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MLC Chinese fic rec: 疏雨洗遗剑 by 为君唤雪梅花天

Link to the first chapter of the fic.

(To get to the next chapter, go to the end of the chapter text - not the bottom of the page - and click the left button.  There may be other posts by the author in between the chapters, just keep clicking left.)

My translation of the title:

A Drizzle of Rain Washes the Sword Left Behind

The title is from a poem that describes how the writer’s zhiji has died, and the writer’s tears wash the hairpin (here, sword) left behind.  One lifetime passes too quickly, and he hopes that in their next life the lost item will lead her to remember him.  Poem is here: https://so.gushiwen.cn/mingju/juv_d08094354c13.aspx

Pairing: Li Lianhua | Li Xiangyi / Fang Duobing

Main story has 13 chapters, and there’s an extra with 7 chapters.

Author’s summary (my translation):

Platonic threesome, lao-Di is an iron-straight man with pure friendship with the other two; the other two are a couple.

Fang Xiaobao is reborn after the canon conclusion to a world where he doesn’t exist, and plans to help Li Xiangyi go against the heavens and change his fate (so it’s basically yifang).

The first few chapters are mostly about difang (platonic) and hua lives only in conversations and memories, the latter half is mostly yifang.  Purely drama based, nothing to do with the novel.

三人组友情向，老笛铁直男和另两位纯友情，另两位CP。

大结局后的方小宝重生到一个没有他的世界里，准备帮李相夷逆天改命（所以基本上是夷方场）

全文前几节笛方CB向居多花活在对话和回忆里，后半夷方多，纯按剧的设定编私设与书无关。

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As you can see from my recs, I love time travel fixits.  I love all of the many and varied ways writers go back to fix what happened, the choices the time traveler makes.  (The only thing with time travel fixits is that I always cry thinking of FDB’s family in the first timeline dealing with his loss, which is not always addressed, but I still think about it.)

In this one, FDB goes back and he makes friends with DFS first.  Their friendship is adorable and a strong foundation for this fic, and ultimately the reason FDB is able to save LXY (and his shifu).  There’s also a very affecting scene with FDB and HXH.  It’s very slow burn, in that it’s fairly platonic for most of the story.  

Go read and come back to talk about it!  (If you have a lofter account, please leave the author a comment or <3.)

See my general warnings but it’s pretty much PG relationship-wise, mainly a lot of dialogue and fade to black.  No specific warnings.