#( interactions && yin yu )

[muzsmocsing]

I have a headcanon that while Rain Master doesn't care about the intricacies of the Upper Court at all she is decently up to date on juicy gossip because of Shi Qingxuan. She comes over, gets tipsy off of house made liquor, and goes into Wendy Williams-esque monologues and Yushi laughs her ass off listening to it.

[yeyayeya]

Quan Yizhen and Lang Qianqiu should be besties

[coreofgold]

@irresistiibles for Yin Yu

"If I were to say that yesterday was modern and technologically advanced, how would you react?" Hua Cheng found that some people actually believed this was always in the past, so the ghost king just had to see if Yin Yu is one of those people.

[irresistiibles]

@rainbowmuses / yin yu & will

the heat had left him stuck shopping, not feeling like he could continue in the dark long clothes with how hot it had been, though yin yu was struggling to find something smaller and more modern that actually felt like something he might want to wear. “is this really what people wear for the summer?” he asked, looking at options that seemed to all be cargo shorts or something far too short to be appropriate.

[lavendaers]

@irresistiibles quan yizhen for yin yu

"shixiong!" yizhen called out as soon as he spotted the other, the corners of his lips turning up into a bright smile as he rushed forward. he didn't notice the looked from anyone around him, nor did he care. "i have something to tell you. i know i forgot and everything, but now i remember. jun wu killed me."

[misteriios]

event starter for : @irresistiibles | ghost & yin yu

❝ i do not understand why i wanted to work with this ❞ being a gravedigger was tough. he was exhausted every day after the day finished ❝ does people die every day, it feels as it's getting too much sometimes. not death, but to dig ❞

[saltyspecs]

Ough I’m almost done with tgcf (I’m on the last quarter of book 7) and man now I really want to reread no paths are bound. Yes I did read npab before I finished the series thank you for asking.

Just what I need right before a new quarter starts up

[tragcdysewn]

closed starter for yin yu!! ( @irresistiibles )

he'd been very sure he'd killed yin yu, but here the man was, standing in front of him like everything was normal. and while he'd seen people resurrect before, it's never quite normal to see. "my apologies, did you say something?"

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

Most iconic Xie Lian moments according to me

Contains spoilers!!!

"Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry"

Keeping every memento of his worst time ever as a reminder of why being kind and forgiving is worth it

When he runs off after he gives Hua Cheng CPR that one time pretending he's looking for his hat

When he keeps roasting Xiao Ying's looks even as she's dying

When he was a prince and he was told his future looked dark and he said that can't be cause he only wears white

Eating food off the ground

Building his own temple, we love a girl boss

When he pet E'Ming like a little puppy after being explicitly told not to ever touch it under any circumstances

Putting Banyue in a pickle jar

When Wuming said he would follow Xie Lian to the death and Xie Lian went "youre already dead"

Breaking rocks on his chest for money

Being trampled to death as general Hua, doormat core

The whole Fangxin Guoshi arc, whew 🥵

Carrying around a big ass bag of scraps everywhere

When he became jealous of Hua Cheng's special someone not realizing the very obvious fact that he was Hua Cheng's special someone actually

Slapping tf out of Qi Rong for making fun of Hua Cheng being blind in one eye

Pretending he had no idea who Nan Feng and Fu Yao were

When Mu Qing and Feng Xin were freaking about how creepy the Ten Thousands Gods Cave was whilst he found it incredibly romantic

Being a bit too into pretending to be Hua Cheng's puppet on Mount Tonglu

Feeding into E'Ming's praise kink

When he disguised himself as a pregnant lady to be possessed by the evil fetus spirit and it worked

When he disguised himself as a woman so badly he looked hideous and needed help to not look like that

When he spent the entirety of the Xuan Ji capturing business in his wedding dress disguise, including meeting Pei Xiu like that

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts-

When his response to the sex pollen was to kill himself

"I do not worship god, i am god!"

Every single sweet and tender interaction with Hua Cheng's butterflies that everyone else is terrified of

When everyone ignored him in the communication array because he was cringe

Getting drunk on a tombstone with little ghost fire Hua Cueng after his life fell apart

Controversial but i think his calamity era was also iconic and very sexy

When Heaven's Eye said his lips are exuding evil energy and he turned bright red

And then later when Heaven's Eye said the evil energy is inside him and he immediately changed the subject

Recognizing literally everyone despite their disguises but keeping quiet about it not to embarrass them.

