#xiaoxuan the cat

[lunarriviera]

[new under the skin promo photo for tan jianci's birthday, 10.5.2024]

[rose-tinted-vision]

5, 6, 17 for the fic writer asks? ^^

hello!! These are very interesting questions :D thank you for sending them in!

If anyone would like to send in more questions, here's the list of fic writer asks

5. What’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write?

oh I don't just have one, I have quite a few spanning across different fandoms XD

Though if I had to pick, I'd say that it is the White Cat Legend QiuBing superhero au

(mainly because I can't decide whether to make Qiu Qingzhi or Li Bing the vigilante, but also largely because I am horrible at naming things and coming up with superhero names would end up in an abysmal failure.

The mingjingtang boys would make (great) hilarious sidekicks though!)

Some others that ended up more like unfinished fics that will never leave the basement would be:

A Hikaru no Go (live action) ficlet about the two Yijianghu laoshis and their dynamics, through Shen Yilang's POV

Tiger and Crane Qi Xiaoxuan character study, and how meeting Hu Zi changed him

6. Are there any fics from others you reread all the time?

Absolutely!! A huge favourite of mine is This is love (I've never loved so much) by umisabaku, though it is part 13 of their Designation: Miracle series.

A few other honorable mentions:

they said love is reaching blindly at a pit full of snakes by summermidnights (ZoSan)

forsythia by curiousitykilled (Hua Cheng & Yin Yu)

as permanent as stone cathedrals by pdameron (00Q)

17. What’s something you’ve learned about while doing research for a fic?

I've learnt a lot in my fic writing journeys, actually! Not strictly limited to one fic, but since I've been writing for Cdrama fandoms lately, there are a lot of Chinese customs and traditions that I've had to search up and read about.

Though most memorable would be when I went to double-check about Chinese reincarnation mythology for my fic 光的方向 | The direction of light.

According to the Chinese Daoism belief of reincarnation, the dead person's soul would have to pass through the ten realms of hell before they could be reincarnated. But in order to reach reincarnation, they would first have to cross the Wang Chuan River (忘川河 wàng chuān hé) using the Nai He Bridge (奈何桥 nài hé qiáo).

Now the lore about where and how old lady Meng Po manifests is varied, but the main point is that she forces the deceased's soul to drink the Five-Flavoured Tea of Forgetfulness (also known as "Mèng Pó soup" / 孟婆湯 Mèng Pó tāng), to make them forget their past life.

There is more about how not all souls were forced into this path of reincarnation- some who were deemed to have led an exemplary or virtuous life would be led to heaven- and also more about the Six paths of reincarnation that A Journey to Love used in their Six Realms Hall. But that's enough yapping from me.

TL;DR I learnt quite abit about Chinese beliefs regarding reincarnation!!

[the-monkey-ruler]

Zhu Bajie: The Spring Years (2021) 春光灿烂猪八戒

Director: Jiang Cheng Screenwriter: Wei Song / Jiang Cheng / Li Zhongshan Starring: Xu Zili / Yang Qiru / Hao Shaowen / Wei Xiaoxuan / Han Zhenhua / Tao Hong / Weng Hong / Li Liqun / Kong Lianshun Genre: Comedy / Romance / Fantasy / Adventure Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2021-10-17 (Mainland China) Duration: 79 minutes Type: Reimanging

Summary:

This film is adapted from the classic youth inspirational comedy "Spring and Bright Piggy" from 20 years ago. It tells the story of a lazy pig who just wants to live a comfortable life without worries. He unexpectedly gets the opportunity to be a human being and is told by Taibai Jinxing that he is the eighth reincarnation. The reincarnated Zhu Bajie was then involved in the journey of the cat demon and Xiao Longnu to find the golden elixir. He experienced the pain and joy of being a human being, and also understood the responsibilities of a human being. He gained love with the Xiao Longnu. In the end, Zhu Bajie defeated the cat demon saved the innocent people of Chunshui Town.

Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/35265494/

Link: https://kissasian.pe/drama/zhu-bajie-the-spring-years-2021-episode-1

[zhivchik]

[killerandhealerqueen]

This isn't exactly a detailed prompt, but I would love to see something about Shen Yi's past. I imagine he didn't have an easy childhood. Maybe him telling Du Cheng about it? It being brought up in a way that forces him to tell Du Cheng about it? Basically I would love to see what you think his past might consist of (even just a piece of it), with a sprinkle of our favorite pair and a pinch of H/C.

