#jin ling x jiang cheng

[i-miss-lotor]

This is a sudden one, apparently the first chapter of a lingcheng fic I decided to write before I knew it. Inspired by the Bone and All movie but you don't have to watch it in order to make sense of this.

Basically, Jiang Cheng meets his nephew he didn't know he had, and turns out there was a pretty good reason for it (the reason being that Jin Zixuan could only sustain himself by eating humans, and Jin Ling was the same after he was born. It will be a fun discovery, I'm sure.

It's already late in the evening when the doorbell rings. A boy stands outside with his yellow coat loosely hanging on him, drenched from the rain. There's a piece of paper in his hand that he silently hands to Jiang Cheng.

Take care of him, it says.

"I'm Jin Ling," the boy introduces himself.

The cold air makes Jiang Cheng shiver, too stunned to really notice it. He doesn’t ’t know the boy, yet he strangely looks familiar.

Take care of him. Take care of Jin Ling, he guesses. But who is Jin Ling?

He has seen the handwriting somewhere, his brain supplies, giving him mixed feelings. Shock. Unease. Hope and desperation.

"Are you Jiang Cheng?" The boy asks. Jiang Cheng nods. "I'm your nephew."

"I don't have a nephew."

"You do, now. Can I come in?" Jiang Cheng stares and Jin Ling shrugs, nonchalant. "Or I can go. I don't have to stay, to be honest. Shushu only told me to come here."

Take care of him. The ink is stained, the paper weary. Old or used, perhaps both. The rain didn’t help its condition.

"Who's shushu?" Jiang Cheng asks, gripping the paper.

"My other uncle. Jin Guangyao."

Jin Guangyao.

The letters are delicate. Soft and inviting.

He knows who Jin Guangyao is. Bastard of Jin Guangshan. Half brother to Jin Zixuan. Uncle of Jin Ling, apparently.

Jiang Cheng licks his lips, trying to ignore his trembling hands. He isn't fond of the anticipation curling around in his stomach.

"And your parents?"

Jin Ling's eyes are devoid of emotion. Jiang Cheng isn't fond of that, either. Not when he uses those eyes to break him the news.

"Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli."

The note in his hand has seen better days. Jiang Cheng adds to its weariness, unconsciously crumpling it.

Take care of him, it screams now. Begs. Tells him gently and lovingly.

That's why it was familiar. He hasn't seen it in years, but part of him recognised his sister's handwriting.

**

He ends up letting Jin Ling in quietly; neither of them saying anything, just Jiang Cheng opening the door wider and moving out of the way. Gesturing at the floor where his own shoes rest, other hand still gripping the note.

He watches as Jin Ling discards his muddy shoes. He doesn’t reprimand him and the boy doesn't apologise. The yellow coat gets hanged, water slowly dripping on the floor. He doesn’t care, not at the moment.

He tells his- his nephew, to wait in the bathroom while he gets some spare clothes. Jin Ling seems obedient enough, sitting on the side of the bathtub, nodding. He doesn’t ask for permission to start the hot water and Jiang Cheng doesn’t tell him to stop.

Note in hand, he heads to his bedroom, pretending that he isn’t close to a mental breakdown.

He hasn't seen her sister in years. Hasn't heard of her. Nor her husband.

She disappeared years ago, some time after their parents died. It didn't seem suspicious at the time. She and Jin Zixuan got married. Jiang Cheng walked her down the line. She was beautiful. Happy.

Then she and her new husband packed up their things, leaving only a letter in Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian's mail.

She told them she loved them. That it wasn’t their fault, it wasn’t Jin Zixuanxa fault. That it was a mutual decision between husband and wife with a good reason that she couldn't tell them. She wished them the best and asked not to be followed. To respect her decision.

They didn't. How could they? One moment they were all celebrating I'm bliss, and the next they get a neat and flimsy letter about a goodbye. It wasn’t like her. It was insane.

Of course they followed their sister. Tried to, at least, but they never found her. Some crumbs here and there, but all their leads went cold eventually.

