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Just posted the 4th chapter of Perchance to Dream, in which Xie Lian goes off the deep end:)
archiveofourown.org/works/677148...

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Chapter 3 of Perchance to Dream is out, in which Xie Lian ignores all glaring signs pointing towards the truth in favor of giving San Lang smoochies.
archiveofourown.org/works/677148...

Chapter two is out, in which Hua Cheng is having a very strange day

Thank you too<3

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I posted the first chapter of a new #hualian fic, in which Xie Lian makes up San Lang as his imaginary friend!

archiveofourown.org/works/677148...

#tgcf #myart #XieLian

One sketch of Xie Lian at the Small Shop of Chance Encounters!

HC, deadly pale: I'm so happy for you, Gege:)

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“I could work as a servant,” Hua Cheng suddenly spoke up, and everyone paused and turned to him. His mother shifted nervously. “Hong-er, dear, you don’t have to–” “I don’t mind,” Hua Cheng said with a smile. “I learn fast and I’ll be very diligent, I promise.” “We don’t have much money these days,” his father said grumpily. “It’ll be hard work for little pay.” “That’s fine with me,” Hua Cheng said in the same cheery tone. Xie Lian started to suspect he was having fun riling up the king. “Still,” his father said, looking darkly at Hua Cheng, “we don’t know where you’ve been and where your loyalty lies these days, so it would be better for you to–” “Hong-er is going to work for me,” Xie Lian said pleasantly. “I trust him implicitly. Certainly more than any of the other servants I’ve ever had, who didn’t have to undergo a whole background check, if I might add.”

“If I might remind you that it’s still me making these decisions.” Xie Lian clicked his tongue. “I’m going to spend most of my free time with him anyway.” His father was starting to turn red from all the back talk, but Xie Lian’s mother put a hand on his arm and leaned close to look at him with a pleading look and whisper something into his ear. As his father listened, he slowly lost the angry flush and finally leaned back with a heavy sigh. “Oh well, alright. We can use all the servants we can get for Xie Lian’s wedding anyway.” From the other side of the table, a choking noise came and Hua Cheng set down his teacup, holding his hand in front of his mouth. “Excuse me, his what?”

#pbp #tgcf

Another snippet of the long #hualian fic im writing on, peach blossom prince!

Shizun holding his Binghe 🥹

#svsss #bingqiu

Xie Lian stared up into the shadows pooling in the crooks and crannies of his bed’s ceiling and said, “I don't know if I–” Like, is what he meant to say, but that wasn't quite true. It was more accurate to say, “I think I fear who I'm becoming.” Next to him, Hua Cheng turned towards him, half his face hidden in the sheets, and looked at him with his dark brows furrowed attentively. “What do you mean?” “This… greediness,” Xie Lian said hesitantly. “The selfishness and the jealousy. I've never felt like this before, certainly never acted like it. I was taught that these aren't good qualities to have, that good people aren't greedy or selfish or jealous. And yet, you keep encouraging me again and again.” “I like it,” Hua Cheng said softly, his eyes dark and melty. “I love it when you take what you want, I love it when you wanti. And if the thing you want is me, how could I not encourage you?” Xie Lian covered his eyes with a hand and groaned. “You're not a thing, though, and I shouldn't treat you like it.” With a rustle, Hua Cheng suddenly sat up and swung his leg over Xie Lian to sit on his hips. He leaned forward and took the hand lying over Xie Lian’s eyes into his own. Finally, he lifted it to gently kiss the thumb.