Lmao, finally got around to writing this! I hope this is what you wanted...little bit of tears, little bit of hurt/comfort, little bit of drunkenness, some bed sharing...all good things

Shen Yi didn’t like talking about his past.  Hell, he didn’t like talking about himself in general.  He was personable, sure, but anything he told you was superficial and surface level information…nothing truly deep or to the heart.  But Du Cheng…fucking Du Cheng somehow managed to worm his way under his skin and know things about him that he…never wanted people to know.  But he didn’t know everything…and Shen Yi was determined to keep it that way. ~*~*~*~*~*~ It was a quiet, normal evening as Shen Yi sat at his desk in his apartment, grinding up pigment to make his make his own paint while Xiaoxuan played nearby.  While he worked, there was a sudden knock at his door, making him look up in confusion.            “Who the hell is knocking at my door this late at night?” he grumbled before he pushed himself to his feet and walked over to the door, unlocking it before pulling it open to reveal Du Cheng standing outside his door, smiling.            “Evening” he greeted.  Shen Yi huffed.            “What are you doing here?” he demanded.  Du Cheng smiled.            “Uh…visiting you?” he replied.  Shen Yi gave him a look.            “At one o’clock in the morning?” he asked, raising an eyebrow.  Du Cheng shrugged.            “Couldn’t sleep.  And I take it, you couldn’t either, considering that you’re still up” he stated.  Shen Yi huffed.            “You know I don’t sleep” he reminded.  Du Cheng chuffed as he stepped into his apartment.            “Maybe you should work on that” he suggested.  Shen Yi shot him a look as he closed his door after him and watched as he looked around before noticing Xiaoxuan.            “I see you still have the cat” he mused, making Shen Yi huff.            “Her name’s Xiaoxuan.  And yes, I still have her.  She makes sleeping at night…easier” he murmured as he walked back over to his paint making station and sat down in his chair, Xiaoxuan walking over to him and hopping into his lap.            “Oh?  Do you have a hard time sleeping at night?” Du Cheng asked as he walked over to him and knelt beside him, reaching out to pet Xiaoxuan, who gently bit his fingers.  At her gentle nips, Du Cheng pulled his hand away before he held it out again, allowing Xiaoxuan to sniff him and realize that he’s not such a bad guy.  Once she realized he wasn’t a bad person, she nudged his fingers, making him smile and gently pet her head before he looked up at Shen Yi, who was staring at him, and raised an eyebrow.            “You never answered me” he stated.  Shen Yi quickly shook his head before he cleared his throat.            “Yeah…sometimes.  But I’ve always had a hard time sleeping” he murmured.  Du Cheng hummed before he stood up and began looking around Shen Yi’s studio, noticing that it was full of more art than anything else.            “You know…I noticed that you don’t have any pictures of your family.  Neither here nor at work” he mused.  Shen Yi froze before he cleared his throat.            “Yeah…we never really…had a lot of pictures together” he murmured.  Du Cheng hummed again.            “I see.  Maybe you should do that” he suggested, making Shen Yi turn and look at him.            “Do what?” he asked.  Du Cheng shrugged.            “I don’t know…find time to take a photo with your family.  You can’t just have paintings decorating your house, you know” he stated.  Shen Yi huffed.            “Did you come here to talk, or did you come here to judge my studio?” he demanded.  Du Cheng chuckled.            “I guess a little bit of both” he replied before he looked over at him.            “How good are you with holding your liquor?” he asked.  Shen Yi frowned.            “Liquor?  Like wine?” he replied.  Du Cheng shook his head.            “No.  Like liquor liquor” he stated.  Shen Yi blinked before he shook his head.            “I’m not really a big drinker…I’m probably a lightweight” he stated.  Du Cheng hummed before he removed his backpack that he had brought and opened it, pulling out a bottle of liquor.            “That’s too bad…I was hoping you’d be my drinking partner for tonight” he declared.  Shen Yi looked at him in shock.            “What about Jiang Feng?  Why didn’t you ask him?” he asked.  Du Cheng huffed.            “Because we’re not partners” he replied before he motioned to himself and Shen Yi.            “We are.  And I wanted to drink with you” he declared before he reached into his bag and pulled out a glass, holding it out to Shen Yi.            “So.  What do you say?” he inquired.  Shen Yi looked at the glass, then at Du Cheng, before he sighed and pushed himself to his feet, Xiaoxuan jumping to the floor as he walked over and took the glass from Du Cheng, motioning to his bedroom.            “Come on, let’s drink in my room.  There’s not really a place for us to properly drink” he stated.  Du Cheng smiled and followed him into his bedroom, taking a seat on the floor while Shen Yi sat on his bed, holding out his glass.  Du Cheng chuckled before he cracked open the bottle of liquor he brought and poured some into Shen Yi’s glass before pouring some into his own.  He then clinked his glass against Shen Yi’s before he downed the alcohol, Shen Yi raising an eyebrow at him before he knocked back his own liquor, making a face as it went down.            “You can drink wine, but you can’t drink baiju?” Du Cheng asked, surprised.  Shen Yi huffed.            “Baiju and wine are two totally different types of alcohol” he grumbled before he held out his glass.            “But I never said I couldn’t drink it” he stated.  Du Cheng smiled and poured him some more baiju before pouring more for himself, both men clinking their glasses again before they downed the liquor like shots.            “I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to be sipping this…not shot gunning it” Shen Yi murmured, a slight slur to his voice.  