#and wwx's bad no good cooking

[yiling-laozu-is-loml]

For the danmei fanfic nightclub please may I request some modern au Wangxian workplace shenanigans. Where Lan Wangji is just trying to get the job done and Wei Wuxian is a shameless flirt ♡

I aim to please (hopefully) :D

Cooking is Love made Edible (or is it?) - 6.4k Words - Rated T

Summary:

“Wei-xiansheng, please don't,” Jingyi – the Finance intern – begged. “Now if it isn't my favourite intern! I see you’re jealous of me bestowing Lan Zhan with my affections. So for once, I’ll let you have the first taste!”

In which everyone works in the same company, privacy is but a myth and idiocy is in abundance. Feat. Finance Manager Lan Wangji and the bane of his existence, Marketing Manager Wei Wuxian.

Or as my friend summarized the office environment:

Everyone trying to escape Wei Wuxian's life And being sucked in anyway

Fic under the cut!

“Lan Zhan! Lan-gege! Oh wait, you have an older brother, so I guess you’re Er-gege! Lan-er-gege! Look at me look at me!” Wei Ying, the Marketing manager flailed around his desk as if he had nothing better to do. He probably didn't, having charmed all his coworkers into waiting on him hand and foot.

“Work hours are not the time to be messing around,” Lan Wangji muttered, loud enough for Wei Ying to hear. The manager ignored him in favour of pulling out a suspicious-looking container from his bag.

“Look what I made you! It's gingerbread cookies because CEO Lan once spoke about how you liked them. I even sprinkled them with icing sugar just the way you like it!” 

All around him, Lan Wangji heard his subordinates groan. As a finance manager, Lan Wangji delighted in his limited day-to-day human interaction. He knew his subordinates shared the same ideals because the first time Wei Ying strode into that room to introduce himself loudly, one of his employees was startled so badly he fainted.

Lan Wangji didn't like stereotyping, but for once he wished Wei Ying paid attention to the tense atmosphere and forced civility between their departments. After all, it was a well-known fact that the Marketing and Finance departments rarely got along despite their collaboration being the thing that kept firms going.

“Aren't you going to try it, Er-gege? Don't worry about being polite, I made enough for everyone!” 

More groans were heard as the accountants and auditors began shuffling around, trying to escape Wei Ying’s murderous cooking. It was no secret in the firm that Wei Ying had no cooking skills whatsoever; the man was talented in the art of ruining things so badly that rumours about him making the company’s microwave explode ran rampant. The Finance department was in agreement that Wei Ying was sent by Marketing to put an end to their rivalry by means of murder. Meng Yao’s cunning smile every time one of them looked nauseous post-Wei Ying was all the more reason for them to tread carefully.

Lan Wangji would've put an end to the gossip mill if he hadn't been the first to fall victim to Wei Ying’s bad cooking attempts. Many in the office wondered if Wei Ying lacked self-awareness or if he was sadistic and thrived on others’ pain. Some even bet that he was a mafia enforcer in his previous life. But regardless of everything, Wei Ying would always come bearing some culinary nightmare or another on payday. No one knew why he just wouldn't stop, and frankly, Lan Wangji had stopped racking his brain over that mystery too.

Read the rest of the fic here!

Edit: This was supposed to be a oneshot but I got the sudden urge to post the vandalizing incident and the beginning of the end (cooking fiasco's humble beginnings)... so now there's two drabbles which I posted as chapter 2... have fun ig

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I think it is quite funny jc stans and their relentless tries in making jiang cheng good and likeable or going extreme lengths to prove "look wwx is bad too so it's all equal haha"

At the end of the day the text disproves everything they made up, they can blissfully accept and argue their deluded fanon to be true but it never will be. And I sleep well at night knowing that mxtx made him a loser miserable asshole and I had enough reading comprehension to know that.

Also I know jc stans seethe at the fact wwx is the ideal protagonist that he is cuz when you compare jc to wwx you truly see how big of loser jc is, how much lacking he is in comparison. Wwx is so abundant in positive traits, he is literally so good at everything except cooking and then there's jc who barely has any good traits. Their tries to paint wwx as morally grey make them look like absolute idiots cuz the narrative and the author disproves the claim. "Oh but I don't agree with the author" well your approval doesn't matter cuz in mdzs universe wwx's actions are justified and jc's aren't, also most of jc's actions are presented in a negative light anyways.

They try and make him less of a loser making stuff up like "best jiujiu" "best sect leader" "oh look jc knew/predicted everything abt wwx" "wwx is reckless and impulsive and jc is so level headed" and none of these mentioned claims are true and even when author says he is despised by women cuz of his rancid personality they are like "no she is joking ofc ofc" or "he is actually aroace" and don't even let me get started on how they want to pair him up with lan xichen or nie huaisang when in text neither of them cares about him and the fact jc himself is a homophobe and they do it just cuz they want him to not die alone pfft.

Jc stans so delusional, I bet mxtx finds them so funny, I mean how can someone be so bad at reading lol

[wangxianficfinder]

In the mood for...

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1. For the next ITMF does anyone have bamf jiang yanli fic recs?

💖 Love made visible by Moominmammashandbag (M, JYL/ZZL, wangxian, hurt/Comfort, amputation, major character injury, sibling love, angst w happy ending, cooking as cultivation, attempted rape/non-con, sexual assault, minor character death, family angst, dysfunctional family, protective siblings, near drowning, amnesia) It's not tagged but I think this one is definitely one with BAMF JYL

a bird in your teeth by Eevee (ChaosBitch) (E, 61k, JYL/XY, wangxian, Let Xue Yang have nice things, Let Jiang Yanli get some good dick, (sorry JZX I know you did your best), Past JYL/JZX, Past JYL/MM, All of the sex in this fic is consensual, But one of the participants IS a fierce corpse, JYL POV, Minor Character Death, (you probably won't be sad about it), Implied/Referenced Torture, Mention of JGS's canon behavior, Mentions of XY's canon behavior, Also Wangxian is not the main pairingbut they're definitely here and stupider in love than ever, Angst, past XueYao, Hopeful Ending)

Tether by WithBroomBefore (T, 40k, WangXian, SangLi, WWX’s passive suicidality, Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, WWX Lives, JYL Lives, Golden Core Reveal, Minor Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, POV JYL, Grief/Mourning, Sunshot Campaign, Healing, Hurt/Comfort, Family Feels, LWJ makes friends, Fix-It, Happy Ending) The start isn't JYL centric, but throughout the fic she becomes an important figurehead amongst the Jiang and SSC which is pretty bamf

Sail Away Sweet Sister by sami (M, 72k, wangxian, YZY/CSSR/Madam Lan, JYL/NMJ, time travel, family, not everyone dies au, childhood friends to lovers, families of choice, parenthood, fluff, angst, underage sex, PTSD) iirc this one fits here

Aftermath by KouriArashi (T, 57k, JYL/JZX, wangxian, LXC/JGY, JZX & JGY, JYL & WXX, Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Everybody Lives, Romance, Developing Relationship, Family, Sibling Bonding, Light Angst, Politics, Attempted Sexual Assault, some murder on occasion, People talking about their feelings, processing their trauma, The good shit)

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2. Maybe a fun itmf, what's a fic you've been wanting to rec but haven't had a chance to yet? @gentil-minou

Body Language by Scourge Daughter (scourgedaughter) (E, 33k, wangxian, F/F, modern, Office au, Office Romance, Hacking, hacker au kinda even though there's barely any onscreen, cybersecurity, ABO, Alpha/Alpha, Alpha WWX, Alpha LWJ, They both have dicks, wlw, Arranged Marriage, arranged marriage is not between wangxian, there is no wangxian/others, WangXian Endgame, Happy Ending, YZY's a+ parenting, Boston, boston as a location and a threat, isabella stewart gardner museum, porn despite the plot, wei ying's penchant to turn bad situations into opportunities, Suicide mention, Canonical Character Death, Sexual Harassment, Drunk LWJ, ruts, Anal Sex, spitting, Biting, Switch wangxian, They both top and bottom that's love baby, Genderbend, Meet kinda ugly, Vibes of enemies to lovers but it's wangxian so) this one!!! So good!!!

The Hiring Process by loosingletters (T, 2k, wangxian, modern w magic, humor, YLLZ WWX, protective yunmeng Jiang sect)

With Heartfelt Intentions by DiceRaven (G, 2k, wangxian, Post-Canon, Fluff, Established Relationship, Domestic Fluff, Short & Sweet) i just love fics that show the absolute comfort they have with each other as husbands

That Which You Never Knew Was Lost by Rainewritesfanfics (G, 2k, Transgender WWX, Body Dysphoria, Soft wangxian, Married wangxian, Early Mornings, Coming Out, Parents LWJ & WWX, Adoption, Post-Canon, Emotional Hurt/Comfort)

a thousand lifetimes by SapphyreLily (G, 2k, wangian, LSZ & WWX & LWJ, Reincarnation, immortal LSZ, Found Family, Mentions of Character Death)

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3. Hi! For ITMF, is there a fic where WWX is The Mom Friend? Like, he is a disaster when alone but when in group, he is The Voice of Reason, the one that calm them down when panicked, and the one that make them out of problem? Is there a fic like that? Thanks @idontknowwhattowriteforusername

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4. Hi! For the next ITMF I’d like to read any fics where Wangxian have a disagreement/fight, nothing too dramatic or angsty, just normal couples argument, and then they reconcile pls, any setting is good. And thank you!!

A Narrow Bridge by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 700k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, slow burn, getting together, first time, pining, pining while fucking, burial mounds settlement days, angst w happy ending) I think for #4 that A Narrow Bridge does a really good job with wangxian having fights but still really centering their relationship and coming back to each other in realistic ways where they work hard on the relationship!

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5. Hi! For I'm In The Mood For fics, can you recommend me some sentient burial mounds/resentful energy? I'd like to see it becoming protective of WWX and also being fond of LWJ. (owo ) Thank You!!!

A Matter of Time by mrcformoso (E, 41k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, POV LWJ, POV JC, Dark LWJ, Manipulation, Grooming, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Consensual Underage Sex, Except problematic please read warning in first chapter, Blood and Violence, Insane LWJ, Manic LWJ, Conditioning, WWX is a Lán, Minor Character Death, Confused JC, Golden Core Reveal, Good Friend NHS, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiāngs, Abusive Jiāng Family, Jiāng Family Bashing, Jiāng Family Critical, POV NHS, Dark NHS, Anal Sex, Marathon Sex, Dual Cultivation, Qīnghéng-jūn Lives, LWJ Has a Big Dick, WWX Self-Lubricates, Plot Twists, Porn With Plot, Scheming NHS, Manipulative NHS, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WWX) tho for #5 it's more implied and becomes blatant over time

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6. hello! do you know any fics where there's multiple wwx in one fic? either yllz wwx meeting post-canon wwx or cql!wwx meeting novel!wwx. thank you! (no specific genre just more wwx = more chaos)

Four Parts Honey and One Part Vinegar by masked (T, 13k, wangxian, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Junior Quartet Dynamics, Fluff, Humor, Time Travel, 5+1 Things, Jealous WWX, the Impeccable Trust between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, POV Outsider, everyone is Thirsty for Hanguang-jun as one tends to be)

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7. Itmf wwx going YLZ/ Protective over preferably lsz / the juniors. If not, over anyone is really fine...

