#lin ruomeng

[hideyseek]

oh my god the older generation's backstory is absolutely fucking nuts

[eirenical]

Another WIP question, because your list is full of enticing sounding stories - GYADL Fusheng lives BUT AT WHAT COST

Awwww, thank you! You can ask about as many as you want, @lasenbyphoenix! :D

[If anyone else would like to ask me about a WiP title, here is the list! ^_^]

So, this fic started because I'd read a rumor somewhere (that I have yet to be able to find a source for since OTZ), after reading the book, Z1L requested that they kill off Luo Fusheng at the end of the drama because it would be LESS SAD than the book ending. Which is... saying something considering how sad the drama ending is. O_o;;;

So, I did a little digging (and this is also how I ended up starting to translate the novel, BTW XD) and found out that at the end of the drama, Fusheng DOESN'T die. The war elements of the story are way more important and intense in the novel than the drama, and in the novel, Fusheng and Ruomeng are separated due to the war. So Ruomeng goes to France WITH THEIR SON (no adoption here!) thinking that Fusheng is dead. And Fusheng lives out the rest of his days in Shanghai lonely and depressed. By the time Lin Jingyun comes to Shanghai, I'm pretty sure both of them are dead.

SO. What I wanted to play with in this fic is kind of... merging the two endings, but with the twist of "what if Fusheng and Ruomeng AREN'T dead yet?" And the plan is to take this very sad separation ending and, through Lin Jingyun, get them reunited. ^_^

Snippet below the cut? ^_^

Lin Jingyun finished seating the last of the dinner reservation crowd—a young couple and their two children—and turned to survey the restaurant.  They still weren't working at anywhere near full capacity nor had she been able to talk Cheng Musheng out of his reservation-only model, but at least they were making enough money now to cover expenses and hire a few wait staff, bussers, and an actual bartender for the bar—on weekends, at least.  It was a start.  And Lin Jingyun's new column reviewing restaurants here in Dongjiang and several of the surrounding provinces brought in more than enough to ensure that they could live comfortably, even when times were slow in the restaurant.  Musheng was doing better now, spent far fewer of his days in an alcohol soaked haze, but some days were still a struggle, and JIngyun didn't want to put any undue pressure on him, especially when it wasn't necessary, when she could help.

Like today.  The host on duty today had had a family emergency, so Jingyun had stepped in to cover for him.  And things were going well, if she did say so herself.  Everyone had been seated in the correct sections, everyone had menus or were waiting for orders and… wait.

Jingyun narrowed her eyes.  Sitting in the middle of one of the closed sections—not just closed for the day, but closed since Jingyun had first come to the place—was an old man.  Just… brazenly sitting there like he belonged there.  Jingyun hadn't sat him; she'd have remembered seating someone that… unkempt.  So, who had?  She was just about to walk over there and give that old man a piece of her mind—and throw him out while she was at it—when an arm caught her around the waist and prevented her from moving.  She turned to find Cheng Musheng behind her, arm still wrapped securely about her middle.

"What are you doing?  I'm just going to go over there and explain the restaurant policy to him!"

Cheng Musheng shook his head, said quietly, "The policy doesn't apply to him.  That was one of the only conditions to allow me to purchase the restaurant.  Sheng Jian Bao stay on the menu, and he," Musheng nodded in the old man's direction, "Gets to come in for a hot meal and a place to sit whenever he wants, reservation or no."  When Jingyun opened her mouth to protest, Musheng just smiled.  "Jingyun, don't worry about it.  I'll take care of his table directly.  It's no bother."

Jingyun stepped back, bemused, as Cheng Musheng approached the old man.  He was dressed neatly enough, if too casually for Jingyun's taste given the late hour, but everything he wore looked far too lived in.  The coat he wore might once have been a deep olive green but was now closer to grey.  His shirt was worn, almost threadbare in places, and his jeans torn and tattered at the cuffs, and fraying at the knees in a way that would have been almost stylish if Jingyun could have convinced herself he'd bought them that way.  His hair was just this side of too long, grey curls failing into his eyes every time he leaned forwards, but it was still thick, no signs of balding.  And his hands, wrinkled and gnarled, shook where they rested around one of the coffee mugs on the table.

Cheng Musheng bent low in the old man's direction, speaking almost directly into his ear, and Jingyun frowned when she saw him pull a flask from his own pocket, pouring the contents into the old man's mug before bowing to him and backing away.  The old man lifted the mug to his lips, downing the entire mug in one long swallow and holding it out for more.  There was something almost… pitiful about him, in the way his hands shook, the way his eyes didn't seem to quite focus, in the way he slumped over the mug in his hands.  But he smiled when Cheng Musheng bent low to speak to him again, and that smile lifted the years from his face and put a sparkle in his eyes that make Jingyun's breath catch. 

