#mdzs two cakes

[waitineedaname]

I love that the best emotional acting when it comes to facial expressions comes from Lan Wangji (microexpressions) and Jiang Cheng (macroexpressions). Lan Wangji doesn't emote much but when you're keyed in, the tiny little changes in his facial expression are Devastating. Meanwhile Jiang Cheng is feeling Every Emotion, All The Time, and you are going to see it on every inch of his face. He'll go through twenty different expressions in the same amount of seconds and that face journey will be but a brief glimpse into the awful emotional rollercoaster that is Jiang Cheng's life

[spriteofmushrooms]

I keep thinking of an AU where the reason the WWX we follow through out MDZS seems so distant from his past memories is because his soul actually still isn’t whole. The majority of his anger, guilt, resentment, and obsessive devotion were split apart from him when his body and soul got shredded. So whilst his unburdened lighter parts only have vague impressions of some of his harsher memories and the pain they entail, there’s been a mass of the other parts of his soul coalescing in the burial mounds like dehydrated Ganon. MXY’s spell awakened them. Eventually it breaks out and makes a shambling beeline back to the one person it still wants to protect, JC, and he’s letting nothing stand in his way least of all the puny scraps of soul who have hurt his beloved Shidi again. Just Synchronicity II by the Police vibes.

Anon, I'm obsessed with this concept. Also, force of nature/act of god!Yiling Laozu? Extremely good. Please, I need it. 🥺🙏

I have two similar fic concepts, one where WWX's soul fragments were scattered across the jianghu and gather to JC(/WWX's core) as he comes across them (which ends happily); the other where WWX's fragments coalesce in the waters of Yunmeng over the course of years (which ends with maybe some light drowning. It's called Romance).

When you make yours, please please link me!!

[gravitywonagain]

the "alone on thanksgiving? mad at your dad?" craigslist ad post but it's chinese new year or something and mianmian invites "rude party guest" wei ying to be her Evil Beard, basically, so that when she shows up to the next thing with wen qing her family will be somewhat relieved that at least wen qing is Respectable. but at the party, wei ying meets lan zhan. he stays in character because he's a bro like that and internally grieves the loss of this beautiful man who is (rightfully) glaring at him the entire party as wei ying pretends to get more and more drunk and hits on many various women and finally does actually propose to mianmian in front of all the jins and lans and probably nies (idk who's all there, but jin guangshan does not throw small parties).

wei ying leaves that night having bonded deeply with mianmian and also having been banned from koi tower and all other jin properties and resorts. but most importantly, he is sad because lan zhan was super hot and totally into him for the half-a-second they shared by the bar before wei ying jumped back into character.

(what wei ying doesn't know is that lan zhan heard him tell the bar tender to pour him drinks that look alcoholic but that do not have any actual alcohol in them, and then watched him act progressively drunker and rowdier as the night went on. he hasn't put all the clues together just yet, but he knows something is going on.)

less than a week later, probably, lan zhan walks into the bookstore wei ying runs with the wens. wei ying is reading a book about the silk road aloud to the sleeping toddler curled tightly into his chest. it's like thirty minutes before closing. wei ying was definitely banking on nobody showing up anytime soon. but lan zhan is looking for a gift for his brother, and the store is open after all. so wei ying wraps a blanket around a'yuan, tying him to his chest as he and lan zhan wander around the bookstore, discussing possibilities in hushed voices and cooing at a'yuan's tiny snores. mostly wei ying is just praying to every god he can think of that lan zhan doesn't recognize him as the asshole from the jin party.

(lan zhan definitely does.)

unfortunately, mianmian's family didn't totally buy the act, or at least weren't quite scandalized enough to be open to lesbianism, so wei ying has to keep attending these awful parties for a little while and pretending to be The Worst and also pretending that he's not totally into lan zhan the entire fucking time. (this may open up an opportunity for wei ying to take a drink for lan zhan to piss off actual asshole jin zixun, and also cause problems with wei ying's sobriety, if we want to get angsty with it. or maybe he just tosses it in jin zixun's face. choose your own adventure.)

cue confusion about wei ying's actual relationship with mianmian, a series of awkward interactions as wei ying and lan zhan dance around each other to figure out if the other is even into men, and a'yuan (predictably) being the Best Boy and forcing his dads to get their collective shit together and become a happy little family! (nie huaisang might help, too.)