And then Wei Wuxian found her. It was an accident, from what Jiang Cheng was told. Because he was only told. First on the phone, then in person with Wei Wuxian, alone. No Yanli. Not even Jin Zixuan.

Wei Wuxian looked pale. He knew something Jiang Cheng didn’t and he refused to share.

Jiejie is okay. She's happy with him. You don't need to worry.

Of course Jiang Cheng worried. A second didn’t pass by without him worrying. Wei Wuxian knew that.

Where is she?

I… I can't tell you that.

Wei Wuxian said he promised not to.

It was insane.

It hurt.

It made him mad.

Jiang Cheng thought Wei Wuxian was just joking. Hoped. An ill timed attempt to make him smile of relief when Wei Wuxian would grin at him and ask, did you really believed that?

Wei Wuxian didn’t grin. Didn’t even smile, just wore that sad, dready expression on his stupid face, like it physically hurt to withhold the information.

Yet he didn't budge.

Jiang Cheng suspected that if they hadn't already been talking on the phone when Wei Wuxian saw Jiang Yanli, he wouldn't even know that. Wei Wuxian would have slowly worked on him to give up the search without telling him about seeing their sister.

It just made Jiang Cheng angrier. His pleads led to nothing, so he tried talking with his fists.

Wei Wuxian didn't even try to fight back. It just made things worse.

He made it clear that if Wei Wuxian wasn't willing to tell him where his sister is, tell him why she went away, he wasn’t welcome in his life.

That was the last he heard of his brother, too.

He searched for his sister alone then, for a long time. As he kept running into walls, he wondered if Wei Wuxian helped them.

Then Jin Guangyao broke the news of his sister and her husband's death. He never mentioned a son. Denied it even, with that bastardly mask on his face.

And Jiang Cheng believed him.

They buried the bodies together.

And now Jin Ling, son of Jiang Yanli and Jin Zixuan sits in his bathroom, sent by Jin Guangyao.

He looks at the note, reads it again.

Take care of him, his sister tells him.

He takes a shaky breath and pushes down the turmoil inside him. Pushes and pushes until it's sealed in a rattling box, contained just enough to get himself through the night.

Then, he puts the note down on his desk, gets some clothes he thinks will fit the boy, and leaves the room without a second thought.

**

Jin Ling is quiet. He takes everything Jiang Cheng gives him, listens to what he says, acknowledging him with only a few words and glances at him.

He's distant, but that's okay. Jiang Cheng is, too.

He doesn't know what Jin Ling knows. Isn't sure how to ask, so he doesn't., and makes food instead, while the boy soaks in the water.

He calls Jin Guangyao a few times. He never picks up. He doesn't call Wei Wuxian. Couldn’t, even if he wanted to, he deleted his number in a fit of anger and he doesn't remember it anymore.

He's utterly alone as he stares at the frying eggs. He takes out some ham and quickly adds it to the pan, just to distract himself, and flexes his fingers to try and get rid of the trembling.

It doesn't work.

He drops an egg on the floor and he wants to scream as he destroys his kitchen. He doesn't do either, just throws out the egg and cleans.

Jin Ling finds him after he made two successful servings, the other three already in the bin. The clothes are a bit big for him, but it's acceptable.

"Thought you might be hungry," Jiang Cheng says as he places a plate in front of Jin Ling. The boy stares and Jiang Cheng stares back.

"Thanks," he says. He takes a seat and Jiang Cheng does the same.

They don't talk for a while. Jiang Cheng focuses on forcing down the food and trying not to vomit.

It's Jin Ling that breaks the silence.

"Are you not gonna ask?"

"Are you gonna answer?"

Jin Ling shrugs. Jiang Cheng makes a noise that says thought so. They get back to eating. Jin Ling clears his plate, while Jiang Cheng's portion joins the others in the bin. He doesn't bother to wash the utensils, placing them in the sink and leaving them there.

He doesn't have a spare bedroom, only a shitty couch. Most of his resources went down the drain trying to find his sister.