Du Cheng hummed.            “Not really in the sipping mood” he replied as he poured himself another glass before holding out the bottle to Shen Yi, Shen Yi sighing as he held out his glass, Du Cheng pouring him some more.  As Du Cheng knocked back his baiju, Shen Yi opted to sip on his, starting to feel a little lightheaded from the alcohol.              “Could you really not sleep, or do you have some ulterior motive?” he murmured, making Du Cheng look over at him before chuckling softly.            “No, I really couldn’t sleep and felt like drinking.  So here I am.  Drinking” he explained as he placed his glass down and opted to drink straight from the bottle.            “I guess we should be glad it’s Friday then and not a weekday because your hangover is going to suck” Shen Yi declared.  Du Cheng laughed again.            “Yeah, probably” he agreed as Shen Yi took a sip of his baiju and sighed.            “You know…you said that I didn’t have a lot of photos of me with my family…” he started, making Du Cheng look over at him as he sighed again.            “The reason I don’t have a lot of photos of my parents is because…I don’t know them.  I don’t have any parents.  Laoshi was the only father figure I really had” he explained.  Du Cheng looked at him in shock.            “What…were you an orphan?” he asked.  Shen Yi shrugged.            “I guess so…I don’t remember much of my childhood.  I must have come from somewhere…but from as early as I can remember, I was out on the streets, drawing murals or street art.  I don’t even remember my old house, other than the one I lived it with Laoshi.  And those years…those were good years.  I was happy.  I enjoyed doing art.  It made me realize that I didn’t need to have a family to…have a family, you know?” he asked, looking at Du Cheng, who nodded.  Shen Yi then sniffled as he knocked back his baiju, sighing again.            “That’s why I don’t have any pictures of my family…and the picture of my teacher I gave to his son…so it’s just me here” he murmured, just as Xiaoxuan padded into the room and walked over to the bed, hopping up onto it.  Shen Yi then let out a laugh as he gently pet her head.            “And Xiaoxuan, of course” he added as tears suddenly came to his eyes and he began to cry, making Du Cheng look at him with wide eyes.            “Ah!  Shen Yi-ah!” he exclaimed, quickly pushing himself to his feet before slightly stumbling over to the bed, sitting down beside Shen Yi.            “Shen Yi.  A-Yi.  What’s wrong?” he demanded, reaching out to cup Shen Yi’s face in his hand, gently wiping away the tears that was streaming down Shen Yi’s cheeks.  Shen Yi sniffled and shook his head.            “Nothing.  It’s just…I have no family.  I don’t have any parents; I don’t have my teacher…I don’t have anyone” he croaked.  Du Cheng looked at him before he scoffed and gently pinched his cheek, making him cry out in surprise and look at him with wide eyes.            “What the hell?!” he exclaimed.            “You silly boy, saying you don’t have anyone.  You have me.  You have our team, our kids.  You have Xiaoxuan…you don’t have anyone, my ass” Du Cheng chided.  Shen Yi looked at him, his eyes still wide and doe like, before he let out a wet laugh and leaned against Du Cheng, Du Cheng wrapping his arms around him.            “You have people who love you, you idiot.  And just because you don’t have a biological family…you still have a family.  Didn’t you say that with your teacher, you realized that you didn’t have to have a family to have a family?” he asked.  Shen Yi hummed as Du Cheng huffed.            “That applies here too” he declared.  Shen Yi smiled and chuckled softly as he leaned against Du Cheng, letting himself relax and even fall asleep.  Du Cheng looked down at him and smiled softly as he reached up and gently pet Shen Yi’s hair before he carefully scooped Shen Yi into his arms and stood up, carefully pulling the covers back before he placed him down and tucked him in, Xiaoxuan quickly making herself comfortable on top of him.  Du Cheng chuckled before he began to clean up, putting away the alcohol and glasses back into his bag (he would clean them up at his apartment later) before he looked towards Shen Yi and the bed, humming softly.            ‘I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if I just…stayed the night’ he thought to himself before he walked over to the bed and carefully sat down on it, making sure that Shen Yi was still fast asleep before he laid down, letting out a soft sigh as he shut his eyes, sleep nearly taking him in an instant. ~*~*~*~*~*~ The next morning, when Shen Yi woke up, he let out a soft groan and squeezed his eyes shut, trying to stop the headache that was pounding in his head.            “This is why I don’t drink” he grumbled, just as he heard a soft snoring coming from in front of him, making him blink before he slowly looked up to see Du Cheng fast asleep in front of him, his arm draped over his waist.  At their closeness, Shen Yi’s eyes widened and he quickly shot up, shocked as all hell.  What the hell was Du Cheng doing in his house, in his bed more specifically?!  He then remembered earlier that morning, with him and Du Cheng drinking some pretty strong liquor, and let out a soft hum of realization.            ‘Right…we were drinking’ he thought to himself before he looked at Du Cheng, remembering how…safe his arms made him feel after he had talked about his past.  He then sighed softly and slowly laid back down, carefully snuggling up to Du Cheng, who immediately wrapped his arm around him again, pulling him close.  Shen Yi blinked in surprise before he chuffed softly and buried his face in Du Cheng’s chest, smiling mentally at the realization that he fit quite nicely in Du Cheng’s arms, almost like they were missing puzzle pieces who had found each other.            “A few more minutes couldn’t hurt…it is the weekend anyways” he murmured, almost immediately falling back asleep, safely and securely wrapped in Du Cheng’s arms.