[deathbyoctopi]

I love the Untamed character songs bc most of them are these amazing themes that speak of the characters passions, fears, ambitions, etc. while matching so well their personalities... And then you have the villain’s songs. 

Xue Yang, with a harrowing, hauntingly beautiful requiem for Xiao Xingchen.

And Meng Yao, who starts rapping.

[llycaons]

I’ve been reading a lot of novel-based fic today and in the spirit of appreciating each adaptation, it is genuinely insanely cool that wwx actually animated and controlled corpses. like, of course ethically dubious and horrific to everyone who witnessed him and and it possible (?) eroded his mind and body and everything but it was some real legendary shit

[rainingskyguy]

WIP Wednesday: MDZS Big Bang 2

@mdzsbigbang

Rumors are such nasty things, aren't they?

(But what faster way to lose the unapproachable mysticism than being a fool who needs someone to care?)

“Hey did you hear? A-Hua says her neighbor told her mom that his brother had seen walking corpses on your property! Are you well? Have you angered the Yiling Laozu?”

“Ah, that. Ahaha… I may have asked the Patriarch for a favor.”

“Heavens guard you, what did you do?! How are you alive? Oh, I shouldn’t be associating with you…”

“Wha— Hey, it’s nothing like that! He just helped me draw water from the well, and I gave him porridge!”

“What the fuck, and he just… said yes? To that awful deal?”

“I don’t think he eats well. And he seemed to be having fun anyway.”

 “And you… Weren’t you afraid? We all have heard the rumors of the Patriarch and the power he wielded… I heard he ate a man’s heart straight from his chest and then ordered his ghost to slaughter his whole town…”

 “Do you reckon that’s true? Not saying his evil ways don’t scare the shit out of me, but well… I did see him trip on his own two feet and then lay there in the middle of the road.”

 “Was he… dead…?”

 “No, fell asleep.”

 “Huh.”

 “Yeah.”

 “…Hey, do you think he’d like some rice cakes? My wife made extra, and we were going to give them away anyway, and we do need to get our roof fixed…”

 (In his demonic cave, the fearsome Yiling Patriarch sneezed.)      

[gardensofthemoon]

20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by the lovelies @ettelene and @tilion-writes, many thanks! Sorry for the late response, been busy with real life commitments.

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 10

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 38,319 words

3. What fandoms do you write for? Currently, Silmarillion and MDZS/The Untamed, though I haven't posted anything yet for the latter.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Fëanor posts on r/amitheasshole

Capodopera

Family Dinner

Immortal Longings

uprooting

5. Do you respond to comments? Yes, always! And I ramble a lot.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Hm. I write quite a bit of angst, and I can think of at least three fics of mine with sad endings, but I think Cardinal takes the cake. It's a bleak end, miserable, made even more so by the relative tenderness of the main story.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Probably Fëanor posts on r/amitheasshole, because it's crack. Nobody dies; is that the low bar for a happy ending in the silm fandom?

8. Do you get hate on fics? So far none, but I expect to get some in the future as I want to write about darker themes. And I'm mentally preparing for posting in a new fandom that's known for its toxicity.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Yes, and I plan on writing more! I love shipfic, I love romance, this is the main genre I read in fanfic, so. If I had to classify my style of smut, I'd say it veers into porn with feelings territory. The main sentiment behind my writing, behind all my writing, smutty or not, is yearning. What intrigues me is what the characters are feeling, their thought process, building the tension and portraying their dynamic. I don't think I can write smut just for the sake of smut - and there are so many facets of the characters' personalities that can be explored through their kinks, their bedroom attitude, their emotions and insecurities. Also, I write slash, though I'd like to try my hand at femslash as well.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? No, but I've thought about it. The logistic aspect of it ruins the fun, unfortunately.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? No.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Not yet.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? Not sure if they can be considered "all-time" favourites since I got into fandom less than a year ago, but the ships I'm completely obsessed with are Curufin/Finrod for the silm fandom and Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian for mdzs/cql.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? My Curufinrod in Valinor fic that I talked about on here. It's a long project and I'm used to writing one-shots, so I keep telling myself I'd work on it and post it once it's finished. Not sure when or if that will happen.