He wonders if he should take the couch. He should, shouldn't he? If Jin Ling really is his nephew. Even if he isn’t, he's just a kid. How old is he anyway? When was he born? How long after Yanli ran away?

"Is it okay if I sleep here?" Jin Ling asks, and points to the couch when he gets Jiang Cheng's attention.

He nods.

"Cool. Thanks."

So Jiang Cheng gets a pillow, a blanket and a sheet to drape over the couch. He gets no complaints.

"I can be gone before you wake up," Jin Ling says then.

"Why?" Jiang Cheng asks, as if he has no idea. Jin Ling huffs.

"I'm just a guy who showed up at your front door. At night. I'm surprised you even let me in."

"You are my sister's kid."

"You really believe that?"

"Yeah."

He isn’t sure if he wants to believe it, but he does. He recognises Jin Ling as some relative, at least. He noticed the features he shared with Jin Zixuan. The eyes told him about Yanli.

Well, maybe he just sees what he wants. It's a long night, after all.

Jin Ling still doesn't show much emotion, but his frown was still something. The thought of him opening up runs through Jiang Cheng's mind. He hushes it away.

"You are not what I expected," Jin Ling tells him.

"What did you expect?"

"I don't know."

Jiang Cheng can relate to that.

"I'll figure out a better sleeping arrangement later," he says instead of answering. "The couch is not that comfortable."

As if Jin Ling will stay for longer than a few nights. He wondered if either of them wanted that.

[valkyrieshepard]

Kinktober Day 24: Crossdressing. Jiang Cheng took his lovely wife Jin Ling out for a date, but they can't keep their hands off each other. A scene from my fic.

Full on twitter and bluesky.

[mdzs-mangatranslation]

🐰Happy New Year🐰

Thank you for your continued support for the manga this year!

© mdzs_comic and yuzurinwx

(And a Happy New Year from me as well! 💕)

[scrivenger-grimgar]

wei wuxian would probably be taller than lan wangji if he wasn't starved as a child. my guy was 186cm tall after being starved for 4-6 years, he would probably be like 190-195cm tall.

i love the idea that both wei changze and cangse sanren were also both freakishly tall, and because of that their kid is eye-level with nie mingjue or more, like dude. dude.

WWX: tallest person in jianghu

just for the record, wwx is canonically 186cm, but i think this is better! this also means that every modern au has tallxian, and i will not compromise on this >:3c

[dearmyloveleys]

going on a ramble here but do you all ever wonder that if there’s a sequel to mdzs the fact that sizhui is the last wen is a super good plot kickstarter waiting to happen? knowing that the jianghu is a facetious bunch of fucks, someone will be bound to dig up shit. There’s gonna be so much angst and parallels between the OG cast and the junior group.

Consider:

sizhui going on a main character journey arc, suddenly being the target of jianghu hate and manhunt. he has put his past as a wen behind, but jianghu finds out that WN is not only accompanying him on hunts, but also his uncle. does the past really die when you say it has? it'll be so heartbreaking when he loses that pureheartedness that we love about him

wangxian, especially WWX, will be by his side, making sure to guide and love him bc there was nobody there for him when that happened to him. they are also under fire again for raising sizhui in secret

the junior group wanting to help sizhui, but suddenly facing the pressures of politics from their respective sects/clans, just like how the original cast did

jinling needing to shed away the blackened image of the jin clan from his grandfather to his uncle, but it is difficult bc he’s also now the jin sect leader. (parallels between him and JC taking over as sect leader at a young age!! probably in this AU, JC learns from his younger days and guides jinling)

jingyi (in my hc) is the now the Lan head disciple along with sizhui and finds even moreso than before that Lan morals aren’t always right, like LWJ before him. he will defend sizhui, also like LWJ before him

zizhen is the face of the smaller sects/clans, suddenly thrust into the jianghu spotlight and expected to represent their grudges against sizhui

the OG cast feels so terrible about it because the generational curse and trauma just doesn’t stop even if they want it to. humans are humans and pieces of shit. they couldn’t stop it for themselves and now their children, wards and nephews are still on the receiving end of it

bright side is, the OG cast, now more grown into their skills and themselves, will stop at nothing to shape and save the younger generation into a kinder generation

still, the juniors will ultimately have to craft the kind of future they want to have and face down the realities of the jianghu

I think it’s going to be a very full circle, full of parallels and angsty story if this sequel happens. It has to be an ultimate discussion of blood family vs found family and an even deeper dive into generational trauma.