Calling Yin Yu boring and forgettable looking to his face

Defending Hua Cheng, evil ghost king, in front of the whole entire Heavenly Emperor

When he was working in the rice field with Hua Cheng and he kept staring

Being poor

Having ridiculously bad luck

Ascending three times

Big daddy issues even with his dad still alive

When his life had just fallen apart and he didnt know how much a lantern could cost because he had been ridiculously rich all his life

Holding up a massive temple from falling apart???

Kissing Hua Cheng for spiritual energy in front of literally everyone more than once

When he could hear rats talking???

Adopting children

Not iconic Xie Lian behaviors

His abhorrent cooking

Trying to kill himself???

[juicedpeachy]

I like to imagine that both Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are Terrible™ at normal human interaction. Xie Lian went from spoiled prince to lonely old man and is definitely autistic and he theoretically knows How To Act In Public but is just not great at executing that hence why he just doesn’t bring stuff he notices up until waaaaaay later. Plus he just thinks some social norms are dumb and just ignores them

Meanwhile Hua Cheng has next to no friends—and if you do consider He Xuan his friend, that dude is also completely not normal at all and thus a terrible example—Yin Yu is the closest he ever gets to an example of normal human interaction but for Hua Cheng, who has never really even been talked to like a regular person also had No Idea how to interact so he just says and does whatever the hell he wants

This of course, leads to the two having Insane interactions with one another and thinking they are entirely normal while others look at them like 😦

[coreofgold]

@irresistiibles for Yin Yu

"You !" Hua Cheng points to the strange man who seems to be following him around. "Do you have concealer or something?" They wanr to hide the scar on their neck so they can stop wearing ugly turtlenecks. . .though chokers are nice.

[irresistiibles]

@ofsvnlightt / astrid and yin yu event starter

"i'm done for the day." yin yu stated, spotting someone approach the graveyard. he had already put the shovel on his back, and was ready to head out, regardless of what was going on. "if you need more graves you'll have to wait for the next guy. otherwise i'd get out of here. it's not good to hang around the graves."

[irresistiibles]

--post event transition--

"Did you wind up finding your...friend? Partner?" Yin Yu hesitated. He felt confident that this was the woman he had spoken to briefly at the Valentine's day event, but realized after starting the question that he didn't actually know what their relationship to one another had been. "I did keep an eye out as long as I could before getting caught up with my own hyper company doing a lot of talking." That was a very general way to explain running into Yizhen and what the man had shared with Yin Yu that completely ruined his focus for the night, but he wasn't going to go and dump all of that information on a near stranger. He was usually good at keeping track of things, even in chaos, but Yizhen had caught him so off guard he'd forgotten about the task he'd agreed to earlier.

"Don't worry, it's not your job to stop her from drinking," Qi Yan informs him. That would be far too much responsibility to saddle with a stranger; Qi Yan can take that over, if necessary. She guesses it will be, but for the time being, she can remain optimistic that Jingnu will show some self control. "You can mention you know Qi Yan-- that's my name-- and simply keep an eye on her, if you would, until I return. And if my chance she tries to wander off, it would be useful to try to keep her in place..." Qi Yan shrugs. "She'll talk about animals, or chess, or Valentine's, or any number of things, if you get her started. I would appreciate any momentary effort you might be able to offer."

[lavendaers]

@irresistiibles quan yizhen for yin yu

"shixiong!" he smiled when he spotted the other, rushing towards him. "are you- are you doing okay here? i know it's pretty.. weird."

[sngchngs]

Day 5

Cliche tropes

Fake dating

Established quanyin, future fengqing, with side hualian

For Yin Yu Appreciation Week!

____________________________

Yin Yu blinked at the preposterous suggestion made to him. He blinked again.

“So,” he said, "let me understand this. You want to pretend to court me, someone who you have had minimal interactions with, in the hopes that the person you do like, will get jealous?”

“Yes!” Feng Xin exclaimed.

“General Nan Yang,” Yin Yu sighed. “I am the last person General Xuan Zhen will be jealous of.”

“How do you know it's-” Feng Xin spluttered.