💖 Careful hands  by deliciousblizzardshark (M, 10k, wangxian, canon divergence, BAMF WWX, protective WWX, hurt LWJ, angst, hurt/comfort, getting together, first time, not a fix-it) this one is pre-YLLZ but!

silk threads and precious metal by Sevidri (M, 4k, wangxian, Canon-Typical Violence, Sunshot Campaign, Whump, Blood and Injury, WWX's Canonical Vengeful Streak, LWJ Makes A Beautiful Damsel in Distress, Non-Consensual Ribbon Touching, Protective wwx, Hurt LWJ)

💖 i am the storm by everythingispoetry (M, 3k, wangxian, canon divergence, Sunshot Campaign, ABO, non-traditional ABO dynamics, Omega LWJ, Omega WWX, BAMF WWX, protective WWX, pre-relationship, mentions of rape/non-con, mentions of miscarriage)

Before we get started, does anyone wanna get out? by Iggysassou (E, 13k, wangxian, 5+1, Married Couple, Post-Canon, Canon-Typical Violence, Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Protective wwx, protective lwj)

💖 the field meets the wood by astronicht (T, 7k, wangxian, post-canon, BAMF WWX, whump, ritualistic selfharm, canon era, blood loss)

green flame, black flute, red ribbon by Fleetling (T, 3k, pre-relatinoship wangxian, LSZ & LJY, LJY POV, wwx kills people violently and with extreme prejudice, don't mess with lwj and/or the juniors wwx will not be pleased, Hurt/Comfort, warnings for kidnapping, intimidation using weapons, and wwx literally driving people insane and ripping them apart, OC Lan juniors, the juniors all decide that wwx can be terrifying but also is cool and fun to tease, it's soft at the end)

Hysterical Strength by covalentbonds (Not rated, 3k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Inspired by a Bollywood movie scene, Everyone Lives/Nobody dies, Parent WWX)

always beside me by loosingletters (T, 1k, JC & JL, LSZ & WWX, Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Good Kid LSZ, Codependency, POV JL, Monster WWX)

Safe in Your Arms by Rainewritesfanfics (T, 4k, LSZ & WWX, LWJ & LSZ & WWX, Kidnapping, Canon-Typical Violence, Protective WWX, YLLZ WWX, Minor wangxian, Major Character Injury, POV LSZ, Good ParentsLWJ & WWX, Hostage Situations, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Feels, Father-Son Relationship)

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8. Hii! Hope you all are well!! I was wondering for ITMF do you know of any fics where wwx was around as a ghost/spirit during the 13 (or 16) years before his resurrection? like he can see lwj and a-yuan in cloud recesses but can't reach out or interact with them? @loveshinesbrightly

The Intervening Years by roserocksrapidly (G, 11k, LSZ & WWX, LSZ & LWJ, WangXian, Canon Divergence, LSZ centric, Parent-Child Relationship, Wangxian is background, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, LSZ's childhood and all that entails)

the moon, grown full by Deinde (T, 22k, LSZ & WWX, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Spirits, Identity Reveal, discussion of war crimes, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Hopeful Ending, Homecoming, reclaiming your name and identity, Names, Families of Choice)

Response by Aki_no_hikari (G, 12k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Feels, Love Confessions)

A Shade Watches by DC_Derringer (T, 1k, wangxian, Canonical WWX death, Angst with a Happy Ending, brief mention of masturbation, Canon Divergence)

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9. ITMF fics where everyone's really invested into wangxians rs. Like them getting together is the biggest affair in the cultivation world. Then their wedding is wedding of the century. Wwx having fans (stans). Canon setting please. Can be canon divergence or post canon too.

💖 The Ballad of Hanguang-Jun and The Yiling Patriarch by Theladyofravenclaw (T, 40k, WangXian, ChengQing, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, Burial Mounds Arc, Canon Divergence, Fix-It of Sorts, Humor, musical theater?, Misunderstandings, POV Outsider, Crack treated seriously)

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10. In the mood for dark!Qi Su. I'll take literally anything. I'm starving over here @crypticidentity

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11. hello! could you give me fics where wangxian's future child/ren goes back to the past? it doesn't matter when, just them randomly appearing to confuse the hell out of everyone hahaha @lovewly

The Trouble with Talismans: a Treatise on Time-Travel by Young Master Lan Xiaohui (Age 6) by stiltonbasket (G, 26k, WangXian, Time Travel, wangxian get smacked in the face with their future children, Parenthood, Developing Relationship, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Confused WWX, Accidental Baby Acquisition, lwj is panicking) this one has actual wang/xian future kids

A Room Full of Dead People by BurningBlueDiamond (T, 10k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, but not really, canon divergence, Conference in Qinghe but canonically they stay in Gusu, pov outsider) this one counts if you count LSZ as wang/xian's child

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12. Hii!!! I would like to ask about a wangxian fic with canon divergence....bad jc and yzy but good jy...also canon divergence during cloud recesses arc..

Also I love your compilations, they make finding good fics so much easier. Thanks a lot! ☺️

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13. Hey just wanted some recomendations on any good Jiang bashing fics, it can be any of them. Oh bonus points if you can find any fics where jiang ancestors bash on the jiang family. I just want some good comfort/acknowledgement for all Wei Ying had done for the jiangs.

I'm not a fan of Jiang bashing, but Hauntcats - insert fangirl squeels - has great ones.

Never Again by Hauntcats (T, 67k, WQ & WWX & WN, JC & WWX, wangxian, graphic depictions of violence, major character death, Canon Divergence, AngstGolden Core Transfer Fix-It, I love Wen Qing and Wei Ying working together, Time Travel Fix-It, Not JC Friendly, Dark, BAMF WWX, mentions of abuse, Canon JC traits, Not Everyone Dies au, XY doesn’t have a happy ending)

and

❤️ A Future Family In A Broken Past by Hauntcats (T, 121k, wangxian, time travel, not Jiang friendly, Not Cultivation World Friendly, WWX Needs a Hug, Family Dynamics, What is a good family?, Fear of emotions does not excuse abuse, happy ending of sorts, Not Jiang Clan Friendly, Angst with a Happy Ending, fix-it, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon Divergence, LXC needs a hug, Everyone Needs A Hug, except JC, He can suffer, Homophobia, Homophobic Language, not YZY friendly) are awesome. They also have shorter fics that just slaughters JC. (≧▽≦)

A Matter of Time by mrcformoso (E, 41k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, POV LWJ, POV JC, Dark LWJ, Manipulation, Grooming, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Consensual Underage Sex, Except problematic please read warning in first chapter, Blood and Violence, Insane LWJ, Manic LWJ, Conditioning, WWX is a Lán, Minor Character Death, Confused JC, Golden Core Reveal, Good Friend NHS, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiāngs, Abusive Jiāng Family, Jiāng Family Bashing, Jiāng Family Critical, POV NHS, Dark NHS, Anal Sex, Marathon Sex, Dual Cultivation, Qīnghéng-jūn Lives, LWJ Has a Big Dick, WWX Self-Lubricates, Plot Twists, Porn With Plot, Scheming NHS, Manipulative NHS, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WWX) (link in #5) (tho for #5 it's more implied and becomes blatant over time)

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14. hello!!! 🥰 im wondering if you know ow any fic where lwj is more forward with wwx like during their lectures it was always wwx who was pushing and lwj was retreating but do you know anything where lwj is the one making wwx flustered? preferably not modern setting thank you!! @cuddlemehun

Possibly I Like the Thrill of You by Netrixie (E, 9k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Cloud Recesses, Getting Together, Nipple Play, Mutual Masturbation, Plot With Porn)

Astilbe by moonflowers (E, 24k, WangXian, Developing 3zun, Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, No Golden Core Transfer, No Sunshot Campaign, everyone is in their thirties, LWJ is a Confident Gay, Past LWJ/Other(s), Those are off screen though, Oblivious WWX, Compulsory Heterosexuality, LWJ & NHS Friendship, Besties in fact, Spring books, erotic art, Getting Together, Fluff, Humor, POV Alternating, Drinking, Masturbation, WWX Has a Bisexual Awakening, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, the smut is brief)

Three changes. by orange_crushed (M, 18k, WangXian, Fluff, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Cloud Recesses, Cloud Recesses Shenanigans, Friends to Lovers, Romantic Comedy, Kissing, Fade to Black, Mild Sexual Content, Canon Divergence, No Sunshot No War AU, Falling In Love, Non-Graphic Violence, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Sparring, Harm to Animals, Don't Worry The Animal is Fine Wangji Makes Sure of That, Developing Friendships, Wangji Makes Friends At Summer School, teenagers in love, Hurt/Comfort, Mild Blood, First Time) this might count

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15. Hello mods! (⁀ᗢ⁀) do you know some good fics where WWX gets woo'ed? like dates and gifts and stuff, I just really wanna see him happy and loved (◕‿◕)♡ and be treated nicely! it can be wangxian or rairpairs. (＾▽＾) thank you♡

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16. Hi! Love Your work! Quick question do you only do wangxiancentric fic recs? Because lately I been going down the beautiful rabbit hole that are sangcheng fics but haven't been able to find many. I was wondering if you had any recs? Or if you know of anyone else that might. Also I absolutely love highschool au or cannon where they are all in school and happy causing mischief and teen drama. I would love to read it if anything comes to mind. Thank you! Keep up the good work!! @seventypercentvodka

It's been a while since I've read these so I don't remember how much onscreen JC/NHS is but hopefully you'll like some of them:

Sunlight Through Pines by handsofstardust (M, 66k, NMJ/JGY, wangxian, JYL/JZX, NHS/JC, Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Eventual Romance, Eventual Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, Implied/Referenced Torture, Verbal Abuse, cause JGS is an asshole, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Eventual Smut)

teens in cute casual wear carrying swords (and sometimes fans) series by artsy_alice (T, 65k, JC/NHS, minor wangxian, modern cultivation, Fluff and Humor, Pre-Relationship, Childhood Friends, Kinda Know They Were Dating (But Not Really), WWX The Oblivious and Unbothered Third Wheel, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Coming Out, 5+1 Things, Getting Together, Asexual JC, Trans NHS, Didn't Know They Were Dating, WWX The Unintentional Matchmaker, Developing Friendships, super light angst for like 0.2 seconds, Mutual Pining, This is the LWJ Makes Friends Agenda, Slice of Life, POV OC, POV Outsider, Established Relationship, Teenagers, Baby Disciples Love their Seniors A Lot)

come home to my heart series by artsy_alice (T, 47k, JC/NHS, Modern, Celebrity au, Music au, Artist NHS, Musician JC, Inspired by Music, Anxiety, Mentions of celebrity media and gossip, Friends to Lovers, Developing Relationship, Getting Together, Fluff, Social Media, Invasion of Privacy, Roommates, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Relationship, Fluff and Humor, Didn't Know They Were Dating, or more accurately: Sangcheng Forgetting That They Are Not Dating (Yet), Family Reunions, Cute Baby, Cuddles, Band Reunion, JC's Crippling Self-Doubt, Queerplatonic Relationships, Babysitting)

Much Ado About Food by KaiWritesAFicZoo (The_Storybooker) (T, 2k, wangxian, NHS/JC, animals au, Narwhal LWJ, Whale WWX, Dolphin JC, Dolphin NHS, Cute, Fluff)

Demonic Cultivator's Blessing, or: Curse of the Bunny Gods by FayJay (E, 24k, wangxian, NHS/JC, Ascension, romcom, Make LXC smile goddammit, Find JC a partner, Unlikely matchmaker, heavenly officials, genderflip, Because that is something heavenly officials can do, Pregnancy, Mpreg, kinda but not really because WWX is technically female at the time, JC is hopeless bless him, JL is trying very hard, IT MUST BE BUNNIES!, Did you know about the Chinese Rabbit God? He is a God of Gays istg)

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17. Hi! Can you recommend me fics with WWX, LBH, And HC being brothers? Thank you much!

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[margarrivergod]

I’m bored so i’m here to recommend some of the brain rotting fics i’ve read recently(all on ao3):

BSD:

A Dolls House by Abyss_In_Wonderland_likes_sexy_cannibals

Rating: M

Warnings: NA

Description: “Chuuya and Dazai get trapped inside of an ability made sigil. Now there's a creepy lady telling them that in order to get out they need to complete five tests. If they don’t pass they’ll just stay there forever or die, but no biggie, right?”

this is a high favorite of mine, the author does a PHENOMENAL job at characterizing the characters, plus the story is *chefs kiss*🤌🏼 i pray that they’ll write more skk fics in the future!!

the liars house by burgundytshirt

Rating: M

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Description: “Dazai, Chuuya, and four others are trapped in a cursed house where you cannot lie—each time you lie, you lose an organ. In seven stages, they are asked deeply personal questions that need to be answered in order to escape. Welcome to The Liar’s House.”

