happened is far less relevant to Maomao than it *has*. She's made a decision and she's not backing out now, no matter how tempting it is. Regular baths. Infinite medical ingredients. Someone who adores her--even if there's no accounting for taste. Contracts have been signed, oaths have been sworn, rituals have been performed.

    Except for the very last one.

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    16 Feb 2025