16. What are your writing strengths? Story concepts, comedic timing, eliciting emotions. Prose if I'm feeling confident.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I am always obsessing over sentence structure, conveying tone, and word choice. English not being my native language doesn't help either. Technicalities aside, probably dialogue and longer story arcs.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? Ambivalent.

19. First fandom you wrote for? The Silmarillion! Best fandom.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written? The second chapter of Capodopera (which is composed of two mirroring one-shots). I think I managed to write precisely the story that I set out to; I'm pleased with everything about it, from the prose to the characterisation, to the escalation and the power shift, to the smut scene. And it doesn't hurt that it's the most self-indulgent thing I've written for my silm otp.

I'd like to tag two of my favourite writers @crackinthecup and @tobermoriansass, I'd be super curious to read your answers!

[jiaoji]

@mdzs-is-rotting-my-brain (halloween/ kiss/surprise) 🔞

Wei WuXian's anniversary was always a fun day for him, since it was on the best day of the year, in his opinion: Halloween.

Now, Wei WuXian always liked to make up and dress scary or silly, but since he started dating Lan WangJi, the holiday was an amazing excuse to make his boyfriend horny and desesperate. Wei WuXian wanted to see Lan WangJi suffering, in a affectionable way.

So today, after a long day of people congratulating him on his birthday and a bouquet from Lan WangJi, he was dressing himself to go at his boyfriend house.

Lan WangJi said that he have a present for him and Wei WuXian thought that he finally will lose his virginity on his birthday at 18. He chooses the most scandalous doctor costume, some pretty make up like a beatifull red lip gloss and goes to his boyfriend house.

/

Lan WangJi didn't expect Wei WuXian to arrive so quickly at his house. He looks at his uncle and his mother-in-law, CangSe Sanren pushes him softly in the door direction.

"Distract him, WangJi. It must not be difficult for you.", the malicious smile that crossed her face made his uncle really mad.

Ignoring the implications, he goes to the front door and open it, just to stop breathing when he sees how his adorable and shine boyfriend is dressed.

The costume is scandalous and make Lan WangJi stiff like a wall, in completly shock.

Wei WuXian giggles at his sight.

He can't take it anymore.

Whe he finally understand what is happpening, Wei WuXian is with his legs on his waist, being pressed against Lan Xichen's car. Lan WangJi's hand squeeze his ass and tighs, pressing their waists together and rubbing at each other.

Wei WuXian moans and sighs, calling Lan WangJi's name and praising how good he is, making his boyfriend more and more agressive.

/

Lan Qiren didn't wanted to make Wei WuXian's birthday party on his house, but Lan WangJi, Lan Xichen and CangSe Sanren convinced him it would be just them, no teenager friends or big scandalous party's.

The preparatives were easy and the cake was finally finished by Wei Changze.

Lan Qiren didn't wanted to be the one to call the teenage couple outside, having chills down his spines of all the things his nephew must have suffering on Wei WuXian's hand.

He opens the front door and they were not there, but two shadows can be seeing againt Lan Xichen's car, the kissing sounds are loud and obvious, Lan Qiren is fumming, walking at the couple hiding in the shadows and making too much improper movements on each other. The one that is cornering the other teenager against the car must be Wei WuXian.

Lan Qiren didn't warned or even seemed to be noticed by them, what makes him even more angry. So he slaps the head of the aggressive teenager and say, "What are doing?!"

The shadow startles from the slaps and free the other of his grip. But now that they moved a bit, Lan Qiren can see that the one he hit the head is his nephew.

They look at eachother while Wei WuXian breaks laughing.

"Uncle..."

"WangJi..."

"Hahahahaha...!"

Wei WuXian enters the house being scourted by Lan WangJi, Lan Qiren is quiet and the house look empty.