Dare I say this is one of my favorite, if not my favorite, skk fanfic?!? Like holy shit this is SO GOOD! This is a translation of the original, which is in mandarin, but it’s 12/10 regardless!!

TGCF:

Thank You For The Venom by xoTsundoku

Rating: E

Warnings: Underage, Graphic Depictions of Violence

Description: Mu Qing is guarded and hollow after losing his mother but he's content in his darkness until he moves in with the Fengs, and a light pierces his comfortable solitude in the form of his soon-to-be stepbrother. Two people who can never be together fall in love.

There’s a tag that’s reads “pseudo incest” and idkw but i found it to be the funniest shit lmaoo. But in all hknestly I REALLY like this fic. I still reading it currently but i’m bulldozing through it. I also believe the author does an amazing job at characterization while tying them into a modern au

Bad Intentions by bizzybee

Rating: E

Warnings: NA

Description: “Despite their hatred for each other, renowned cook Feng Xin and first-timer Mu Qing co-judge an amateur cooking show with a strong following on social media. As filming wraps up, Feng Xin is set to go on an international tour for the release of his debut cookbook. Their public relations coordinators team up to devise a plan that will not only jumpstart sales of Feng Xin’s book, but also boost Mu Qing’s rising fame and satiate the thirst of their shared fans: They will accompany each other on the book tour. Together. As a couple for the cameras. Whether they'll kill or kiss each other first is anybody’s guess.”

This is the first fengqing fic I’ve completed and it will forever hold my heart it’s SO GOOD! My emotionally cknstipated boys thrown into a cooking au!

if you can’t summon the flames directly from hell, store bought is fine by buthgoth (GremlinGirl)

Rating: E

Warnings: NA

Description: “Shi Qingxuan gets more than he bargained for when he steals a candlestick from a mysterious magic shop's private collection. A haunted apartment may be the least of his concerns, however. The demon he awakened is ancient and hungry, and it seems Shi Qingxuan might be his new obsession.”

Have I mentioned how obsessed I am with butchgoth’s work?… YES! this is the first fic of theirs that i’ve read and one of my faves. If your a beefleef stan then PLS read this fic plus their others!

as if by destiny by debwriting

Rating: M

Warnings: NA

Descriptions: “Hua Cheng stumbles upon the mysterious Midnight Cafe. He enters for a much-needed meal, and stays for the enigmatic owner, Xie Lian.”

A cute hualian coffee shop au with a twist!

MDZS:

Back to Bite One by diamond bruise

Rating: E

Warnings: NA

Description: “or, lwj, wwx and a couple of lan disciples get stuck in a haunted manor”

this one is cute and a tad angsty (like i wanna ram my head in the wall cause y’all r dense lol) but nothing too serious imo

RAWR! is I Love You in dinosaur by FireAwayy

Rating: E

Warnings: NA

Description: “Xue Yang has spent a life running only to find himself as an animal wrangler at Jurassic Park. He spends his time managing previously extinct monsters, and loving every second of it. Until Xiao Xingchen shows up.”

i love this author i love this fic i love this author i love this fic i love this author i love this fic!!!! if i couldn’t make that clear enough

Furry Porn Costs Extra by Fireaway

Rating: E

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Description: “Lan Xichen is the CEO of one of the richest companies in the world. He's efficent, savvy, and altogether bored. Lan Wangji is a ruthlessly efficient police officer with the highest moral code of anyone who had ever donned the uniform. Jiang Cheng is living day to day, getting by with his art. And when that doesn't work, robbing people blind. Wei Wuxian is the thief who hides behind a guileless smile and his uncanny ability to simply vanish when needed. What happens when their lives intertwine with one another? Will they find the answers they're looking for, or will they end up losing more than they ever bargained for?”

If i didn’t make it clear enough this author writes lovely fics! this is my fav Xicheng fic to date, it has its serious plot plus the humor is spot on (there is no actual furry porn)

Thicker Than Water by athena_crikey

Rating: M

Warnings: NA

Descriptions: “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.”

I absolutely ADORE athena crikey and her work- ALL OF IT!! this one in particular is one of my favs- here we have a modern cultivation au with my fav neurodivergent duo

Every River, Every Stream by athena_crikey

Rating: E

Warnings: NA

Description: “Wei Ying, rookie architect and chronically unable to prioritize his love life, in a moment of madness turns out to be tested for compatibility with famous new entertainer Lan Zhan, struggling with the after-effects of chemo. Unexpectedly matched with a man on a very different career trajectory, he's presented with a litany of unappealing choices. Oh, and also love.”

Another work by dear ole athena. This was the first fic I’ve read of hers and it will forever be a strong favorite.

Post Mortem by Cataclysmic_Calamity

Rating: E

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Descriptions: “Life is a horror movie sometimes. You ignore all the warning signs. You end up standing there in the final scene, covered in blood, contemplating your life choices. Wei Ying is used to that. But it’s harder when you’re in love with your best friend.”

If you guys are heavy into the tgcf or mdzs fandom than you’ll know exactly who this author, Evie, is. She wrote NPAB and The Soul Remains, along with a bunch of other beautiful fics. BUT MY GOD THIS ONE!!! I never see anyone talk about Post Mortem and I will proudly say this is my fav Wangxian fic, and one of my favorite fics period. The story is wonderful, characters r well written, beautifully paced, plot is to die for(lol). She’s an amazing author all in all so check her work out if you haven’t!!

[stgroversfire]

wei wuxian makes his own chili crisp from yunmeng imports lan wangji gets for him

but every time he uses the kitchen everyone has to clear out because all the oil and chilies are just burning their eyes and throats

so once a month wwx gets the whole kitchen to himself for a couple hours and he makes a huge batch to sustain him until next month

(lan zhan tried it because its wei wuxians homemade cooking. it hurt so bad he thought he'd be sick, but he tells wwx its very good with a straight face)

[mqfx]

unfortunately my most prominent jyl thoughts start with the soup. & im no expert on ancient chinese kitchens, but given that lotus root & pork soup is something that simmers for hours, i think that as much as the soup is an act of service & a tried and true "we dont have to talk about it" comfort tactic, its also... a great excuse to duck away from everything going on. the kitchen being the safe space, so to speak! and overall jyl seems more avoidant than confrontational? i havent read mdzs for the details in years can you tell but i think theres a good chance under the right circumstances she could have become jfm 2: shijie edition, in which she can read emotional cues fairly well and she doesn't want anyone to be unhappy, but how proactive she might be about resolving a situation is entirely based on how secure she feels. im not forgetting her valiant defence of wwx "i take insults against him seriously" moment! but theres a difference between an eroding stagnant unhappiness & a situation that is more clear cut. im just not confident about how she would raise jin ling in the whole (waves hand) jin situation if she had not been collateral damage. is this making sense 😭

this is all true but let me make clear that my problem with how the fandom conceptualizes jiang yanli is NOT the soup. I'm not mad about the soup and in fact since it's one of basically three things that we even know about her at all, it stands to reason that when we think about her we're Gonna Have To Mention the Soup.

and one can (if one cares enough about her, which I'm sure you do anon) draw reasonable conclusions about her character based on this thing that she does. after all, everything is (supposed to be) important in a given text. I don't disagree with anything you said. she is a careful, conflict-avoidant person due to her tumultuous childhood with abusive/neglectful parents; despite this, she possesses strong morals and protective instincts. I don't think she would've been bad at raising jin ling because unlike her parents, she and her husband actually loved each other and communicate instead of willfully misunderstanding each other then bottling it all up (if she had married someone she didn't love, then yeah she might've been jfm 2. either way we'll never know because guess fucking what mxtx did)

my ISSUE, which fandom can barely acknowledge let alone address, is that "soup" has become a convenient shorthand to refer to her, but it's not a quality. it's a thing that is associated with her, not her personality. this isn't fair! "avoidant" is a trait, "comforting" is a trait, "kind" is a trait, "average" is a trait, soup's not a fucking trait! and some of that is just the general fandom trend of flattening characters in fanon, but the fact that she's a woman and therefore not paid as much attention compared to the ~Complexities~ of the men doesn't help

and I get that sometimes it's not that serious, sometimes it's for Joaks, but why is it that even when joking people can come up with all sorts of qualities for the men but when it's her it's just that she cooks soup? and in more serious discussions, why is her sole purpose apparently to be emotional support or tragic motivation for her brothers? (because mxtx herself wrote her that way!)

why did mxtx not delve into her reactions or point of view (mdzs is the only one of her novels with switching pov, so she could have)? or even just written more scenes with her? (CQL notably gave the women more scenes. the book is abysmal on this regard.....and in others)

tl;dr mxtx did a shit job of developing her character and that of the other women, and fandom makes this problem worse by not giving a shit. the feedback loop continues. your ask and my answer combined are already more words and effort than mxtx spent on writing her

[twilightarc-gm]

Hiiii!

❤️💥👻🎁🦋 for the fanfic writer ask game?

Hiiii ~ OmG many questions ✪ ω ✪

For this ask game~ Here

❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic? This kind of question is really hard for me as a writer because I am not the fun and quippy kind with snappy lines people remember for long after they leave the fic behind. In light of my failings, an abbreviated snippet from Chap2 of f!WWX & YZY fic: (WWX) It is too strange that Madam Yú would get him clothes he would like. That she would work on his clothes personally. “You hate me.” (YZY) [ … ] “Sometimes I do,” she agrees, as easy as if she’s giving her opinion on the tea. I just //deep breaths// love the hostility of the WWX & YZY relationship in canon. I like the way WWX bites back (when JFM isn't around). In this AU, they have more in common as WWX steps into the gender role of "woman" and YZY gets the actual responsibility of seeing to his health and fortune, but that still comes after 11 ish years of canon-like events where YZY tried often to tear him apart because of JFM's general mishandling of the situation and her own insecurities. Okay sorry I am rambling, but canon WWX takes after YZY far more than fandom likes to admit and in any AU where she lives, I wholly believe WWX and YZY are allies when it comes to anything to do with JC. Not to get all wild analysis on you, but I like the parallel that the narrative observes YZY wanted to stuff JC back into her belly to keep him out of harm... and then chronologically, the next thing is that WWX gives up something from his belly to protect JC from harm. Okay that was a tangent, moving on...

💥 What is one canon thing that you wish you could change? 2nd Round with this question. What else would I change? (MDZS) Like, no one will agree with me on this, but I would have desperately loved if best boy 💛Jin Ling💛 looked like his mother instead. If he reminded WWX of JYL instead. If JL had his mother's eyes and height and freckles (headcanon) but he has so much of JC's attitude (which is similar enough to JZX in some aspects that JC can blame the father for things he also does). JL being soft and bratty. JL helping to cook during the Yi City scene because he knows his way around a kitchen; he endeavored to learn because Jiujiu told him that Yanli loved to cook. Etc. Etc. I'd like it if WWX takes +2 damage every time he looks at JL and sees the peeking of soft lavender collars from beneath the gold robes, and is reminded that it's JYL's favorite color. 💜

👻 What is your wildest headcanon? 2nd Round with this question. Gonna reinterpret the word "wild" and look to nature on this one. I headcanon that JC is an animal-whisperer. Animals love him, he's good with them, he likes them better than people. The mousers that keep Lianhua Wu rodent-free come up to him all the time and just go belly up at his feet. WWX should have gotten over his phobia for all the practice he got hanging around JC and some roving stray would be like !!! The Boy!!! and run up to JC looking for snacks and scritches. Is there any canon support for this at all? No. But canon doesn't directly contradict me either. My biggest reason for this headcanon is that WWX is canonically bad with animals. So, JC gets to be good at something that WWX isn't. Ta-da!