[theissuecollector]

The Saturday Profile: She’s on a #MeToo Mission in China, Battling Censors and Lawsuits

The Saturday Profile: She’s on a #MeToo Mission in China, Battling Censors and Lawsuits

BEIJING — On a sleepless night last summer, her siamese cat Star at her feet, Zhou Xiaoxuan, a 25-year-old screenwriter in Beijing, took out her cellphone and began writing furiously about the day that had haunted her for years.

In 2014, as a fresh-faced intern at China Central Television, the state-run broadcaster, she was asked to bring fruit to the dressing room of Zhu Jun, a famous anchor.…

[wuxiaworld01]

Seven stars in the end-time

Chapter 3 Booty

When the young man saw the bowl, he put down the bowl and smiled and said: "This is the case. When your parents lived, they told me about it. The old building in your home that is more than 40 pings was not heated in winter. He was in disrepair for a long time, and he often stopped water and blackouts. He said that if you stayed in the family for two days, the computer gamers were all frozen...." Although Zhang Shuhe's stomach was full, Min Xiaoxuan spoke in an empty space. He still used chopsticks to sandwich the last two dumplings left on the plate, and he listened and passed the time. “...In the past few years, I said that your house was going to be demolished. It turned out that four or five years have passed and nothing has happened. The big guys all said that 80% of this is yellow, so your mother told me that he wanted to change. A place to live, let me help her pay attention to whether or not to buy a second-hand house, then contact her ... ..." “My mother said?” Zhang Shuhe chewed the dumplings and looked up. He was blinded by his faint eyes, and Xiao Yan suddenly struck a sudden, some dodge the line of sight, the heart is a bit embarrassed, do not know how else, I always feel that this uncongratulatory nephew like changed, looked a bit strange When I got up, I was a bit afraid. But when he thought of Zhang Shuhe studying outside the school all year round, and now his parents are not there, even if these things are said by themselves, he may not know it clearly and he is righteous. Directly nodded: "Your mother said, can you lie to you? If she finishes, I will pay attention to her, but at that time no one wanted to buy an old building, so things would be so separated. Who knows? Later, your parents actually had an accident..." After he finished, he sobbed and lowered his head to wipe his eyes with his fingers. The uncle also patted her on the back. Zhang Shuhe heard that he just nodded and said nothing at a time. Before that, he was not always at home. He didn't know much about the family, but he was not confused about the people. He would certainly change it before. Immediately questioned the many loopholes in the small words. The death of his parents in the past was a great blow to him. His mood was not restored for a long time. Xiao Tong’s proposal to sell his house almost touched his scale. However, after he had gone through 10 years, he had already used to seeing life and death. His mind was a little weaker than before. He only said, "You continue to say..." Xiao Lan said, while ignoring the calm response of his nephew, he said, “This is the case. Just two days ago, the old man from your uncle’s family gave me a call and said he wanted to buy a car in the city. Building, not too good, can live on the line, said to want to move here from the countryside to live, so I wondered, you live in that building is quite appropriate, before your mother also have this word, so today called You just want to negotiate with you to negotiate this matter, nor is it necessary for you to sell it. The main Xiaohan thinks that the place where you live is far from the place where you work. Usually, you usually stay in bed and the house is always idle. It's not convenient to come back for a trip, and you're also in the mid 20s. You can't afford to wait for the monkeys to relocate. Once you're back at the girlfriend, the old building's girlfriend If you don't look well, you might as well sell the old building and buy a new one. You can live in your own house. After you get married, you have a place where you can..." Zhang Shuhe had already known that Xiao Xiao and his uncle had called him for building. He used to change to the previous one, and he would make a fuss on the spot, because he would never sell the building, because the building was the legacy left by his parents. The second is that for the sake of one's own family, Xiao Yan has even counted all the nephews. This is really chilling. And once he relocates the old building he lived in, either a small sum of money or a new building, nobody would be foolish to sell it now. The widower's parents to the widower's son, not to mention death, is still alive, this building is completely dominated by uncle and aunt, bought cheap from their own hands, and the fat wedding house will be over. Zhang Shuhe had to admit that it was wonderful to have Xiao Biao’s calculations. However, just after eating a meal at someone’s home and not being able to refuse on the spot, he casually