[local-writer]

Random parent headcanon for Jiang Cheng and reader

Jiang Cheng hates favoritism. Due to his father favoring Wei Wuxian back when he and his brother were children, it left him bitter towards his father and the thought of favoring one child over the other. So whenever you and Jiang Cheng have children, he treats them all equally, and this includes Jin Ling.

You also treat them equally, not very fond of the idea of having a favorite child. They're all equal, and so is your love for them and Jin Ling.

Jiang Cheng tries to be a good father and uncle, and he really is, despite his temper and harsh words sometimes. He genuinely loves his family, and he'll do anything to protect his little family with his life.

He would be such a good dad 😭

[kjwaikiki]

Protective Jiang Yanli Headcanon:

I have this idea in my head where Jiang Yanli is a bit more protective and political than in canon.

In my head when Wei Wuxian comes to Lotus Pier Jiang Yanli latches on to him just as he seems to latch on to her. Here is someone who needs her, who to a certain degree relies on her. In many ways Jiang Yanli sees Wei Wuxian as her child because she is the one that raises him.

The political side comes in regarding her engagement to Jin Zixuan. Wei Wuxian isn’t treated well by Yu Ziyuan and Yanli knows that her father won’t step in to stop Yu Ziyuan from hurting Wei Wuxian. So Yanli comes up with a plan. Yanli plans to take Wei Wuxian with her to Koi Tower.

Of course this brings its own set of difficulties. She will have to convince her father to let Wei Wuxian go, the toxic environment of Koi Tower, and the fact that Jin Zixuan resents their engagement.

Jiang Yanli schemes. The easiest to overcome is Zixuan’s dislike, she just needs to make him see her as a victim or ally rather than an enemy. This idea leads to her ultimate plan.

Yanli is going to poison herself while she is at Koi Tower. She is going to lay the blame on either one of the female Jin disciples who acted out of jealousy or one of Jin Guangshan’s cronies with the excuse that they think closer ties with Yunmeng Jiang will cause a decrease in their power (or something similar). The point is that she needs there to be an initial panic, investigation, and ultimately while someone will be caught Yanli needs there to be doubt in her parents’ minds as to whether Koi Tower is safe for her.

At this point Yanli will request that Wei Wuxian comes to Koi Tower and acts as her bodyguard. She knows that with the recent poisoning attempt her father will be weak to her request and more likely to grant it. It will be even more effective if she can get Jin Zixuan to request that Wei Wuxian come to Koi Tower to look after her because her parents can’t deny a sect heir easily.

Jin Zixuan will make the request because after Yanli poisons herself and her fiancé comes to see her she will tearfully request that he bring one of her brothers to Koi Tower. She will say she is afraid and that she misses her brothers. She will act weak and pitiful to soften Jin Zixuan’s heart to her. Jin Zixuan will see how Yanli was poisoned by someone of his sect and see her as a victim. He will pity her and thus accept her request and bring it up to her parents.

Of course Jiang Cheng cannot come to Koi Tower he is the sect heir and must stay in Yunmeng Jiang where it is safe. Wei Wuxian however is much more free to come to Koi Tower and look after his Shijie.

Jiang Yanli is happy. Months of planning, carefully building up an immunity to poison, and gathering the necessary ingredients have all payed off. As for the toxic cloud hanging over Koi Tower, there was already one poisoning attempt who is to say that there won’t be a second and that Jin Guangshan is the unfortunate victim this time. Of course with Jin Guangshan dead and Jin Zixuan the new sect leader Wei Wuxian will need to stay at Koi Tower indefinitely to protect Jiang Yanli.