🎁 Have a piece of a WIP you want to share? I have so many... Zoids AU after a bit of a ChengXian upset:

Jiāng Chéng glares down. “About time you stopped hiding.”  “Was not!”  “Then what were you doing?” He leans against the rail, almost bent double over it to look down.  Wèi Wúxiàn traces the elegant line of Jiāng Chéng’s back, defined by that criminal unitard, interrupted by the bulk of his jacket tied around his waist. “What a man does in private should stay private, but if you ask again, I’ll tell you.” And a wink for good measure!  Jiāng Chéng slowly blinks those pretty silver eyes of his, stunned for all of a moment before the flush of embarrassment colors his cheeks and ears all at once. “You’re fucking shameless.”

🦋 Which character is your favorite to write? Aiya, so like "favorite to write" like do they mean perspective? Do they mean just having the character doing stuff in the scene? I'll just answer both. I LOVE writing Jiang Cheng but my favorite character perspective (so far) is Wei Wuxian. That probably explains so much about my shipping habits 😅 JC is just fascinating to observe and WWX is nosy. Prime combo, right there.

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Woof that took a bit and I should be working! Thank you SOO much for giving me excuses to ramble and ponder. 🙌

[not-rude-ginger]

Hello! Just reread, "A Little Bit of Hope, A Little Bit of Hurt," again and I was wondering, can you tel us what you imagine everyone's smells to be? Just realized that I'm not quite sure on what they are, just assuming that JC smelled like grapes, WWX smelled like spices, and LWJ smelled like sandalwood.

Anyway I'm so glad your writing an omegaverse story! One of my favorite worldbuilding challenges honestly.

Edit Note: OK, so I read this query and somehow completely misread the title of my own fic - I think because my last few asks were about For What, so I was thinking about that fic when I answered this, hence why I included Jin Ling. Also probably just not fully awake.

However I think my answer still mostly stands, because I don't think scents would be easily 'this smells of bubblegum' or whatever, it would probably be pretty primal smelling, unidentifiable under the layers of whatever incense, perfume and stuff they picked up, so it would never be 'JC's real smell is X fruit or wood' it'd just be 'JC smells of JC'.

Hmm, I can't say I really thought about it that hard -- I know fiction loves a good scent, but even with my own hyper sensitive nose, I only tend to notice someone's smell when it's bad or especially strong. You need to be especially close to someone to notice their scent and usually what you're going to smell first is whatever they've been around that smells the strongest, stuck to their hair and clothes. Or you might smell their sweat - though that usually only happens as the sweat drys and bacteria get involved. Fresh sweat doesn't really have a smell. Plus there is some truth in the cliché 'and something that was uniquely them' because how their body chemistry reacts to a scent will change it subtly.

However, if I had to take a stab at it,

Jiang Cheng: Probably quite fresh and earthy, he's always surrounded by water and humidity, and fresh water like a lake full of plants has a very strong smell of both parts, the damp and the plants. It probably clings to his clothes and skin -- a petrichor scent especially when he's used Zidian. He also uses Lotus oil in his hair to keep it clean, so that would be prominent.

Wei Wuxian: He smells of spices from hanging around cooking stalls, combined with a slight sickly sweet punge from the resentful energy he uses. He'll also smell of whatever incense that LWJ was using that day.

Lan Wangji: He would likely use a very fancy hair oil to maintain his locks, so that may smell of something very light, a barely perceptible thing, but predominantly I think he would smell like agarwood, which is still an incredibly expensive incense ingredient, because he uses it a lot to air his clothes the night before. In fact he does mostly smell of incense, adding to his priestly aura.

Note: Because the Lan live in a cold place and wear so many layers, I would also think they smell of sweat more prominently than others because the sweat is trapped in the folds and can't dry out properly. However they would also be fastidious about their cleanliness so they never reach 'days old B.O.' So they would use a lot of strong incense smells to cover it up.

Jin Ling: He will also smell of agarwood often because the Jin love to flaunt their wealth, and probably he would also have access to items from other parts of the world, like frankincense, but he also might smell of something floral and delicate.

That's the best I can figure based on their lifestyles and locations.

[thejhambs]

Canon Jiang Cheng (a bullet point timeline)

This is every instance I could gather where JC is in the novel. I made this around 2 years ago, because I felt like I was being lied to by the fandom about JC's actions, so I decided to create a linear timeline so as to help myself. This contains every instance that JC appears, with the chapter numbers (ExR translation), and all the times he did things, whether good or bad.

It was mostly created to help me understand what I actually thought of JC's character, and how I interpreted him. You guys can check it out, and cross check with the actual novel, lol. Under a read more bc it's Long As Hell

Random Backstories

Chapter 16

How Suibian was named

Chapter 18 

JFM picked wwx off the streets, where wwx grew with his fear of dogs 

Jc laughed at him for this 

Chapter  29 

No one ever told wwx about his parents. JFM did not bother, Madame Yu did not talk to him unless she was whipping him, and telling him to stay away from JC 

Chapter 25

jfm found him in the streets, JC had dogs, JC was forced to send his dogs away, but once they got closer, jc would protect him from dogs 

Chapter 32

Wwx would shoot kites with JC. JC was always second to him 

Their kite was made by JFM and painted by jyl 

Chapter 35

Jc smashed a bowl and cursed when wwx cooked 

Chapter 47

JFM has said wwx's handwriting was careless yet poised 

Chapter 71

extension on how angry jc was about the dogs in his youth. He's jealous that jfm hugged wwx

He rejects when wwx calls him shidi. Interesting to note that WWX never calls him shidi, again

Cloud Recesses

Chapter 13 

JC talks to wwx, seemingly blaming him for the way he fought with lwj, however, he was completely fine with wwx breaking rules, and even demanded the emperor's smile that WWX broke the rules to get 

He was also very amused by wwx's antics, and told him, "good luck" when LWJ came towards him 

Chapter 14 

JC criticizes WWX for discussing the theoretical possibility of demonic cultivation 

He informs him that LQR has punished him 

He says that both LWJ and his uncle hate him now 

Nie huaisang does WWX's punishment, and wwx cheats for him, and is punished once more. JC informs him of that as well 

Lqr sends a letter to JFM, and JFM replies saying that wwx has always been like that, and to take care to discipline him. 

Chapter 15 

Wwx gives lwj porn. JC is mad about this because WWX has brought shame to the clan 

Chapter 16 

JC and WWX finagle their way into a nighthunt, and then they drink in caiyi town 

JC gets jealous of wwx talking to lwj 

Chapter 17 

JC gets mad at wwx flirting with lwj 

He laughs when he gets the loquat, guessing that wwx has been flirting again 

Chapter 18 

Sleepover in wwx and jc's room 

Wwx and jc often have fights 

Lwj comes in the morning to punish him, and wwx explains the situation to jc 

Wwx is punished, and jc carries him on his back out of his own volition 

Jc remembers that he encouraged wwx to break the rules, so does not pin the blame entirely on wwx when lxc asks him what is going on 

Jc has no idea what the severity of wwx's injuries are 

Jc tells wwx to stop focusing on lwj 

The jzx thing happens 

Wwx throws the punch, getting jyl's betrothal cancelled 

Jc tells wwx off for losing face for jyl, and then admits he would have done the same if wwx hadn't 

Wwx mentions that if jc had been the one fighting, maybe jfm would not have come 

Jc feels hurt about this 

He tells wwx to go back to yunmeng, bc he does not like that lwj keeps following him around (interesting, bc this is the reason WWX left, while fanon holds that he left because he was kicked out)

Yunmeng Before Qishan Wen Competition

Chapter 51 

JC is established as a mama's boy 

Jiang cheng and wwx are having an archery competition with the kites. Wwx wins 

Madame Yu's maids get mad 

Madame Yu criticizes JC for fooling around, then blames wwx for his bad influence 

Wwx defends himself. Jc tells him not to provoke her 

Qishan wen competition is revealed 

Everyone agrees that qsw is shameless 

Jyl gives food to wwx, and Madame Yu gets mad 

Jc tells Madame Yu that he'll go and not to be mad. Madame Yu then tells jyl to stop acting like a maid 

She gets mad that wwx has any choice in the matter, and that jfm won't force him to go 

Madame Yu gets mad at jc for defending wwx 

Jc tells wwx not to stir up trouble at the competition multiple times 

Jc holds wwx down when wc comes, warning him not to get into trouble 

Jc warns wwx abt wen zhuliu 

Jyl had given them snacks 

They see lwj, and jc tells him not to pay attention to him

QishanWen/Xuanwu arc

Chapter 45 

Qsw competition 

JC tells wwx that LWJ hates him, and is once again jealous of how wwx pays attention to lwj. He gets mad because he told wwx not to mess with lwj  

Chapter 52 

Jiang cheng rolls his eyes when wwx flirts with mianmian 

Wwx asks to carry lwj, lwj refuses, jc gets mad that he pays so much attention to lwj 

He tells wwx that lwj hates him again 

They go into the xuanwu cave. Wang Liangjiao threatens mianmian, jc holds wwx down. Lwj and jzx defend mianmian 

Wwx gets free of jc and argues with wen chao 

Xuanwu awakens 

 Chapter 53 

Jc calls wen chao an idiot 

Jc fights wen zhuliu 

Wen clan retreats entirely 

Wwx jokes about jc eating his flesh, jc finds it annoying 

Jc carries him and tells him to to shut up 

Wwx tells jc to let him go 

Lwj finds the escape route 

Jc leads everyone to safety, except lwj and wwx who get stuck 

 Chapter 54 

Wwx feels insecure and asks if he's as annoying as jc says he is 

According to wwx, jc will take some time to get back 

 Chapter 55 

They have to wait for jc to rescue them, and wwx gets impatient 

Post Xuanwu Lotus Pier/ takeover of lotus pier 

Chapter 56 

Wwx is rescued 

Jyl makes soup 

Jc is angry that wwx fought 

Jfm congratulates wwx for killing the xuanwu 

Jc gets angry, and says that wwx deserved to die there 

Jfm tells him that that isn't appropriate 

Madame yu gets mad, and says that jc will never be able to beat wwx in jfm's mind 

Madame Yu blames wwx for what happened, says that wen chao would not have hurt lan wangji and jin zixuan 

Jc becomes sad, and plays victim about how no one gives him the credit he deserves 

Wwx promises him that they'll be together forever 

Jc is more similar to madame yu and they both do not have the jiang sect outlook to life

JC says that he doesn’t need to follow the Jiang Sect values to be a leader, citing Lan Yi as an example of a sect leader who did not 

Jc asks if wwx actually likes mianmian, and that she isn't worthy of him bc she's a servant's daughter 

Wwx says that then they would match well, since he is a servant's son 

 Chapter 57 

Lan wangji goes back to his sect without help, and JC is pleased about that 

JC and WWX agree that the wens are gross 

Wwx is bored with playing kites 

The wens have taken their swords 

The youngest shidi is missing, and jc is worried 

Wang lingjiao arrives 

Jc is contemptuous of her 

Wlj gives insane justifications for taking the youngest shidi away 

Jc is angry 

Wlj tells Madame Yu to punish wwx, and Madame Yu does 

Jc is annoyed 

Wwx tells jc not to worry 

Wlj tells Madame Yu that a whipping isn't enough and that she must cut off wwx's hand. Wwx is okay with this, but JC gets very distressed 

There is no hand cutting, but jc helps wwx 

 Chapter 58 

Takeover of lotus pier 

Madame Yu gives jc zidian. She tells wwx that she hates him and brought this to lotus pier 

Madame Yu tells wwx to protect jc with his life 

Jfm comes back 

He tells wwx to look after jc 

Jc is upset 

They see wen ning 

 Chapter 59 

Wen chao and wang lingjiao have a romantic moment, and everyone is disgusted 

Wwx tells jc not to go back to lotus pier, and jc gets mad 

Jc pins wwx to the ground, asks him why he had to save lwj, and tells wwx to die 

Jc cries and is catatonic 

They decide to go to meishan yu 

Jc goes back to lotus pier 

Wwx meets with wen ning, who saves jc, and gets back the bodies of jfm and Madame Yu 

 Chapter 60 

Wn takes them to wq's office 

Jc has lost his core, and he's angry at being in wn's superwisory office 

He tries to choke wwx when he discovers this 

Jc wants to die so he can turn into a ferocious ghost. Wwx tells hims that that isn't possible because of all the soul calming done on him since birth 