said: “How much money does Xiao Tong have to buy?” The opposite two mouths immediately looked at each other and said, “How about 300,000?” Then he hurriedly explained what he thought: “Not the money from a small family, it's your uncle’s parents’ money. You also know the old building area. Small, can not compare with people more than 80 pings, the price of more than 100 pings, and it, no movement for so long, may not be demolished, so 300,000 to buy that second-hand old building in your hands, the price is really It's very high. If you fill in a little bit, you can buy a larger number of flats on the Third Ring Road..." Zhang Shuhe slightly smiled, and did not refute, paused and said: "Floor originally did not intend to sell, but Xiaoyan rarely open a mouth with me, so be it, at night I go back and think about ..." "This thing does not need to consider anything, is a matter of words, you buy a new building, Xiaoxie will help you to concatenate ..." Xiaoyan is talking quickly, then was a glance at the side of the coward. "It is not a trivial matter to sell buildings. How can we make Xiaohe think about it..." After that, he turned to Zhang Shuhe and said: "It's okay. You don't have to bear the burden of your heart. Think slowly, for three days and five days." Whether it is selling or not selling, just give us a reply." Zhang Shuhe nodded and stood up straight. Since the meal was finished after the meal was over, it was time to leave. After they had finished with the two, they just walked to the door and heard footsteps running from outside. Then they opened the door and said, "Mom, Xiao Xun let the leopard bite..." Xiaozheng was sending Zhang Shuhe. When he heard his son, he could not help but stare at him: "Nonsense, where do you come from? “Really, Xiao Xun’s uncle grabbed a leopard from the countryside. He was specially brought to Xiao Xun’s car yesterday. Xiao Xun’s hand was just bitten by a leopard and it was bleeding...” This matter had nothing to do with Zhang Shuhe, so he turned and walked out at the opened door. However, it was not common for the leopard to stumble. By the way, he looked at the house across the street. The door was open at this time. The iron cage of the cricket had a dark body with a round golden ear. Like a black cat, the eyes were far more ferocious than the black cats. At this time, four claws were close to the iron cage. On the ground, staring at the little boy opposite the hostility. Zhang Shuhe was attracted by its fierce appearance. He could not help but approached a few steps because the half-size leopard was black and could not see anything. He only saw it had many wounds on the ground, and there were a few drops on the ground. The blood, the beard of the mouth was actually burned, and the golden ears of the original majestic were half yellow and black at this time and seemed to be burnt. Xiao Xun in his chubby mouth, with several paw prints on his back, probably just being scratched. He was looking for a steel needle to knit clothes, and then he was holding the hairpin to the cage and carrying the black panther. A few needles hit the leopard's abdomen, and the needle immediately brought blood. The Panthers were motionless and silent, but they hugged themselves tightly and stared at Xiao Xun. Whenever he was near the cage, he lifted his claws with lightning, and the paws had grown barbed. , Was caught, not to lose the piece of meat but also to peel. At this time, the baby was already pulling out, and a footstep was heard from downstairs. A woman ran up and saw that her door was wide open. She suddenly ran up three steps and two steps. She saw the pawprints of Xiao Xun's hand. At the same time, he could not help but burst into amnesty: "The dead rabbit scorpion, every day knows the civet cat, the root bites the pimple, wants to be dead..." After that, he went up and slapped him. Then there was a cry of a child, and my uncle hurriedly went up and pulled. The aisle was noisy. Zhang Shuhe only saw the cage at the door and was kicked aside by his mistress. The panthers even fell a few more than they did. Unruly to get up, it seems that there is no common hatred with the mouth and claws desperately bite the cage. Zhang Shuhe looked in two eyes and feared being left behind. After returning, Zhang Shuhe first opened his hand and observed the palm of his hand under the palm of his hand. The seven seedlings in the middle of the nucleus were like the saplings in the nucleus. They seemed to be the same as the travel time. They were half a foot tall. At this time, they were careful. He could not help but be puzzled. With only two tender seedlings, the peach nucleus still has the capacity to survive. Now that it is half a foot tall, and the root is still in the peach kernel, is it not too small? His eyes moved from the green saplings to the peach kernel. He never expected that there was a huge space in this half walnut. Then he felt it again carefully. The space was enormous. If it was not necessary to compare, there would be about five floors of space, and only the roots of the seedlings were tied. Peach nuclear wall. Zhang Shuhe's