I’m not sure how this ends. Maybe with Jin Ling’s birth or maybe with Wei Wuxian marrying Lan Wangji. I don’t know how much Jiang Cheng or Wei Wuxian know about Jiang Yanli’s plan. I am aware that Jiang Yanli can be considered OC. In the end this is just an idea that I had and wanted to share. I hope you like it!

[matoirsblog]

This year has been the hardest for me mentally and it has also been very productive.

[classygreydove]

The Untamed, but Princess Bride Edition Crack. Is Wei Wuxian Buttercup, Westley, or Miracle Max? The fandom may never know. Part 2 to be posted soon.

Ironically, I found a Wangxian Princess Bride crack au on ao3 after I started working on this, but I highly recommend giving as you wish by varnes a read, at the very least for the Yanqing appearance. If You Love Someone by CoatWrites is also a fabulous sapphic wangxian princess bride au, if a bit darker.

Found the memes (like [sad flute music] and [fairy lan zhan] on pinterest, if anyone knows who to credit for them lmk

[rayan12sworld]

💠💙By Any Other Name

by:ShanaStoryteller

Summary:

Wei Wuxian wakes up in Mo Xuanyu's body and heads straight for Lotus Pier. Wu Yingtai is the newest member of the Jiang Clan and rumored to be the future wife of Jiang Wanyin.

Lan Wangji is not in love with her.

Chapter:4/4

Words:31,828

Status:completed (crossdress wei ying)

“He likes her,” he says helplessly. Wangji enjoys the company of so few people that even that would be remarkable, but this is something he hadn’t thought he’d ever see again, something he hasn’t seen even a hint of in the past thirteen years.

But it’s there again, like Wangji is fifteen years old again and just discovering what want is. It’s desire and protectiveness and affection too overwhelming to be anything but painful.

Sizhui likes her too. It’s almost perfect.

Uncle’s lips press together. “She is not his to like.”

Lan Xichen has no response to that, because of course Uncle is right. Wu Yingtai is obviously if not publicly engaged to Jiang Wanyin. There’s nothing to be done about it.

~~

He’d killed his brother once. He’d killed Wei Wuxian after A-jie had died to save him, dishonoring her sacrifice. What sin could be worse than that? Whose life could be more precious than that of his brother who their sister had died for? What wouldn’t he be willing to do in order to ensure one of his worst mistakes remains undone? Very little.

~~

He’d been prepared to die and join Wei Ying and instead he’d woken up in Wu Yingtai’s arms

~

She sways and both Wangji and Sizhui reach out to steady her, but Jin Ling wraps an arm around her waist and glares at them. “Come on, Aunt Ying.” Does that glare seem worse than before? More possessive? Does Jin Ling know that Wangji is in love with his uncle’s fiancé? Lan Xichen can’t tell.

~

If only she weren’t engaged to Jiang Wanyin. ~

“I AM NOT ENGAGED TO A-YING!” Jiang Cheng roars, facing rapidly going from grey to red. “THERE WILL BE NO MARITAL DUTIES!” He reaches for his sword, seemingly barely restraining himself from unsheathing it. The rest of the hall has gone quiet, everyone’s attention on them.

~~😂😂

“You knew I was Jin Guangshan’s daughter and you married me anyway?” Lan Xichen’s eyes widen. Jiang Cheng frowns and pinches the skin of his wrist. If he’s in the middle of a dream right now, that would explain several things. The doors burst open. A scarred woman stumbles into the banquet hall and announces, “I was there the night Sect Leader Jin killed his father!” “Darling, please,” Jin Guangyao starts, but is cut off by a dark figure bursting in through the window and heading straight for Qin Su. It’s, somehow, impossibly, Wen Ning. “Oh, I see,” Jiang Cheng says, reaching for Sandu. “This is a nightmare.”