Wwx says he knows baoshan sanren who can help jc get his core back 

Wwx says that this core would be for him, and not to reveal his identity 

They go to a remote mountain, and jc has the golden core transfer surgery 

Wwx gets captured and pushed into the burial mounds

WWX becomes demonic cultivator/sunshot campaign

Chapter 61 

Jc has been looking for wwx for three months. He meets with lwj 

 Chapter 62 

JC and wwx meet again when wwx tortures wen chao 

He is very happy to see wwx, and excited about demonic cultivation 

Wwx does not tell him he had been in the burial mounds 

LWJ asks wwx to come back to gusu, but JC says no, and says that wwx is of the jiang sect, and that lwj has no right over him 

Jc is happy abt wwx killing wc and other wens 

 Chapter 48 

During sunshot campaign 

Everyone celebrates wwx's actions in the sunshot campaign except lwj. Jiang Cheng is especially vocal about his support 

Chapter 69

jyl cooked soup, and the jzx misunderstanding happened 

Post Sunshot campaign

Chapter 49 

After the sunshot campaign 

WWX tells JC that NMJ is taller than him. JC asks him if he wants to die 

JZX asks JC about JYL, WWX gets mad at him, and tells JC that he doesn't want to see JZX's face 

JC is polite and says that JYL has been well 

WWX leaves, and JC says that he is always rude

Chapter 69 

Phoenix mountain 

Jc tells lwj not to pay attention to wwx who is flirting with lwj again 

He shouts at wwx for throwing flowers at lwj, and asks if he's a girl 

Wwx jokes about throwing flowers for jc, and jc tells him to get lost 

Jc and wwx make fun of jzx 

Wwx decides to blindfold himself, and jc tells him to take it easy, and to back down when it's enough 

Jzx flirts with jyl 

Jyl is not responsive and jzx gets mad at her 

Wwx tries to take her away, and JZXun stops him 

JZXun is offended wwx doesn't remember him 

JZXun calls wwx presumptuous and a servant's son. 

Chapter 70 

Wwx tries to defend himself, JYL tells him to be quiet and diplomatically defends him, calling him her brother 

Madame jin is embarrassed and JZX then confesses to JYL 

Sect leader yao tells JC that wwx is "quite a character" 

Everyone is angry and jealous abt wwx taking one third of the prey. Good to remember that Nie Mingjue did the same. 

They talk about staying away from the jiang sect and not going to night hunts with them 

They say that yunmengjiang grew in fame only because of WWX, and JC feels a darkening in his heart at that 

 Chapter 71 

Lwj asks wwx to go to gusu lan with him again, but this time, he is more diplomatic, and wwx is not actually offended. They get along well 

Jc tells wwx not to hang out with lwj anymore, and tells him to carry his sword with him 

He says that JGY is only good enough to greet the guests, nothing more 

Wwx asks jc if he wants jyl and jc together. WWX does not, but jc is happy about this match 

Wwx asks jyl for comfort. She gives it to him and spoils him 

Jyl makes soup, and jc and wwx bond. JC eats all the meat, and WWX doesn't get any 

Wwx finds wq 

 Chapter 72 

Wwx calls out the lanlingjin sect 

Jgs tells him not to be so presumptuous just because JC isn't there 

Lwj tries to calm him down 

Wwx frees the wen prisoners 

Burial Mounds with Wen Remnants arc

Chapter 73��

Crisis in the cultivation world, everyone has a meeting 

JC offers to compensate the Jins 

He says that they owe wen ning and wen qing 

Nmj says wq never stopped the violence wrh wrought 

Jc does not disagree with him 

Jgs warns jc about wwx getting too big for his boots 

He tells him that wwx said he did not care about jc 

Lwj stands up for wwx, says that he never said that 

Jgy stands up for jgs, and jc believes jgs 

Mianmian defends wwx, and leaves her sect. Lwj talks to her, they part happily 

Jgs talks about how wwx has been plotting to go to burial mounds 

Jc says that wwx is just like that 

Jgs says he's like that because jfm spoiled him 

Jc then agrees to deal with wwx 

They meet at burial mounds 

Wwx doesn't intend to leave LP 

JC sees that the prisoners are the old, the weak, and the young 

Jc tries to get rid of wn's corpse. Wwx stops him. Jc tells wwx that he's too ambitious 

Jc is angry, but wwx says that if jc cannot protect him, then he will leave the ymj sect, and cut all ties 

Jiang cheng then says that wwx is unaffiliated with him and an enemy to the entire cultivation world 

 Chapter 74 

Wwx has not heard anything from the outside since he and jc fell out. He heards of jyl's marriage from lwj 

He makes excuses for jc 

 Chapter 75 

JC brings JYL to meet with WWX 

JYL is dressed up in her wedding clothes and brings soup for wwx 

Wwx names JL 

 Chapter 76 

Qiongqi path 

Wwx is invited to the baby shower, and buys jl a gift 

Jin zixuan dies 

 Chapter 77 

Wq and wn decide to sacrifice themselves, and wwx is angry 

Jyl is upset 

 Chapter 78 

Nightless city 

Wwx kills many cultivators, everyone is toasting to their bravery, jc says nothing 

Jyl gets injured, jc tells wwx to make the corpse go away 

Someone tries to shoot jyl, and she defends wwx and dies 

A random dude accuses wwx of causing the death of jfm and Madame Yu 

post wwx resurrection 

prologue 

siege of burial mounds, no one knows exactly how wwx died, but it was confirmed that JC was a major force and led the siege. This is a political fact 

 chapter 7 

We meet JC. He is cheating to make sure Jin Ling wins. LWJ destroys the nets he used to trap random cultivators 

Anger issues come out, when JC strokes his ring, he has the intent to kill. This is also obviously not from wwx POV, but from omniscient third person pov 

 chapter 8 

jiang cheng decides not to fight lwj because he isn't sure if he'd win. Also in omniscient third person POV

 Chapter 10 

WWX summons WN, JC thinks he is WWX 

With Zidian, any rational person would assume that he's wrong, but he doesn't 

He thinks about taking wwx back to torture him. It is clearly his thoughts that are shown as he talks about having done something like this before 

He and lsz discuss about WWX's importance. LWJ takes WWX back to CR 

Wwx calls JC competitive, but his strategy works exactly because he's right abt JC 

 Chapter 11 

Jingyi gossips about Jiang Cheng, and his torturous ways 

 Chapter 23 

Jiang Cheng and Jin ling are there. 

They both have an inability to be nice 

JC sees wwx, captures him, and the YMJ disciples pay off a shop owner, who looks extremely scared 

YMJ disciples all form a barricade around the shop 

Jin Ling finds the expression on JC's face scary 

 Chapter 24 

JC borrows JL's spiritual dog to help torture wwx 

He asks wwx if he has anything to say to him 

Wwx says he doesn't 

He says wwx "never learns" 

Wwx says that jc hasn't made any progress 

Jc sets the dog on wwx, and wwx calls out lwj's name. This makes jc mad 

Jc says some homophobic things abt LWJ

Wwx tells him to watch his language 

Jc tells wwx that he didn't watch his language with jin ling 

Jin Ling saves wwx, and wwx apologizes to him for saying that he didn't have a mother to raise him 

Chapter 25 

Wwx was hit by zidian, and his leg was numb. He didn't notice until lwj pointed it out. He says it was a good thing Jiang Cheng didn't kill him 

Chapter 32 

Kids playing cultivator talk about how JC led the siege that led to wwx’s death

Chapter 35 

Jl is afraid jc would really break his legs for letting wwx go 

Chapter 36 

Wwx tells JL not to imitate his uncle by participating in his shenanigans and criticizing him 

Chapter 38 

Wwx tells jl to take out ymj's clarity bell 

Chapter 43 

JL tells everyone abt how WWX betrayed the jiangs, and how jc is the only one left. He says that Madame Yu wasn't "that horrible to him" 

WN has heard of how JC led a siege and killed wwx 

Chapter 45 

Jiang Cheng never told anyone WWX was afraid of dogs, and if he had, no one would believe him 

Chapter 47 

Discussion at carp tower, jc asks lwj why he has taken a sudden interest in sect meetings despite not being interested before 

JL is too afraid to meet jc without jgy 

Jgy defends jl 

JL says his appetite has been bad, but jc gets mad and says that he looks very healthy 

Wwx says that jc can't teach kids 

Chapter 50 

Jc asks zewu jun what is happening after jgy kills his wife 

Jgy confirms that mxy is wwx 

Jgy explains why mxy wasn't caught by zidian 

Chapter 65 

Jgy says wwx betrayed ymj 

Chapter 66 

Wwx roasts jc's naming style 

Chapter 68 

Juniors are captured in burial mounds, and saved by the cultivators 

Jl is afraid of jc, but jc threatens him 

Jiang cheng is surrounded by the cultivators who hate wwx, and they ally with him 

Chapter 79 

Jc threatens jl because he's not injured for getting into trouble 

Everyone loses their powers 

Chapter 80 

Jc says that they're not stupid enough to not notice problems 

Chapter 81 

Jc gives zidian to jl when only juniors have powers 

Jc is mad at wn 

Jc threatens jl again 

Chapter 82 

Jc tells jl that if he goes with wwx, then not to call him uncle anymore 

Jc laughs when someone accuses wwx again 

Chapter 83 

Jc lets wwx come back to lotus pier, even though he's disgusted 

Chapter 84 

Jc is mad bc jl is crying 

He threatens ouyang zizhen 

He talks to the guards 

Chapter 85 

Jc lets the prostitutes talk 

Chapter 86 

Jc calls wwx mannerless for roaming around LP with LWJ 

Chapter 87 

LP Ancestral hall 

JC gets mad, more about wwx bringing lwj to the hall than about him 

He accuses lwj for the takeover of lotus pier 

Chapter 88 

JC fights with wwx 

Golden core reveal happens 

Chapter 89 

More core reveal 

Chapter 90 

Lwj is mad, wwx makes excuses for jc again 

Chapter 92 

Wwx and lwj talk to the locals, who are too afraid of jc to go to the jiang sect for help 

Chapter 99 

Jiang cheng is angry and confused 

Chapter 101 

JGY tells wwx that jc doesn't care about him. WWX takes this casually, but JC gets very upset.

JGY tells JC that he is so strong only because he has wwx's core 

Chapter 102 

Wwx is upset that JC knows 

JC is upset that WWX hid it for so long 

He mockingly tells wwx that he's so much better than him 

He asks if he doesn't deserve to hate wwx 

Jc asked wwx why he left 

Wwx apologizes for breaking his promise 

Jc feels terrible about himself 

Chapter 103 

JC apologizes 

Wwx says not to take it to heart, and to take it as repayment 

Jc then brings up everyone in his family 

Wwx tells him to forget it 

They both are mad, but there is no reconciliation 

Chapter 104 

Jgy takes a pragmatic outlook about blaming wwx 

Jc is very upset 

Jgy makes fun of him and tells him that nothing would have happened if he had protected wwx, and tells him he was the one who killed wwx 

Chapter 108 

Jc gives chengqing back to wwx 

Chapter 110 

Jc wants to tell wwx that he did protect him with the wens, but does not 

He also does not hit jl despite almost doing it 

[truly-morgan]

[JC better life in Qishan]

RuoCheng | Mo Dao Zu Shi Modern AU 11-04-2021

[#ruocheng - modern] 

A modern au where jfm decided that he would give the company to wwx when he would be ready, instead of jc. He doesn’t change his choice even after wwx was the one to say he didn’t really want that title and that jc would be better for it. But this is kind of the last straw for jc after years of their father not giving a shit about him, so he decides to go “fuck it” and change his course of study, deciding to pursue his interest in cooking, going far from yunmeng to study in Qishan 

He barely keeps contact with his parents, his father calling to see how thing goes, but jc thinks it is more by obligation than anything else. On the other hand, at least wwx and jyl are genuinely interested in his studies and make sure everything is doing alright, visiting him when they can. 