fright at this time was almost as shocking as when he discovered that there was a seedling in his hand. It took almost a month to adapt, but it calmed down for a little while. Just by the way, he probed into the other half of the walnut. As he thought, there was also a huge space inside. For a moment, he wondered if it would be the carry-on space in the novel. Two seconds later, he reacted, rushed to find a few things and tested one by one. After repeated trials, his face finally showed ecstasy. He lived for a few years in the end of the world. Everything was numb to him. Every day he was alive, beside panic, he was flustered and he almost forgot about the feeling of ecstasy. After forcing himself to calm down, he was closely watching the saplings and empty peach kernels in his palms. He recovered his palms half a day later. Before he left his life to sell his house, he knew that the old building had not been demolished until the end. After the end of the world, it is worth noting here. Compared with the house, the most important thing now is material, so he needs money, needs to be prepared to eat, he has endured enough hunger, and in the last days, even a piece of moldy bread is looted and beaten. flow. But he has not yet determined how to hoard food. Where is the safest way to hoard it? In fact, in the last days, regardless of where the food is put, it is not safe. Even if it is not implicated by the artillery fire of the military, it will be robbed by countless people. Suddenly found peach nuclear space, suddenly let him enjoy forgetting. Nothing was more grateful than the snowfall, and he clenched his left palm. I was so sleepless that I hadn’t slept that night and I made various experiments on the peach kernel space. I was sure that the things inside wouldn’t be broken in a short time. A bowl of hot boiled water would still be hot in the early morning. Variety. For Zhang Shuhe, the night time was too fast, and almost blinked on the bright day. Downstairs came the smell of fritters and soy milk. He felt hungry and stopped studying the usage of walnut space and rose from the drawer. I found some change, went downstairs to buy soy milk fritters, only to bed back to sleep. On the second day, Xiaoyan called him and asked him what he wanted to sell. At this time, Zhang Shuhe was extremely in need of money. Because of the time pressure, only a short period of time was left for the end of the world. He needed money to stockpile food and other necessary things. The parents did not have any deposits, and their salary card was only With less than three hundred dollars left, he would naturally not waste time working. The only one who could get the money quickly was the place where he was living. He had no beating around the phone. He clearly told Xiao Tong that the building could be sold, but he had to pay 400,000. There are too many things to prepare in advance, and 400,000 won't necessarily be enough. However, it takes more time to sell it to others, and sells it to one's own little one. It is cheaper to get money quickly. In contrast, He still chose the latter. Xiao Yan was obviously dissatisfied on the phone, constantly talking about the aging of the old building circuit where he lived, the frequent interruption of water flow, the constant flushing of toilets, and the flooding of corners, and even the fact that 300,000 are not worth it. Seeing that he was his nephew, he gave him more points, and he could only give up to 200,000. Zhang Shuhe was unmoved, still holding on to 400,000. Xiaoyan said for a long time, he broke his mouth, and when he saw him, his words were somewhat cold, and this was softened. He was afraid that if he went on, the silly nephew would not come to power. Sold, this mumbled that the number is too large, to go back and talk to the old lady, hang up the phone. Zhang Shuhe’s appearance was very light, but at this time his heart was extremely anxious. In the afternoon, he collected all the valuable things from his family’s home. There were several pieces of gold jewelry used by the mother during his lifetime. He left two parents' wedding rings as commemorations. The rest were sent to the gold shop for cash, and some coins and jade for the father's collection. Fortunately, In the early days, when I met my father's several uncles and uncles, after the phone call, the other party had the intention to collect it. After a few days there was a small deposit of 100,000 yuan. He first picked up a number of common medical drugs. These things were nowhere to be found in the last days, and there were few, and they bought some bandage gauze hemostats. If a person accidentally has a wound, if no clean thing is timely bandaged, it will be quickly infected by germs. After storing these things one by one in the peach kernel space, tens of thousands of them are used almost equally. Then they put into the room some of the useful things at home, from large boxes to small paper and needlework, among which there are also Some of the books that Dad collected about Taoism were organized and there was probably a bookcase and a set of painting tools that he had used.