Wei WuXian is wondering why Lan Qiren was going around his own house in the dark, when the lights turn on and some close Wei WuXian's friends and family scream surprise, with ballons and confetti everywhere.

He laughs and smiles, a bit shy with his clothes but he still very happy. He and Lan WangJi go at his parents and hug them both.

CangSe Sanren smiles and kiss his sons hair.

Wei ChangZe do the same but looking at Lan WangJi with a frow when he perceived where he was looking at he also says, "Let's talk about it later, fine? Happy birthday, A'Ying."

"Thank you bàba! love you both!"

Wei WuXian pushes Lan WangJi during all the party, maybe they sneak out some other hour while nobody's looking.

[kaz3313]

20 question writer meme!! Tagged by @jaggededges123

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

I have 122!

2. What’s your total ao3 word count?

239,332. :D a lot more then I thought!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

So I’m a “i write what I fancy” BUT my top fandoms I’ve written for are MDZS,Nope, Good Omens, and Danganronpa (if combined all my fics of each series together). My current fandom I’m writing for is Team Fortress Two where I have too many wips 😂

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Kidnapped? Rescued? Lies or Truth? - Svsss, 500 on the dot, Shen Jiu/Tianlang-Jun, Not rated

Can Peacocks Swim? - MDZS, under 1k, Jin Zixuan/Wei Wuxian, Teen

Talk Dirty To Me (In that Unnatural Voice of Your’s)- Scream, under 1k, Billy/Stu, Mature

Crowley is a very bad demon who does terrible things. Like take care of a bunch of orphans. - Good Omens, 3k, Teen

A Mark Without Pain- TGCF, under 1k, Qi Rong/Lang Qianqiu, Mature

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Almost always! Unless a comment makes me uncomfortable I try to respond to everything! Ive recently got some “more” comments that I haven’t but even comments that are just emojis i respond to. I love comments and love reading them so I try to get across to people I really appreciate them ☺️

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I remember you… Do you remember me? ( https://archiveofourown.org/works/36298375 ) I had a whole 2022 Whumptober yet I think this one takes the cake on angst. So angsty I had to write an alternate less angsty ending 😂

7. What is a fic you wrote with the happiest of endings?

A New Beginning (https://archiveofourown.org/works/37391902 )

So I’m taking this as something that has angst but a happy conclusion - and I feel this fic is one of those.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Surprisingly no? I’ve gotten a few comments that are kinda iffy but most comments are very sweet!

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Lots of smut- so much in fact most of its in my Works in Progress 😭 I’m so terrible at finishing smut but I usually go with darker themes ☺️

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Oh!! Their all in my wips 😭 I did start making a Mdzs/Nope crossover which would probably be my strangest if I ever finished it up

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope, but one time one of my aus I made with a friend got stolen! But that’s s story for another time

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! Unfortunately I don’t have the link of the translation but my fic Pocky got translated into Russian ! (https://archiveofourown.org/works/27507364)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before

Nope

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Statistically speaking- if going by number of fics- Aziraphale/Crowley. However, I have to say an all time fav would be Jessie/James (Pokémon) a ship I’ve never read nor wrote for. Just one of those childhood nostalgia ones.

15. What’s a wip you want to finsih but probably never will?

All of them 😭 In all serious though I’m terrible with long fics and while I have grand ideas it’s hard for me to stick through them. My Danganronpa/TGCF AU will forever be in my heart (and full planned on a discord server) but will likely never see any light of day.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I’ve been told my dialogue flows well and that I have a good hold on how people would react.

17. Writing weaknesses?

… Smut? I feel I’m slow on making it because I overthink it.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Oh!! I’ve done this!! It’s fun and also terrible. I feel I’m getting translations wrong but I do my best. I did once try to write a whole fic in another language— unfortunately that fic is lost to time.

19. First Fandom I wrote For?

On ao3 Rick and Morty. On amino, though, I wrote for Undertale first. And my first fics were mini comics I made at home for Pokémon.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

The Inter(Viewers) ( https://archiveofourown.org/works/40985745/chapters/102715464)

It’s the longest finished fic of mine and I’m really proud of that fact! I put a lot into it and it has some of my favorite scenes.