Then on days, he’s at the airport, waiting for his parents to come and pick him up since he was supposed to come back for the summer since it was in between his semester. He’s anxiously waiting as no one comes, hence why he jumps when he heard his name being called out to. 

He turns around, only to see wrh, a business rival of his dad (although he has often been around the wen family in the past since they still have a semi-friendly relationship at the time). He forces a polite smile on his face when the man approaches, greeting him. They talk a bit, the man mainly asking about how things are doing on his father's side as he waits for his own ride to arrive (although jc doesn’t know much about how jfm is doing). 

Then he’s interrupted by his phone, apologising as he steps aside to answer his father's call. The man seems a bit surprised that he’s already here (he forgot when he was supposed to arrive...) and suggests calling his mother instead. “She cannot, she already said she would have an important meeting on that day” he explains, hence why it had been said jfm should come (or at least find someone). 

He knows wwx semester finishes a bit later than his so he doesn’t want to bother him in his finals, while jyl was probably occupied with taking care of baby a-ling, he didn’t want to bother her either. “It’s okay, I'll but call a cab,” he says, receiving a distracted “good good” before being told jfm need to hang up. 

Jc clenches his phone with shaky hands, unsure why he had not seen it coming. It truly hurts. 

“Do you maybe need a ride?” he hears from a couple of meters away, where wrh was now standing next to a car. “I can bring you home if needed, I can assume safely you are going back to the jiang residence?”. 

Jc hesitate. Sure, he has known the man for a long time, but he doesn’t /know/ him really, he seems a bit intimidating and his father never really had anything good to say about him, even when things weren’t as bad as now. 

But he doesn’t want to call a cab, it would cost a lot of money and he wouldn’t be able to actually ask his dad to pay for it. So he accepts, assuming wrh wouldn’t do anything bad to him either. 

The start of the ride was awkward and jc was still trying to get over the fact that he had been /forgotten/ by his father (wasn’t really new, but still hurt as much). “Were you on the flight from Qishan?” wrh says after some time, making him startle out of his thoughts. 

“Hum, yes I was” jc replies, a bit curious how he figured that out, only to remember the man had help handling his luggage. Probably then. 

"Was your trip there interesting?” wrh asks, jc starting to feel like the man was trying to have a small chat with him, which he had not expected. He wouldn’t complain though, it helped to forget about his father. 

“It wasn’t really a trip, I was... studying in Nightless City actually” jc admitted. He only received a slight humming, the man showing he understood. 

“I thought you would be studying at yunmeng university in business” wrh explained. It was logical, it was probably something his father had mentioned when the two men happened to meet. No surprise that the word of his changing his study field had not really reached anyone his father knew. “Is the program better back in Qishan?” 

“I did... but I changed to study to become a cook” he admits, wondering why he was talking so casually about his studies with a man he barely knew. 

“To become a cook? What an interesting change, do you like it better?”. Jc was both surprised and relieved by the reaction, the man sounding amused and curious (it was indeed a weird jump). No question why he did what he did, no trying to say maybe he shouldn’t have done this, no criticising his choice. Just genuine (at least it felt like that) curiosity about what he decided to do. 

This made him more at ease, talking more easily this time about how his studies were doing, until his stomach decided to make itself known, wanting some food. This made jc blush in embarrassment. He had forgotten he was hungry, having been too stressed about meeting back with his father to eat before the flight. (and barely ate the night before). 

“You are hungry,” wrh says, not as a question, “Do you want to join me for lunch? It's more interesting if I am not alone and we can keep talking about your stay in Qishan”. 

Jc wants to say he wouldn’t want to bother, but he also doesn’t really want to go back home where he will be alone. He decides to refuse one time and /if/ wrh insists a bit he will give in. Which is exactly what ended up happening. 

They went to a restaurant near the hotel wrh would stay at, somewhere kind of fancy, but not too much where he would need to change out of his casual clothes. It was still nice, he couldn’t afford to go to fancy restaurants with his part-time job (and the money his parents sends went all into his rent). 

And they talked about his stay at Qishan, what he did at culinary school, how he passes time, if he liked the city. It was so refreshing from people asked about his father all the time, it made him feel nearly /weird/ to talk about himself a little bit. 

The man was truly far from what his father had painted him to be. He looked way less intimidating now that he was talking rather casually about living in Qishan. 

“Let me give you my number, just in case you ever need some help when you are back in Qishan for the next semester” suggested wrh when he finally dropped him off at the jiang residence. Jc accepted, noting that he would only ever use it if he was /really/ unable to find another option, not wanting to inconvenience the man more. 

Next time they met is actually rather quick, as they were again on the same plane (but different classes obviously). Wrh suggests again taking him out for lunch, the both of them casually talking about things (jc notice how the man did not bring up his father once). 

The next semester rolls in and jc ends up meeting up with wrh more than once, always ending up in diners. The more time pass, the more he gets attached to the man, probably because he’s not used to having someone seemingly genuinely interested /about him/. Wrh is really interesting to talk with and really nice to be around. 

No need to worry about performance. No need to worry about what image he might be giving. No need to wonder if this might be bad. The man made it clear from the start that he likes when jc is more natural with him (or as natural as he feels comfortable being around people without being a nervous mess). 

The man helps him with his study, not minding being his test subject for his food (at some point their meeting got more intimate and they ended up more often at wrh place). He even takes him out for diners so jc can try specialities from Qishan, but also tries a bit of everything to take notes about food. Things go great and it evolves to the point he’s not sure if the man is flirting with him, so he tries flirting back and this is how he ended up realising maybe he’s not just happy someone is finally giving him attention: he has simply fallen in love with him. By the end of the semester, jc is officially dating wrh in secret, happy with him. 

Instead of going back to yunmeng for the break he stays at Qishan with him. Why go somewhere where he would end up frustrated and hurt when he could stay with wrh? 

He doesn’t know how he managed to find this, but he won’t complain about it either. This is the first time in his life where he can be himself unapologetically, not needing to try and reach some stupid expectation. No need to worry about things, no need to feel anxious all the time over the time over the smallest thing. He can just be jiang cheng. 

Wwx mostly ends up learning about it because he keeps bugging jc about /who/ is your lover, I totally saw those hickeys on your neck. Of course, he won’t tell a soul about it because he understands what it would do. Jyl ends up being suspicious when she stumbles on them one night when she was out for dinner with her little family, a-ling runs directly for his jiujiu when he saw him. Of course, he was there with wrh on a date. She did not mention it later, but after seeing how her suspicions (did he find a sugar daddy?). 

Of course, neither of their parents knows and all three siblings keep it that way (while wrh keeps it secret because this is what jc wishes, he doesn’t want him to feel distressed).

(I feel like all my ruocheng are similar skjdcusnje I just like the idea of wrh being soft for jc and jc falling for wrh after finding out "oh, people can love me? ... Nice")

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[llycaons]

ep25 (pt 2): how did I forget an entire wwx monologue? what an icon

anyway jzx shows up bragging to jyl, who is not having such a great time of it, and this cut to wwx scoffing in contempt made me laugh

god, this poor woman. she's trying to have a nice time and doesn't like violence and her dick suitor is like 'IT'S EXCITING TO RISK DEATH. COME ALONG AND I"LL SHOW YOU' look at her FACE she's miserable. she likes to chill!! she liked to pick lotus pods and cook for her family and do calligraphy!! jzx you DICK you don't even know her!

when he tries to keep her from leaving on her own (probably for the best since the place is crawling with danger) wwx LEAPS OUT OF THE WOODS to place himself between them I'm sobbing and THEN when he tries to figh wwx guess who ELSE leaps out of the woods??

THERE HE IS! jzx can't go at anyone in the woods without people leaping out to defend them lmao

ICONIC. LOVE HIM SO MUCH. and then he's like 'why should I know who you are??? are you someone important???'

OHH AND HERE COMES MAMA JIN. this showdown is so fucking good. funny AND emotional AND heartwarming AND tells you so so much about the characters, relationships, and setting

this asshole is really laying into wwx, calling into question his methods, his parentage, his attitude. and wwx tried to leave! he tried to take jyl and go! but this guy wanted to have it out. of course wwx felt cornered!

he doesn't care what these guys think of him, but he is looking over to lwj to see how he takes the news of him catching 1/3 of the prey

but no, he fights back against jin zixun. it's enthralling

challenging him like that. THRILLING. mob mobpsycho did that too once, to dimple. utterly destroyed him

AND THEN turning his back on jzx to thank lwj. lmao

TELL THEM LEGEND. YOU COULD WIPE THE FLOOR WITH ANY OF THEM

but yeah this is bad so lwj jumps in and tells him to focus and doesn't really help and then jyl comes in and does. she's about to go to bat for him in one of THE best scenes in the show. easily one of the top five, and similar to wen ning's 46 scene, all the better for being from someone usually so timid and mild-mannered.

madam jin tries to deflect her with 'oh this is men's business, come away now' but she won't be deterred. look at that face! she's ready to go for the kill

well, starting with this. making wwx look like a humiliated child, and appearing to cede to jzx

and he's so fucking rude about it, too, walking past her while she's still bowing

[stiricidewrites]

The Damage You Do: ch 18, pt 4

😭

Previously

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Now though… now, with lwj’s attention fully focused on him, regardless of whether he was being cute or being a brat, every part of him wanted more, more, more. It had practically killed him when lwj’s attention had wandered during the tryst in the woods, even though something told him that the man had been imagining other things he could do to his sub another day, rather than something truly egregious… like making a grocery list or something. Did lwj make grocery lists? Did he cook? The Jiangs had personal chefs, although his sister had always liked to cook and as far as he knew she now cooked for her awful peacock husband most days. lwj was so particular that he could easily imagine him having instagram worthy meals every day, paying thousands of dollars for—

wwx hissed, his attention snapping back to lwj—specifically to lwj’s mouth, to his teeth digging just this side of painful into the flesh of one of his calves. His breath caught slightly, a shudder running through him at the look in lwj’s eyes. Apparently he wasn’t the only one who wanted attention—his dom was just as greedy and demanding.

“What’s up, beautiful?” wwx heard himself asking, feeling as though his soul were only just tethered to his body.

lwj’s jaw tensed and wwx smirked. Personally, he figured he was pretty good at this bratting business, and when lwj dug his teeth more sharply into his flesh in punishment wwx half-moaned, half-laughed.

Maybe there had been something to what the counsellor had said after all. Maybe he really did just need attention, good or bad, to be happy—not that this felt bad, per se. It felt… right. Being with his son felt right too, of course. A-Yuan’s attention was just as lovely and intense as lwj’s when it was focused on wwx. This was different though. With A-Yuan, it felt like he was making a home within himself for this tiny, wonderful little boy, who deserved all the love in the world. This… this felt like coming home, like being surrounded by the one thing that had always been missing in his life—or been missing so long he couldn’t do more that grasp at phantom moments in his memory. So far and faded that they barely existed—that they were more liable to give him pain than comfort.

He was, vaguely, aware of the tears threatening at his eyes, more because of the sudden tenderness that appeared in lwj than because he could feel them. lwj’s eyes softened, his teeth released and suddenly he was placing the softest of kisses onto wwx’s injured ankle. Had that been his intent all along, before he had dug his teeth into wwx’s distraction? To be much too soft on the little sprain that had brought them together?

lwj pressed another kiss into wwx’s skin, then another and another and wwx shuddered and squirmed. “Mr. Lan~” he whined, reaching his arms back towards his dom and feeling much too much like a tiny child reaching for the comfort of a beloved, safe adult as he tried to pull his foot away. “Please?”

lwj blinked at him, so slowly that wwx felt as though he could have died and been reborn again waiting for the man’s intense gaze to be fixed back onto him. “Please, what?” the man finally asked as his eyes slid back open and over wwx’s body, bare from the waist down, and dragging another squirm out of him as tried again to free himself.

[wangxianficfinder]

In the mood for...

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1. hello! as always thank you for the good work! I’m looking for ‘seraph of the end’ au fics or something that goes like that, specifically wangxian.