[lunarriviera]

new under the skin fic, T, 14.2k

still have to change (wait on me) by lunarriviera fandom: 猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin (TV 2022) rating: teen length: 14,195 words warnings: no archive warnings apply relationships: Du Cheng/Shen Yi characters: Du Qing, He Rongyue, Jiang Feng, Huo Tengyi, Jiang Xue, Xiao Liu, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Xiaoxuan | Shen Yi's Cat tags: blind dates, didn't know they were dating, idiots in love, well anyway one idiot, five times Du Cheng went out with the wrong person, and one time he finally got it right, ft. Shen Yi being impossibly patient, thank god for you He Rongyue, Qing-jie also MVP

He and Shen Yi stand there a minute, and watch her leave, Du Cheng with his arms folded across his chest, Shen Yi’s hands fastened to the strap of his messenger bag. Shen Yi looks up at him. “Are you sorry?” Du Cheng scoffs. “About not dating her? No. I don’t even want to date, I’m just trying to make jie happy.” He can’t read Shen Yi’s expression at all now. “Really.” “Yeah, really.” He blows out a breath of something like relief. “What would I want with a girlfriend? Hey, have you eaten—there’s a noodle place across the street.” Without even talking about it, they start heading that way, together.

[lunarriviera]

猎罪图鉴 | under the skin fic

what are you doing to me now (20k words) by lunarriviera

fandom: 猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin

rating: teen

warnings: no archive warnings apply

relationships: Du Cheng/Shen Yi

characters: Chief Zhang, Du Qing, Li Han, Jiang Feng, He Rongyue, Huo Tengyi, Xiaoxuan | Shen Yi's Cat

tags: post-canon, temporary amnesia, angst with a happy ending, emotional hurt/comfort, guilt, healing, kissing, awkward conversations, demisexuality, getting together, getting back together, painting, head injury, medical inaccuracies, du cheng can have a little amnesia as a treat

Qing-jie kisses Shen Yi ecstatically on one cheek and sails through the ICU doors with the night nurse, leaving Shen Yi sitting there flooded with a fugitive wild joy he's not sure he’s ever experienced as an adult. He looks down at his sketchpad. In the corner there's a tiny doodle of a German shepherd he doesn’t remember making. Du Cheng is awake. He’s alive, and he's awake, and he asked for Du Qing, and everything gets better from here. Except it doesn’t.

read it on ao3

[lunarriviera]

new under the skin fic [E, 4.4k]

touch me like nobody else does (4395 words) by lunarriviera chapters: 1/1 fandom: 猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin (TV 2022) rating: explicit warnings: no archive warnings apply relationships: Shen Yi/Du Cheng other characters: Xiaoxuan | Shen Yi's Cat tags: Porn Without Plot, Top Shen Yi/Bottom Du Cheng, how does that tag not even exist ksdjfhkjdsfh, Painting, Awkward Conversations, Porn with Feelings, Challenge Accepted, Top Shen Yi, Bottom Du Cheng, canonizing these tags if it's the last thing i do series: part 3 of exist, insist

In half a year Du Cheng has gone from losing his memory to suspecting, most days, that he’s won the goddamn lottery. Is it okay to feel like this? Friday night, he thinks, and has to fight back a grin.

[lunarriviera]

someone mentioned the s2 promo and in fact, look, shen yi got a promotion! he's now Superintendent First Class, 一级警司. he did clear an improbable number of cases in his first year, so it's only fair. extra cat treats for xiaoxuan! (his captain didn't get one tho. stop being such an impuslve hothead, du cheng; zhang-ju's never going to promote you while you keep throwing yourself on top of bombers.)

if you can ignore the fact that this photo of shen yi and du cheng gives off massive "bring your son to work day" vibes, i can tell you something interesting about their rank in the renmin jingcha, 人民警察, the people's police—because in fic we're always like "captain this" and "officer that," and of course none of these words are quite right.

officer shen is 二级警司, superintendent second class. not sure what exactly he superintends. xiaoxuan, i guess. did he come in at this rank, or work long enough somewhere else before beijiang branch to get promoted? there's a fanfiction gap here, people.

cheng-dui is supervisor first class, or 一级警督. presumably he does supervise, at least he seems to be in a managerial position at the precinct, because he gets to hold the whiteboard marker and bark orders at everyone else. probably he has to sign off on all their timesheets every friday. and order the birthday cakes.

meanwhile zhang-ju, in addition to being bureau chief, is a commissioner third class, or 三级警监, only one rank above du cheng. she still yells at him like she's the general secretary of the ccp tho. for more fascinating people's police facts, you can…consult the wikipedia article, because i barely know bupkis. s2 any day now!

[killerandhealerqueen]

so…under the skin…. how are you feeling to cook up a basic but always loved florist x tattoo artist au? 👀

-👻 anon

Ooo, a beloved florist x tattoo artist au...love that

Shen Yi is not what you’d expect most tattoo artists to be, mainly because he doesn’t look like a tattoo artist.  He wears flannel.  He rides a bicycle with a little wire basket in front.  He doesn’t have any tattoos on his skin

Now his neighbor, the local florist, looks like he should be the one running the tattoo shop, considering that he dresses in all black all the time and that he drives a fucking motorcycle to work

But Shen Yi sees how the man tends to his flowers, how he smiles at them and handles each of them with care…he definitely seems fit for his job, just like how Shen Yi is fit for his

One day, Shen Yi’s cat that he likes to bring to work with him, Xiaoxuan, slips out of the shop as he’s working, and he doesn’t even realize until after he finishes the client

The minute he realizes that she’s gone, he stands up, his eyes wide, and begins to look around the shop and when he can’t find her, he rushes out into the street, looking around

“Xiaoxuan!”

When he can’t see her anywhere, he rushes into the florist shop, panting harshly

“Excuse me, have you seen—”

He then stops when he sees Xiaoxuan affectionately held in the florist’s arms, the florist using a piece of ribbon to play with her.  As Xiaoxuan reaches up to bat and play with the ribbon, the florist looks over at Shen Yi and smiles

“Hello.  Can I help you?”

Shen Yi blinks before he points to Xiaoxuan

“Um…that’s my cat”

The florist’s eyes widen in surprise and he looks down at Xiaoxuan, who’s now biting on the ribbon, and laughs

“Oh really?  Sorry, I didn’t know.  She just…slipped into my shop so I thought she was a stray.  No wonder she’s so friendly”

Shen Yi smiles and steps forward, reaching out to take her back, the florist reluctantly giving her back

Shen Yi then looks at him before he holds out his hand

“I’m Shen Yi”

The florist looks at him in surprise before he smiles and shakes his hand

“Du Cheng”

Shen Yi smiles again before he looks around the shop, humming

“Your arrangements are really nice.  Do you do all of them?”