He must have been stunning in his youth.

As Cheng Musheng finally moved away from the table, Jingyun followed him towards the kitchen.  Clearly there was a story here, and Musheng owed her one.

[thebraindump]

None of the BS of GYADL would have happened if Luo Fusheng, Xu Xingchen, and Tianying/Ruomeng had just become a thruple from the start. I will not be taking criticsm at this time.

[uniquestream]

Granting You a Dreamlike Life 2018 A food critic, Lin Jing Yun who was born and bred in France, returns to her family home to find an old diary that chronicles a love story between a popular actress Tian Ying/Lin Ruomeng and the son of a triad leader, Luo Fu Sheng during 1930s Shanghai.

[justm4m]

181030 Drama Xu Ni Fu Sheng Ruo Meng’s Weibo & Alen's Post 方逸伦Alen

Drama Xu Ni Fu Sheng Ruo Meng: #Xu Ni Fu Sheng Ruo Meng Last Episode# [Xu Ni Fu Sheng Ruo Meng Team Death] Let’s see the fastest team death, with Luo Fusheng @Zhu Yilong as leader of the team, trying to save the team of Lin Ruomeng @An Yuexi, and the entire team died in 20 minutes in the last episode. Xiao Lin Bai He Zi @Yang Xi Sunny gained the achievement of pentakill. Xu Ni Team of @Zhu Jianran, @Fang Yilun Alen @Li Delong_ @Ji Xiangning all died. What is our goal? The actors who showed their faces all have bentos to eat.

Alen: #Xu Ni Fu Sheng Ruo Meng Last Episode# Thank you everyone for your love and support for Xu Ni (drama), and “hating iron for not being steel” Duan Songsong (Alen’s character’s nickname; scaredy cat) (t/n: hating the feeling of someone who do not meet expectations). Tian Ci (Alen’s character name) will continue to work hard, to bring you all more of my work

Photo: First blood!

Translated by xpixelatedz@justm4m | Please take out with full credits

[hideyseek]

wait the implications of this ending on the politics of dongjiang are FASCINATING though. like. with lin qikai AND luo fusheng AND xu xingcheng all dead, there's a version of this that goes: and then their sisters became the respective matriarchs of their families and brought dongjiang into an unprecedented era of prosperity or something

[eirenical]

Awakening: Chapter 2 (5308 words) by eirenical

Chapters: 2/3 Fandom: 许你浮生若梦 | Xǔ Nǐ Fú Shēng Ruò Mèng | Granting You a Dreamlike Life (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Luo Fusheng/Xu Xingcheng, Xu Xingcheng & Xu Xingyuan Characters: Xu Xingcheng, Xu Xingyuan, Luo Fusheng, Original Male Character(s), Xu Rui'an Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Past Rape/Non-con, Rape Aftermath, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Drug Withdrawal, Implied/Referenced Brainwashing, Panic Attacks, Huddling For Warmth, Hypothermia, Post-Prison, Grooming, Mentions of Sexual Thoughts About a Minor, Non-Graphic Rape/Non-Con, (a character's verbal description of their past actions), making amends, Undressing, Dubious Consent, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Vomiting, Redemption

Series: Part 6 of Indefinitely

Overall Fic Summary:

Xu Xingcheng leaves Dongjiang for a month to return to the training camp that turned him into the police officer he is today.  But just as with that first visit, many things can change in a month.  When Xingcheng leaves Dongjiang, he is resolute, secure in his motivations, his desires; when he returns he is uncertain, afraid, and desperate to make up for past mistakes.  When Xinghcheng leaves Dongjiang, Fusheng is cooperative, but whole and still occasionally defiant; when Xingcheng returns, Fusheng is cowed and broken, possibly beyond repair.  Yes, many things can change in a month, and not all of them can be put right again, but damned if Xingcheng isn't going to try.

Below the cut for further notes, details about the rape/noncon elements and consent issues warnings…

Further details about warnings:

In this chapter, there are vague references to abuse and torture suffered by Luo Fusheng at the hands of Xu Ruian.  There is nothing detailed in this chapter, mostly Xingcheng's half-suppositions of what happened while he was away.  Fusheng is also delirious for most of this chapter, afraid to be touched, and begins begging for whoever touched him to stop if he is touched.  There is also a struggle to get him to swallow medicine which triggers a panic attack during which he nearly chokes and must be restrained.

There will be further detailed warnings on the last chapter, but for now, please check the tags so you have some idea of what you're getting into.