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2. Hi! Any recs for arranged marriage fics, of the sort in which lwj marries a fearsome yiling patriarch but once he gets to know him he falls in love? Thank you!!!

Caught Between Sun and Shadows by Alliandra (E, 71k, wangxian, LXC & LWJ, grapshic depictions of violence, sunshot campaign, arranged marriage, YLLZ WWX, pining, battle husbands, versatile wangxian, falling in love, resentacles, sex pollen, fuck or die, golden core reveal, politics, hurt/comfort)

💖 love, in fire and blood by cicer (E, 360k, wangxian, immortal WWX, slow burn, pining, arranged marriages)

what price is duty, what cost is love by thunderwear (G, 18k, wangxian, canon divergence, WWX was never adopted to Jiang, war prize, YLLZ WWX, pining, first kiss, first time, falling in love, angst w/ happy ending)

holding hands with you in this rain-flooded street by puddingcatbeans (M, 12k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Arranged Marriage, husbands to lovers?, LWJ Stays at the Burial Mounds, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fix-It of Sorts, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Everybody Lives)

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3. For the next ITMF, I'm interested in people's favorite fics from the last six months (ish)! There's so much good fic in this fandom that it's hard to keep up with the new stuff. (I hope this kind of request is ok) @ehyde​

💙 Wish I could forget the taste of your skin and the feel of your hands pinning me down by KizuKatana (E, 63k, wangxian, WQ & WWX & WN, modern w/ cultivation, getting back together, BAMF WWX, BAMF LWJ, case fic, pining)

all the problems we could solve by Stratisphyre (T, 20k, wangxian, modern, getting together, somewhat non-linear, fluff, humor, violence, meet-cute, identity porn, thieves au)

born under unlucky stars by RoseThorne (M, 1k, JZX & MXY, JZX & QS, wangxian, WQ & WWX & WN, major character death, canonical character death, ghosts, brotherly love, spells & enchantments, MXY pov, anger, revenge)

Ominous by 3neetee (T, 5k, wangxian, pre-relationship, established relationship, character death, fae & fairies, changelings, dark wangxian, BAMF WWX, graphic depictions, suicide, implied/referenced domestic violence)

Hear a song this deeply by so_shhy (T, 87k, wangxian, modern w/ cultivation, academia au, kid fic, music, action/adventure, canon-typical violence, slow burn, fluff & angst, canon-typical JGY behavior, happy ending)

The Sculptor by Eleanor_Fenyx (M, 27k, wangxian, LQY/WQ, LWJ & WQ, SL/XXC, modern, lavender marriage, period typical attituted and terminology, mute SL, queer themes, queer families, slow burn, getting together, intimacy, artist WWX, professor LWJ)

For A Gentleman, Ten Years Is Not Too Long by Cerusee (G, 10k, NHS & WWX, JC & WWX, A murder mystery I guess, canon-typical ambiguity, Ambiguous/Open Ending)

What We Grew in this Forsaken Place by Admiranda (T, 27k, WangXian, Modern Cultivation, Shapeshifter LWJ, bottle episode fic, bunny crimes, WWX Has a Fear of Dogs, WWX is a genius, unexpected pet owner WWX)

Foxsong by Admiranda (T, 41k, A-Qing & WWX & LWJ, Yi City trio, WangXian, SongXiao, fox a-qing, Fox Spirit WWX, Dragon LWJ, Dragon LWJ/Fox WWX, XY causes problems, High Fantasy, mythical beasts in human forms, Found Family, background wangxian, married wangxian)

to explore strange new worlds...! Series by AlfAlfAlfAlfAlf, tardigradeschool (G/T, 44k, NieLan, WangXian, Star Trek Fusion, Vulcan LWJ, Vulcan LXC, Vulcan Culture, Child LWJ, Child LXC, Medical Procedures, Lán Family Feels, POV LQR, LXC Needs a Hug, Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Child Neglect, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Bad Parenting, Chronic Pain, Disability, College/University, POV Alternating, PTSD, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Panic attacks, Vulcan mind meld)

Love Buns by Czeriahx (G, 2k, JYL/JZX, wangxian, fluff, cooking adventures with Jin Zixuan)

your bones don't rust by curiositea (M, 2k, wangxian, modern, established relationship, fluff, light angst, anxiety, panic attacks, kissing, hand-feeding, WIP)

when you love somebody, bite your tongue by sophiahelix (E, 17k, wangxian, cloud recesses study arc, first time, horny teenagers, sharing a bed, fantasizing, size kink)

A storm without a warning by Spodumene (E, 22k, wangxian, modern, compulsory heterosexuality, masturbation, eventual smut, pining, denial, drunkenness, jealousy, not actually unrequited love, angst w/ happy ending)

Fakespeare in the Park by Scrippio (T, 58k, wangxian, JC/WQ, JYL/JZX, modern, theatre au, fluff, accidental baby acquisation, light angst, WIP)

This Time Around by KouriArashi (T, 83k, JGY & NHS, NHS & WWX, JGY & WWX, time travel fix-it, kid fic, families of choice, angst, grief/mourning, class issues, past child abuse, politics, moral ambiguity, everyone lives, happy ending)

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4. Heyy! For the next ITMF can you please recommend

A) some fics about wangxian friendly sparring where they are both equals in swordfighting.

B) fics with WWX sparring with Madam Yu (not Jiang friendly if possible). And WWX wins the fight (obviously).

Thanks for your hardwork! @iwhateveryou2331

4A)

somehow, someway, we all get to someday by Stratisphyre (T, 76k, CSSR/LQR/WCZ, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Role Reversal, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Parenthood, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Family Feels, Not JFM Friendly, Not Lan Sect Friendly, past emotional abuse, Demisexual Character, Inclusive discussions of reproductive rights) this one is strong with the ‘wangxian equality’ vibe; there’s a great wangxian sword fight somewhere in there, too

the earthquake in the room by phnelt (E, 39k, WangXian, College/University, Modern: No Powers, Canada, Getting Together, Mentions of lwj/others, inter-faculty romance, strangers to lovers to frenemies to lovers, mostly book characterisation) not swordfighting but martial arts however it is well done!

4B)

❤️ I Started From the Bottom/And Now I’m Rich by x_los (E, 57k, WangXian, WWX/Others, Mutual Pining, Marriage of Convenience, Arranged Marriage, No Sunshot Campaign, Fix-It, WQ Lives, Transmigration, Time Travel, Weddings, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Daddy, Black Widow, Protective Siblings, Dysfunctional Family, Family Bonding, Sugar Babyconsort, Politics, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Crack Treated Seriously) can't promise not-Jiang friendly, but there's a great sparring session between WWX and Madam Yu.

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5. Do you know any fics where wwx leaves the wen remnants after they go to the burial mounds to go back to yunmeng for something??

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6. Hello! Hope you're all doing great so far this holiday season! I was hoping to make a request for a future itmf. Do you have any recs for some pokemon AUs?? I found my old copy of pokemon moon right before I bought pokemon violet, and now I'm playing both and have a huge craving for some pokemon crossovers! Preferably wangxian and it'd be great if it's completed but I'll be happy with anything! Thank you so much! @suibian800

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A Journey in the Making by DawnCloud (G, 6k, wangxian, Pokémon au)

of ghosts and graveyards by DiRoxy (T, 10k, wangxian, Pokémon au, pre-relationship, case fic, ghost WWX, happy ending, LWJ & JC working together, depictions of science experiments on pokemon)

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7. Have you come across any fics with lwj and wwx just. Adventuring and traveling post-canon? Like solving mysteries and maybe some whump and protective lwj when wwx tries to save the day? @shiro-tora3​

build me no shrines by occultings (microcomets) (M, 54k, WangXian, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, First Time, Getting Together, Confessions, Sharing a Bed, Hair Washing, Sentient Burial Mounds, Case Fic, Post-Canon, CQL Compliant, Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Light Angst, Flashbacks, mild body horror, foot washing, Happy Ending, Non-Sexual Intimacy, …then sexual intimacy)

Wearing Down Every Bone by CSHfic & VSfic (E, 30k, wangxian, case fic, time loop)

爱不释手; never let me go by yiqie (E, 68k, wangxian, case fic, demons)

Linger in the Sun by etymologyplayground (T, 39k, WangXian, JC & WWX, Case Fic, Intimacy, Curses, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Cuddling & Snuggling, Getting Together, Romance, Sexual Tension, Scent Kink, m.. maybe??, its not as intense as a kink, Fluff, Scars, Sharing a Bed, Nonverbal Communication)

The envy of the world by vulnerable_bead (E, 48k, wangxian, LWJ & LSZ & WWX, LJY & LSZ, post-canon, case fic, smut, fluff, established relationship, wangxian as teachers, wangxian as musicians, spellweaving) poetic fairytale prose; a casefic of unfurling complexity with an intelligent, subtle, and tragic antagonist; mysterious uncharted musical magic; a climactic confrontation that deserves to be animated. And then there’s the famous Windowsill Papapa Scene.

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8. Hi guys! Happy holidays, hope you enjoy them 🤗 I was hoping for the next ITMF post you could recommend some wangxian fics where they’re already sleeping together and WWX thinks it’s just casual and he’s very angsty about it because he’s hopelessly in love with LWJ. Bonus points if LWJ gets to do an epic love confession. 🙏

(our friendship) up against the ropes by daltoneering (E, 36k, WangXian, Modern AU, Friends to Lovers, Getting Together, lan zhan FUCKS, Fluff and Smut, Experienced LWJ, Oblivious WWX, Mutual Pining, Friends With Benefits, Pining while fucking, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Masturbation, Spit Kink, Dirty Talk, Light Bondage, Praise Kink, Dom/sub Undertones, Kink Negotiation, Pride and Prejudice 2005 (dir. Joe Wright), mentions of Wei Ying/others and Lan Zhan/others)

You'd Break Your Heart to Make It Bigger by vesna (mrsronweasley) (E, 32k, WangXian, soulbonding, First Time, Case Fic if You Squint, Fools in Love, soul boning, soft fools in love, Pining while fucking)

Introduction to Floating by cupofwater (E, 13k, WangXian, Modern AU, Sex Pollen, Mildly Dubious Consent, Getting Together, Pining while fucking, Love Confessions, Modern Cultivation, PWP)

Treat you right by airinshaw (E, 20k, WangXian, Modern AU, Sex Work, Anal Sex, Getting Together, Pining while fucking, Consensual Non-Consent, Light Dom/sub, Sexual role play)

↑ these are tagged 'pining while fucking' , I can't promise a big LZ confession tho

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9. Hello, I am in the mood for soft E rated fics! Please no fics where wangxian is not together!

Catharsis by sevenless (E, 3k, WangXian, Incense Burner, Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Porn with Feelings, Body Dysphoria, Body Worship)

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10. Itmf civilian or rogue cultivator wwx (never part of Jiang or other sects) ends up at qiongqi wen prison post sunshot (Maybe he was minor wen or wen servant/civilian, or had wen friends or wrong place wrong time etc) and ends up escaping

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11. ITMF some Nie Mingjue centric fics. Gen or slash, but no niecest, please!

shades of grey spill from my veins (bleeding ink all over the page) by Reverie (cl410) (M, 58k, NieLan, WangXian, SangNing, POV NMJ, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Accidental Sibling Acquisition, Single Dad NMJ, Fluff, Humor, Happy Ending, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Protective NMJ, Some angst, Blood and Injury, Kidnapping, Protective Siblings, Found Family)

Once Upon A Time in Qinghe by paranoid_fridge (T, 22k, NHS & NMJ, WangXian, NMJ & LXC, Angst, Humor, Spoilers, Post-Canon Fix-It, Sort Of)

The Quiet Room by nirejseki (T, 37k, NieLan, XiYao, Sensory Deprivation, Partner Betrayal, Consent Issues, Manipulation, Medical Trauma, Canon Divergence, not very friendly to LXC, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Mental Health Issues, denial of agency, Willful Blindness)

a *lot* of nirejseki’s stuff is nie mingjue heavy, and their nie bros stuff is familial

The Veil Between by staringatstars (T, 1k, NHS & NMJ, Character Turned Into a Ghost, Canon Divergence, Protective Siblings)

Empathy by clockwork_spider (M, 30k, JGY & NMJ, time travel fix-it, second-hand trauma, empathy, hurt/comfort)

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12. Is there some good junior centric fics there? I’d love to read ones espescially with all four of them!

grow by cafecliche (T, 14k, LSZ & WWX, LSZ & LWJ, WangXian, Age Regression/De-Aging, Character Study, Post-Canon, [Podfic] Grow by jellyfishfire)

Time Travel, Obviously by nirejseki (Not Rated, 1k, Time Travel, Crack) short, funny, and very on point characterisation for all four of them

autonomous by captain_apostrophe (E, 34k, LJY & LSZ & OYZZ & JL, LJY/LSZ, scifi au, cyberpunk, polyamory negotiations, complicated relationships, developing relationships, tattoo as self-defense, epilepsy warning for flashing title gif card, on hiatus)

matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match by mowochi (T, 21k, LJY & LSZ & OYZZ & JL, JC/NHS, post-canon, outsider pov, canon compliant, matchmaking, fluff, junior quartet dynamics, family bonding, JL pov, getting together)

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13. Could you please recommend some angst fics? I want the most heart wrenching angst that will make me sob :)

We do actually have a Heavy Angst Comp that you can also look at ^^

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14. IITMF request: A) are there any fics where WWX is not the son of Cangse Sanren and Wei Changze ?