Tags: I’m sorry I don’t know who to tag- please my fellow writers jump on this if you want to do this!

[dangerouscommiesubversive]

for the writer meme: 📚🎬?

🎬 If a movie or show were based on your fic, which fic would you choose and who would you fancast?

I don't think I really have any fic up with sufficient legs to make a movie or show, although if I have to pick one I'd say "Thomas and the Fucking Tiger in the Living Room" could make a fun short movie. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about current actors to do any kind of fancasting.

📚 Is there a fanfic or fanfic writer you recommend?

Oh, man. I actually don't read a lot of fic myself, or at least I haven't until recently, when I got into MDZS and other danmei and apparently plunged right into the depths of hyperfixation hell. But yes! I have recs, here are some recs.

For toku fic:

Ihasa (@timetoddddavis) is absolutely a favorite of mine, and this is entirely separate from us being friends. Start with The Nerve or A Delicate Procedure.

oryx (@kabutoraiger) is another favorite author. Start with corner of the sky, which brings me joy whenever I read it.

serves two by insectoid_demigodess (@si-siw) is a beautiful story about Shou Ronpou, Spada, and soup

a million-zagin smile by Laylah is possibly the world's cutest sex pollen story, about Doc and Gai

have your cake by renquise is up there on the list of "funniest stories I've ever read," apart from being very very sexy

For fic about various danmei and their associate dramas:

giraffeter (who is also @giraffeter here) is excellent--I highly recommend An Elegant Solution for a start.

seularen (@redundare)--I was just recommending (i've got) trouble in mind earlier, but I also have a bunch more of their fics open in tabs to read through and I'm excited about that.

99_9 is excellent, go read all of WWMMD? at your earliest convenience. And then read their KinnPorsche fic next.

Ariaste (@ariaste) is fantastic, and I have read an act too often neglected a perhaps-unseemly number of times.

A Pavlovian Approach to Honesty by Stratisphyre is...tremendously funny. Perhaps the funniest. I love it.

raw silk and uncut wood by hisevilforest may in fact be the best SongXueXiao I've ever read.

Speaking of SongXueXiao, Composite Animals by newredshoes is the fascinating biopunk AU that I legitimately never knew I needed until a few days ago.

One Step Forward, Three Steps Back and its sequels, by hollybennett123, are very good, very sexy Word of Honor fics, and include Han Ying, which makes me go ❗ like a Metal Gear Solid guard but in a good way

Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot by ladyofrosefire and ritualist is that most rare and extraordinary of pleasures, a Competitive Ballroom Dance AU, and it starts with Xie'er and Ye Baiyi doing a drunken tango at a party of Wen Kexing's. It's a treat all around.

[ilthit]

AO3 wrapped

Note: I have excluded categories that were in the original meme but confused me.

Works Published: 33 (published or finished this year, that are available under my username on AO3 right now)

Word Count: 303,562

Hits: 53,595

Bookmarks: 2,026

Most Popular by Kudos: Bonus Material (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, one-shot, 12K, Shen Yuan & Shen Jiu)

Most Hits: The Makings of Fate (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, 8 chapters, 36K, Tianlang-jun/Shen Qingqiu)

Longest: Chasing the Bat (Righteous Blood Ruthless Blades TTRPG, 11 chapters, 62K, original characters) (but that's co-authored by minutia_r, so if only half count, then it's The Makings of Fate)

Shortest: (not counting art posts) Viimeinen sana (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, drabble, 100 words, Shen Qingqiu/Luo Binghe)

Most comments: The Makings of Fate

Collaborations: The Lin Moniao series with @minutia-r

Events: MXTX Rarepair Exchange, JSMN Valentine's Rarepairs Fest, Smut 4 Smut, The Third Annual Femslash Kink Fest, MDZS Two Cakes Drabble Event, Jonty Scratch & DJ Norrell - A Fandom Tribute Fest, MXTX Exchange, Multifandom Doodle Event (both rounds), Every Woman, Just Married Exchange, Scum Villain Summer Solstice Exchange, Do It Like They Do On The Discovery Channel, Scum Villain Winter Solstice Exchange

Tagging: Anyone! Also apologies for not including the whole list of Wrapped questions.