“One,” Yin Yu interrupted, holding up a finger, “I am a ghost. Two, I am the Waning Moon Officer of Ghost City whose master is Hua Cheng. Three, I am a disgraced banished former Heavenly Official. Four-”

Feng Xing reached over and grasped his hand, stopping him. “It's outrageous, I know. And I know we have barely spoken to each other, but please help me on this,” he pleaded.

Yin Yu opened his mouth to reply when they both turned to look for the source of a thundering sound coming their way. A young man with furious eyes topped by wild hair was charging towards them.

Yun Yu gently but firmly pulled his hand from Feng Xin's grasp. “Four,” he continued telling the man. “I am currently, officially, being courted by His Highness Qi Ying.”

Feng Xins's eyes widened when he saw just who was furiously running towards them, towards him. “Oh, fuck!”

He turned and ran. Quan Yizhen in hot pursuit who only stopped long enough for a quick “hi shixiong!” before he was off again.

“I'm not sure why that buffoon thought his stupid idea would work.” A quiet voice said from behind Yin Yu.

He turned to the one who spoke. “If you would simply let him know how you feel, General Xuan Zhen, then he wouldn't be doing things like this.”

A shout drew their attention for a moment, Quan Yizhen had Feng Xin in a choke hold. “It wasn't fucking real!” Feng Xin was shouting, slapping Quan Yizhen's arm.

Mu Qing smirked at the display. “It's more entertaining to see the idiot coming up with hare-brained schemes and then get beaten up like this. I know my feelings. And seeing Feng Xin be stupid instead of telling me his intentions, tells me of his feelings as well.”

Yin Yu frowned but didn't respond. After all, he ran from Quan Yizhen for a long time, rather than confront his own feelings about the man, which he did, eventually. He's not one to judge.

“Shall I play the mediator Mu Qing?” A third voice joined the conversation. It was His Highness Xie Lian. Hua Cheng was behind him, arms folded and smiling sinisterly at Mu Qing.

Mu Qings's eyes widened. “Th-that won't be necessary! I will do it, eventually.”

Xie Lian seemed sad, his lips pouting slightly. “Just don't string Feng Xin along for too long,” he asked. “Or you both will be hurt, and I'll be sad.”

Yin Yu watched Hua Cheng furrow his brow at that statement.

“Gege,” he said to Xie Lian. “If these two make you sad, I'll take them to Mount Tonglu and throw them down into one of the spider web pits and leave them there until they sort this out.” He threatened, looking Mu Qing in the eye to let the man know if he was serious.

Yin Yu covered his mouth with a hand to hide the smile that appeared. Hua Chengzhu did something similar to him with Quan Yizhen. It was highly effective.

Mu Qing glared at Hua Cheng, then sighed. “Fine!” He threw up his hands. “I'll talk to him about it. Right now!” He stormed off towards Feng Xin and Quan Yizhen who currently held the former above his head, like he was displaying a trophy. Feng Xin was still yelling. Mu Qing ignored the inquisitive gaze of Quan Yizhen and spoke loudly to Feng Xin. “Ju Yang! I hope you are prepared to empty your coffers when you court me!” His face was red. “I won't be bought with cheap trinkets!” He crossed his arms, turning his nose up.

Feng Xin was stunned. Quan Yizhen dropped him, the man letting out an “oof” as he hit the ground. His face became red as well when he understood the meaning of Mu Qings's words. Some more words were said between the two but they were too quiet to be heard. Feng Xin hesitantly reached out to grasp Mu Qings's hand with his own. They didn't look at each other; their faces were as red as Hua Cheng's robes.

Yin Yu watched the scene play out while Quan Yizhen came over to stand next to him.

“Crimson Rain,” he said, turning to Hua Cheng. “Thank you for telling me about General Nan Yang’s intentions towards shixiong. Even if they were fake.”

Something clicked. “Chengzhu?” Yin Yu asked. “Were you the one who put the idea into General Nan Yang’s head about the fake courting?”

Next to Hua Cheng, Xie Lian smiled beatifically. “Now, now, Your Highness Yin Yu. San Lang did no such thing.”

Quan Yizhen barked a laugh, Yin Yu smiled leaning into him.

[tragcdysewn]

@irresistiibles asked: ❛  why  would  you  say  that ? (yin yu to shi wudu i decided it was the lesser of two evils)

"i'm simply surprised to see you." he hadn't seen the other god since the incident with the brocade immortal, and had had no idea what had happened to him after that particular drama.