Du Cheng nods

“My sister sometimes comes in to help, but most of the time, it’s just me”

He then smiles at Shen Yi

“I see your work whenever I pass by…you’re really good”

Shen Yi looks at him in surprise before he blushes

“Oh, uh, thank you”

He then motions to Xiaoxuan

“And thank you for finding Xiaoxuan”

Du Cheng chuckles

“She’s more than welcome to play in my shop whenever things get to busy over there”

Shen Yi’s eyes widen before he smiles

“I’ll take you up on your offer”

He then heads out of the shop, playfully scolding Xiaoxuan about how she scared him as they walk about, Du Cheng watching them with a small smile

The next time Shen Yi sees Du Cheng, Du Cheng is stepping into his shop with a giant floral arrangement in his hands, making Shen Yi look at him with wide eyes

“What the hell is that?”

Du Cheng glances over at him and smiles

“Flowers, obviously.  Thought you could something to brighten up the place”

Shen Yi stares at the large arrangement before he shakes his head

“But I…how much do I owe you?”

Du Cheng smiles and waves his hand

“Nothing.  It’s on the house”

He then turns and heads out of the shop, leaving Shen Yi stunned

Shen Yi stares at the flowers for a moment and since he doesn’t have any clients at the present moment, he quickly whips out his sketchbook and sketches the flowers, trying to make them as detailed as humanly possible before he stands and heads out of his shop over to Du Cheng’s, stepping inside

Du Cheng looks up at him in surprise as he walks over to him and holds out the sketch, making him look at the sketch in confusion before he reaches out and takes it, his eyes widening in surprise

“For…me?”

Shen Yi smiles and shrugs

“Drawing’s really all I know how to do and I wanted to say thank you so…”

Du Cheng looks at him in awe before he looks down at the sketch, amazed at how detailed it was, even for a sketch

He then goes and pins the drawing up on the wall behind him so that people could see and marvel at the artwork whenever they paid

“And it’ll be like a little shameless plug for your tattoo shop”

Shen Yi blushes before he looks at Du Cheng and smiles

“Do you want to get coffee sometime?”

Du Cheng raises an eyebrow before he smirks

“Sure”

So Du Cheng and Shen Yi go out for coffee and sometimes Du Cheng offers to give Shen Yi a ride home on his motorcycle, which kind of freaks Shen Yi out at first, but after riding on the bike a few times, he understands why Du Cheng enjoys riding on it, as it’s really freeing

Then one evening, as Shen Yi is closing up, Du Cheng comes inside and smiles at him

“You busy tonight?”

Shen Yi looks up at him and raises an eyebrow

“Like…right now?”

Du Cheng nods

Shen Yi shakes his head

“No, why?”

Du Cheng smiles

“Great”

He then reaches out and grabs Shen Yi’s wrist, dragging him over to his motorcycle.  He then grabs the helmet he bought for Shen Yi and hands it to him

“Put it on”

Shen Yi raises an eyebrow but does as he’s told and puts on the helmet before he gets onto the back of Du Cheng’s motorcycle, Du Cheng revving the engine before they took off into the night, Shen Yi clinging to Du Cheng for dear life

“Where are we going?”

“You’ll see!”

Shen Yi shakes his head and buries his face in Du Cheng’s back as they continue to drive through the night until they come upon a pretty scenic spot that Du Cheng knows Shen Yi will love

When they get there, Du Cheng kills the engine before gently tapping Shen Yi’s leg

“We’re here”

Shen Yi pulls his face out of his back and looks around, frowning, before he gets off the bike and removes the helmet as Du Cheng motions with his head for him to follow him

“Come on”

Shen Yi frowns but follows him anyways until they reach the scenic spot and he gasps because they can see the cityscape and all the lights twinkling in the night and oh it’s gorgeous

“I wish I had my sketchbook…”

Du Cheng laughs

“Just take a picture, it’ll last longer”

Shen Yi shoots him a glare before he pauses and hums

“You know…that’s not a bad idea”

He then pulls out his phone and quickly opens his camera app, but instead of just taking the picture, he turns it to selfie mode before grabbing Du Cheng’s arm

“Get in here”

Du Cheng blinks before he laughs and gets in the picture, Shen Yi quickly snapping a selfie of them together with the cityscape in the background

He then looks at the photo and smiles

“That’s a good one”

Du Cheng smiles

“Send it to me?”

Shen Yi looks at him and nods before he turns back to look at the cityscape, Du Cheng at his side

“Du Cheng?”

“Hmm?”

“Thanks.  For bringing me here”

Du Cheng laughs and throws his arm around him

“Anything for my favorite tattoo artist”

[killerandhealerqueen]

SHEN YI KEPT THE CAT!  HE KEPT XIAOXUAN!  YESSSSSSSS

[killerandhealerqueen]

The cat’s name is Xiaoxuan?!  Are we going to be taking care of the cat?  Please tell me we’re going to be taking care of the cat