~😂😂 now this is a nightmare that nie Huaisang have made,nie "i cause problems not solutions" huaisang

It’s impossible. It’s impossible. It’s the only thing that makes sense. “Wei Ying,” he breathes, soft enough that no one else can hear him. She flinches. He tugs her forward, so she’s pressed against him like that day she ran into him, and curls his other arm around her waist. He lowers his head so he can speak directly into her ear. “Wei Ying.” She breathes out, shuddering in his arms, then mutters, “Lan Zhan. Not here.” He turns his face to bury it in Wei Ying’s hair, attempting to hide his smile from everyone else. Explanations can come later. For now, Wei Ying is alive, and in his arms, and that’s enough

~~

Jin Guangyao has his sword pressed against Wu Yintai’s throat, enough that it’s broken skin, if only barely. Additionally, in the ten minutes since he’s left his brother’s side, it appears that he’s proposed, if his ribbon in Wu Yingtai’s hair is any indication. Jin Guangyao is holding a sword to throat of the woman Wangji loves. He barely survived losing Wei Wuxian, and now there’s no child to give his brother a will to live. He doesn’t know what losing Wu Yingtai would to do Wangji. He doesn’t want to find out.

[realitydisociation]

I’ve been living with an empty space in my heart after finishing The Untamed and Word of Honor, coming here to read some good fics and finding none for WoH and only a few for MDZS (which I already have read all)

Like there are a lot of beautiful and fic-able(? characters in both shows ????

[thememecrown]

Wake up little star... it's time for choose 🌚

I told you this moment would come ehehehe

I decided to do it first because I checked the next chapters for each work currently active and I noticed we are getting closer and closer to imported things or possible closures, except for Mingxian. Mingxian will have to take a nap at some point (I have to work on two nice big chapters of a certain depth eheheheheh🌚)

But let's not get lost in chatter, we have choices to make!!! As always the couples were commented by my friends… let's say that this time they went CRAZY!

to give context especially for Lan Xichen x Jiang Cheng; Lan Qiren x Wei Wuxian:

Lan Xichen x Jiang Cheng : I had thought about not seriously showing my Italian side on food… because we Italians have an overly complex culture when it comes to eating a certain dish in a certain way etc… but then after a short chat with my grandma, i decided to go down hard :D Nothing will change the main request, but I would like to take you on a journey to discover Italian cuisine in all its meaning!!

Lan Qiren x Wei Wuxian : LET ME TELL YOU. THIS WAS ALREADY CRAZY, BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AGAIN AND I CAN SWEAR IT WILL BE EVEN MORE CRAZY EHEHE

That being said, may the best plot win!! Remember that if your favorite ship doesn't win the survey, they will return in the next survey together with others!!!

There are no updates scheduled today (gotta work dammit) but they'll be back tomorrow!!!

SEE YAA LITTLE STAR ❤️‍🩹🫂

[valkyrieshepard]

Some teeny tiny teasers for my Kinktober Project. If you want to see slightly larger previews, you can join my patreon.

Please note this is a Dead Dove Kinktober and will feature sensitive topics (but also has some very wholesome parts).

Featuring MDZS, Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail so far. If you have suggestions for these missing topics, let me know :3

[mdzs-mangatranslation]

Meeting up 😉

'Unfavorable luck The road between enemies is narrow Blessings never come in pairs Misfortune does not come singly'

© yuzurinwx

[marjfm]

WIP of JiuJiu

[eyesforahead]

MDZS SCENARIO :)

Please, feel free to check my previous scenario's the bsd one has 2 hour's left for the option to vote :>

Rule's to help you:

Read everything before choosing

Know what you're getting into by choosing your choice

Follow for more :]

Read to the bottom first

Scenario:

You have died and have been Isekai 'd into mdzs! You have the option to take choose a role.

These are your options. Think carefully.

Think wisely on the character's fate. Remember it is known if you share the last name of someoned deemed as evil automatically everyone will assume you are as well!

So my dear, what's your choice? Tell me in the comments I'm curious.

I apologize if this doesn't make sense. I'll answer any question you may have. Recommendations on next scenario are welcome!