[yiifu]

promotional illustration of song lan and xiao xingchen for mdzs taiwanese manhua vol 5 ... i love their character manhua designs so much. mdzs manhua artstyle for yi city crew takes the cake for me, followed closely by the donghua version. and that blindfold is a sad reminder of what happened between the two of them but it’s become such an integral part of xiao xingchen’s character design that it feels weird to see him without it. like, xiao xingchen first appeared to us as the blindfolded guy in mdzs and that’s how i’ve always remember him.

[ereshai]

AO3 Wrapped

Works published: 12

Word count: 26,553

Hits: 4,814

Bookmarks: 54

Most popular by kudos: Oh What a Tangled Web

Most hits: Technically, it's Harry Potter and the Zombie Apocalypse, but most of those hits are from previous years. For 2022, It's Oh What a Tangled Web

Longest: Once again, HPatZA on a technicality, and Oh What a Tangled Web in reality

Shortest: Innocent Question

Most comments: Adjusting for HPatZA, it's a three way tie between The New Client, Oh What a Tangled Web, and Made With Love

Fic that made you cry: Can't think of any

Fic that made you smile: So many. I read specifically for happiness and smiling

Gifts: Received 1 - Imagine (me and you), wrote 1 - A Thousand Times Again

Collaborations: None

Events: MDZS Two Cakes Event, Phlint Winter Phestival, A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar, MDZS Mixtape Exchange - basically everything I've written this year was for a fandom event.

Coming in 2023: I want to finally finish HPatZA. I'm signed up for an MDZS fandom event, and if Ficathon happens again this year, I'll be doing that too.

Tagging: I saw this on my dash and I decided to do it. Tagging anyone who feels the same, lol

[nottheheadshaker]

AO3 Wrapped

Works published: 12

Word count: 26,553

Hits: 4,814

Bookmarks: 54

Most popular by kudos: Oh What a Tangled Web

Most hits: Technically, it's Harry Potter and the Zombie Apocalypse, but most of those hits are from previous years. For 2022, It's Oh What a Tangled Web

Longest: Once again, HPatZA on a technicality, and Oh What a Tangled Web in reality

Shortest: Innocent Question

Most comments: Adjusting for HPatZA, it's a three way tie between The New Client, Oh What a Tangled Web, and Made With Love

Fic that made you cry: Can't think of any

Fic that made you smile: So many. I read specifically for happiness and smiling

Gifts: Received 1 - Imagine (me and you), wrote 1 - A Thousand Times Again

Collaborations: None

Events: MDZS Two Cakes Event, Phlint Winter Phestival, A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar, MDZS Mixtape Exchange - basically everything I've written this year was for a fandom event.

Coming in 2023: I want to finally finish HPatZA. I'm signed up for an MDZS fandom event, and if Ficathon happens again this year, I'll be doing that too.

Tagging: I saw this on my dash and I decided to do it. Tagging anyone who feels the same, lol

[humanformdragon]

I wrote a fic for the MDZS Two Cakes event. It’s a rare completed Tea fic of just over 11k. 

What’s Important

On the eve of Jiang Yanli’s wedding, both she and LWJ are hit by a memory curse. 

[perchingowl]

Fake Dating!Fic for mdzstwocakes event

My entry for @mdzstwocakes this year - thank you so much it has been amazing! Also, big thanks to my amazing beta @evolutionsbedingt!

Rating: Teen

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

Jiāng Chéng shifts again, clearly uncomfortable. 'Look, I did something very stupid and I know you will be too polite to laugh at me for it. But-' He drums his fingers on the table again, falling quiet briefly. 'My sister asked if I was going to bring someone, then Wèi Yīng got involved and I might have blurted out I was dating someone.'

When Jiāng Chéng doesn't continue, Jīn Guāngyáo asks, 'But you aren't dating anyone, are you?' A creeping suspicion rises within him. 'And so you asked me here today to be your fake date?'"

Words: 22.584