B) fics similar to 'To the Heavens and the Earth'

Thanks so much!!

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15. Hello! Thank you for your hard work getting fics for all of us deprived souls. I would like to ask for a few fics because I'm in the mood for fics where weiying got all the love he deserved, especially while growing up. I'd like for his childhood to be happy and loved by the family who get him out of the streets (either the jiangs or it can be anyone). Once again, thank you and have a nice day.

❤️ the thing with feathers by RoseThorne  (G, 43k, wangxian, Transmigration, Time Travel Fix-It, Illnesses, Family, Scars, Memory Loss, Angst, Fear, Recovery, Sharing a Bed, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Good Parent YZY, Referenced Sexual Slavery, Blood and Gore, Sexual Tension, Arranged Marriage, Grief, Adoption, POV Third Person, POV Alternating, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Good Parent LQR, Clairvoyance, Butterfly Effect) sort of

somehow, someway, we all get to someday by Stratisphyre (T, 76k, CSSR/LQR/WCZ, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Role Reversal, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Parenthood, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Family Feels, Not JFM Friendly, Not Lan Sect Friendly, past emotional abuse, Demisexual Character, Inclusive discussions of reproductive rights) (link in 4A) canon divergent fic in which he gets all the love from his actual mom and dad (they don’t die)

Flowers Blooming by Ilona22 (M, 35k, WangXian, Adoption, Prostitution, Family Fluff, Family Drama, Growing Up)

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16. Hi! For the next ITMF, can you recommend fics about wwx' genius? Like everybody realize and are in awe because of it? I mean, he invented a lot of things. Preferably post canon, but i'm open to anything. Thanks for your hard work♥

🧡 Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark (E, 508k, WangXian, WIP, Fix-it of sorts, Talisman master WWX, Not JFM Friendly, Study Arc, Getting together, Fluff and Angst, Engagement)

Instead by apathyinreverie (T, 12k, WIP, WangXian, Fix-It, like self-indulgently so, by way of dark(er) gusu lan, manipulative elders, but in a good way?, Golden Core Reveal, Golden Core Transfer Fix-It, of sorts, not Jiang friendly, not really gusu lan friendly either, not particularly friendly towards anyone really, Cultivation World Critical, Sunshot campaign, Fluff, Politics, Courting Rituals, possibly implied mpreg, Genius WWX, Talismans, No demonic cultivation, Possessive LWJ, Protective LWJ, Canon Divergence)

The River Runs Forever by Cerusee (T, 136k, WIP, WangXian, SangLi, Badass WWX, Inventor WWX, Jiang/Nie sibling power quartet, Dead JC, Jiang Sect Leader WWX)

finding you always, all ways by BlueFrogs (T, 31k, WangXian, ChengQing, Reincarnation, Fix-It, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending, Romance, Memory Loss, Age Difference, due to reincarnation)

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17. Hello! I can't decide wether i should be proud or embarrassed of myself, i just finished your whole jiang bashing comp list and i crave some more. Can you please share some more? Thank you!!!

sukob by Anonymous (M, 7k, wangxian, JC/LXC, royalty au, revenge, banishment, forced seclusion, amanesia, running away, mpreg, miscarriage, concubines, not JC friendly, not LXC friendly, not gusu lan friendly, dark LWJ, happy ending for wangxian)

Lie for Love by sether1n3 (E, 65k, wangxian, LWJ/MXY, modern, secret (2013) au, angst w/ happy ending, hurt/comfort, mpreg, hit & run, WWX goes to prison, hurt WWX, depressed WWX, panic attacks, grief/mourning, not JC friendly, enemies to lovers, WIP)

Hua Xianle by Tiffany_Guinne (Not rated, 49k, hualian, wangxian, not jiang friendly, not YZY friendly, not JC friendly, not JFM friendly, WWX adopted by hualian, no golden core transfer, WIP)

One more time with feeling by Hauntcats (Not rated, 19k, wangxian, JYL/JZX, time travel fix-it, not JC friendly, not Jiang friendly (aside from JYL), angst w/ happy ending, no golden core transfer, WIP)

Attack a Bear In Its Den by Hauntcats (T, 6k, JC & WWX, wangxian, major character death, time travel, not JC friendly, no golden core transfer, angst w/ happy ending)

The Debts of a Child by Hauntcats (M, 115k, WWX & Jiangs, wangxian, not Jiang friendly, angst w/ happy ending, dark)

The Wei of family by HikariNoHimeWriter (E, 46k, wangxian, CSSR/WCZ, ABO, rogue cultivator WWX, everyone lives au, omega WWX, alpha LWJ, genius WWX, WWX & CSSR has ADHD, falling in love, hurt/comfort, fluff, eventual smut, not JC friendly, not YZY friendly)

Ad Oblivione by Baph & HikariNoHimeWriter (M, 71k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, temporary character death, canon-typical violence, multiple pov, hurt/comfort, identity reveal, golden core reveal, cultivation world critical, not JC friendly, not YZY friendly, angst w/ happy ending)

Turnabout by miixz (T, 32k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, post sunshot, fluff, not everyone dies au, outsider pov on time travel, parent wangxian, wen remnants live, misunderstandings, getting together, not JC friendly)

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meanwhile lwj learns about wwx's new cottagecore life (highkey wanting very much to be a part of it) and then slowly learning just what exactly happened that got wwx so burnt from working in the industry.

also falling deeper and deeper in love with this man cuz he's so smart? and he's so good with his kid? he's a bad cook (lwj always goes to bed feeling like his mouth is on fire) and terribly messy, but he goes around town helping people fix their broken stuff and tend the small farm.

lwj does his best to help wwx, trying to convince him to wife him up help them fix the Thing based on wwx's og prototype/architecture.

he cleans and eventually is able to take over the cooking (his mouth finally stops feeling numb) and helps a-yuan with his homework.

when lwj goes to bed in wwx's guest bedroom, wwx goes to his basement to work on the schematics/program/tech thing that could help reboot his old system and make it more compatible to the new systems used today. (he's up to date with the latest tech innovations. he needs to tinker sometimes, okay.)

a-yuan: why don't you just tell him that you're already helping him dad?

wwx: aren't you supposed to be in bed by now?

a-yuan: aren't you going to ask him out on a date yet?

wwx: SDFHJDASHJFAF WHO TOLD YOU THAT

a-yuan: dad, i'm twelve. i know what guys who have a crush look like. you look at him the same way uncle fourth looked at auntie chen before he proposed to her.

wwx: *face red and buried in his arms*

a-yuan: *pats his hair* don't worry, lan-gege looks at you that way too

the next day, over breakfast lwj cooked

a-yuan: lan-gege, dad has something to tell you

lwj, inwardly: oh god is he kicking me out have i not done enough IS IT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GIVEN HIM THE GOOD SUCC??? BUT THERE'S A KID IN THE HOUSE--

lwj: *ahem* ...yes?

wwx: i, uh, about the old system... i uh, have most of the patch update ready?

lwj: *thoughts screeching full stop* what. you. you've been working on it?

wwx, shyly rubbing his nose: uhhh yea, i'm almost done i've managed to find a way to make it work

lwj: i thought you didn't want to help?

wwx: well i don't wanna help them, but i wanna help lan zhan - and besides, the ones who'll benefit the most from this are the common folks, so. *shrugs*

lwj: how can i help? you were never supposed to do it alone. that's why i'm here.

wwx: oh about that, that's what i was getting at. i just need more information about the system you guys have now so you guys can take over it

lwj: whatever help you need, you have it.

wwx: aiya, so serious! its no big deal--

lwj: it IS a big deal. wei ying, thank you.

wwx flushes a deep red from the roots of his hair, all the way down his neck. lwj wants to tug his shirt collar down to see how far it goes, trace it with his tongue---

yuan: OH-KAY, thanks for the food, lan gege. dad, i'll stay over at uncle ning's house for the week. have fun.

now it's lwj's turn to blush, his ears deep red.

wwx: w-what! what for?

yuan: if you're helping lan-gege, why not just go with him to the city to make sure it goes well? you know you'll just be curious the whole time to see if it did work.

wwx: but what about you? yuan: that's why i said i'll be at uncle ning's house. it's closer to the school, anyway. and it's not like you'll be away forever. i'll be fine dad wwx: lan zhaaan my little radish is growing up too fast!! lwj: wei ying is a good dad. thank you a-yuan

a-yuan packs his stuff good for two weeks. just in case adult time lasts longer than he expected.

uncle ning has a washer anyway, and school's on its last week. he won't need to return home until dad picks him up, hopefully with lan gege as his new other baba.

the moment the door closes, lwj finally makes good on giving wwx the Good Succ.

and after, while wwx presses kisses all over his sweaty, cum-stained face, wwx confesses how good he was, such a good wife, a good parent, a good boy, the best--

lwj comes.

and then lwj gets carried to bed 💕 and railed into the mattress ✨ and against the wall 💖

some time in between they manage to actually work on the project, email nhs the urgent bits and pieces of it that they can while lwj sits on wwx's lap, wwx's cock snug in his ass.

the trip to the city is not as short as they liked.

between lwj roasting the company for the sabotage on wwx, threatening them until they compensate wwx for his contributions then AND now; wwx teaching the team how to work the old system with the new one and debugging sht; AND both of them packing lwj's things, both at work and his old apartment -- well, it's a lot of work. especially when they have a hard time keeping their hands off of each other long enough to actually pack.

eventually, they do manage to get things done.

they return to yiling, pick up a-yuan from wen ning's house and finally get back home to live their new and improved domestic af cottagecore life as soon-to-be-husbands.

💖 the end 💖

don't you just love the idea of recluse wei wuxian chopping wood deep in the forest living his cottagecore life, while out in the city, the country's top engineers are losing their minds trynna contact him to work on some ancient complex system he designed when he was bored & 16

young engineer genius wwx coming into the scene all cocky cuz he rlly is the sht, except he hated politics and that ended up biting him in the ass (no thanks to good ol' money and nepotism) until he was burned out, spat out and forgotten by the industry

young lwj, who sucks at politics so badly not even his pedigree can completely save him, is the capable team lead sent to find the legendary wei, expecting to find some old rickety man he'll have to speak slowly to, to get him to decode this ancient script

and getting the boner shock of his life when he turns up to the address in the middle of nowhere, and sees this ruggedly handsome man not THAT old, hair long and in a messy ponytail, half naked with an old ratty shirt tied around is waist, chest gleaming with sweat 😳😳🥵🥵

wwx: *chops wood, all sweaty, chest heaving, abs gleaming, muscles flexing with every swing* lwj: 🧍‍♂️ wwx: you lost kid? lwj, inwardly:

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guys,,, rec moshang fics