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    Apparently Jie Lianyu has made quite a reputation for himself. He heard from a grapevine flowing through the city that Hua Cheng spent his days searching for someone—his wraith butterflies scattered around the land looking for a rumored person who held his heart. Hence, he became known outside of the palace walls as the kind-hearted concubine Jie Lianyu, yet unloved by the Lord of the City: The one took kind to the outcasts and the lonely.

    It answered many of his questions, mainly why Hua Cheng never seemed to be interested in seeing him: It was because Hua Cheng has a beloved. Out there in the world somewhere—a beloved he is tirelessly searching for; The one who fully occupies his heart, leaving no space for Xie Lian.

    And that’s… fine.

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    With the Human-Face Disease running rampant, Xianle fell into poverty. To save his people, Xie Lian was married off to the wealthy yet cruel Lord of Ghost City, Hua Cheng.

    But under the name of a distant cousin of Xie, Jie Lianyu.

    If only Hua Cheng knew that.

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    07 Feb 2026

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    Fate wasn't able to tear these two apart, but what if that was only delaying the inevitable? When a curse causes Hua Cheng to start being needlessly cruel to his beloved, even going as far as severing the one thing tying the two together, will that love survive? If that wasn't bad enough, when the curse finally releases its hold on the ghost king, he finds out that Xie Lian went missing not long after he left the manor. Now Hua Cheng has to find his beloved and apologize before something worse happens.

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    06 Feb 2026

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    “I heard you got married.” San Lang says, all teasing gone, his voice even. “My congratulations.”

    Xie Lian wishes his wedding was less public, but Jun Wu wanted to “do everything right”. If he knew back then how many times he’ll have to fake a smile and accept congratulations he would stand his ground.

    San Lang’s congratulations sound more like condolences, for some reason. Xie Lian doesn’t ask, but doesn't bother to smile either.

    “Thank you.” He says.

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    23 Jan 2026

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    “You’re ridiculous.”
    “You’ve dated worse.”
    “San Lang! That’s rude!”
    “That’s true,” Hua Cheng parries mercilessly. “I haven’t even finished the retrospective of all the trash you’ve collected—would you like me to go on?”

    aka Xie Lian hasn't had any luck in his relationships, but he has a goal in mind, and won't be deterred. That is, until Hua Cheng snaps.

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    23 Jan 2026

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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 Dec 2025

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