“Why not,” he asked, “when being your plaything, your treasure, your possession makes me the happiest I've ever been? By all means, Your Highness, possess me selfishly, jealously. Rage at me if I talk to other people too nicely and I’ll fall to my knees and gladly beg for forgiveness. Shackle me and I’ll only tighten the chains. There's no need for respect between us.” He seemed to interpret the resulting silence and Xie Lian’s wide-eyed expression the wrong way, because he abruptly changed tracks. “But if Your Highness is afraid…” From one second to the other, something about him became predatory and he dragged a hand from Xie Lian’s belly to his chest to watch with greedy eyes how the soft flesh dipped under his fingertips. “I could be the one taking, for once. Who could blame Your Highness for submitting to my advances if I push you so boldly, barely leaving you a choice? If I cornered you in dark hallways to take my pleasure, if I forced you–” Lightning-quick, Xie Lian reached out and grabbed the hand on his chest. “No,” he said firmly. “I won’t have you take all the blame for something we both want. If you want to… to be the one taking, then we can do that. But only with my permission. I won’t allow you to turn yourself into a villain to relieve my guilty conscience.” With his next breath, all the predatory tension left Hua Cheng and he turned small and uncertain. It wasn’t hard to tip him over and spill him back onto the bed. “You don’t dislike what we’ve been doing, then?” he asked quietly. “No,” Xie Lian answered and grabbed his wrist, holding it tightly and securely. “No, that’s the reason I’m afraid, don’t you see? I like it way too much.”

#tgcf #hualian #peachblossomprince

A little scene from my long hualian fic that I'm writing on rn, Peach Blossom Prince, in which Hua Cheng is Xie Lian's servant. Cw for hualian having no healthy boundaries..

Xie Lian swallowed. Of course he knew that this could very well be a trap. After a second, he followed anyway.

Icy awareness trickled through Xie Lian’s veins and he froze. As he watched, the butterfly lifted off the rough wall and lazily fluttered away, deeper into the cave.

It was a single silver ghost butterfly, sitting on the wall and slowly beating its wings.

He had just thought that when a light in the distance caught his attention. He warily lifted his sword higher and made his steps quieter. It was a longer walk than expected but, eventually, he could make out the source of the light.

Xie Lian swallowed. He couldn't let himself think that. It was his duty to follow orders and even if Hua Cheng wouldn't turn out to be here, at least it was another lead off the list.

Although he was starting to doubt that he would find Crimson Rain here. Instead, it seemed like just the many other times the Heavenly Emperor had given him a lead and sent him off to chase it like a child that needed to be entertained.

The cave stretched out before him, dark and empty.

Xie Lian readied his sword and stepped into the darkness. A single spirit stone lit up the path before him. He didn't fool himself into thinking the dark gave him any advantage against a ghost king.

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Writing on a little oneshot where Xie Lian, just freshly ascended for the first time, joins Heaven's effort to hunt down the ancient ghost king Hua Cheng. He doesn't know Hua Cheng is already waiting for him, eager for a new plaything.

Little preview:

To compliment matters even further, Xie Lian slowly begins to doubt Hua Cheng's story of how he survived..."

At the same time, he grows ever closer to Hua Cheng and unfamiliar feelings threaten to throw Xie Lian off course.

But the agreement with Yong'An demands ever more of him, even now. Xie Lian must enter into a political marriage with Yong'An's new princess, to ensure peace between their now divided countries.

Determined to never let him out of his sight again, he takes Hua Cheng back with him to the palace and convinces his father to let him stay as Xie Lian's servant.

Eight years later, Xian Le is still recovering and Xie Lian has never quite gotten over his loss. Imagine his surprise then, when, while traveling, he meets a stranger that turns out to be an adult, alive Hong-er!

When he comes back, he finds that war has not only irrevocably changed his home, it has also taken the boy he has grown to love.

But fate won't be so easily circumvented and, in the end, war with Yong'an still breaks out. Xie Lian has to leave for Yong'an to try and negotiate for peace.

"It only takes one pause, one moment of contemplation to change the future. Xie Lian gives up on his travels and instead takes Hong-er with him to have him grow up in the palace. Years pass and the two get closer and closer.

I might post a few snippets here, if people are interested! For now, let me give you a bit of a summary!

I've frankly been super obsessed with this one and have already written almost 30k words for these fics. It focuses strongly on romance and sexuality and interpersonal relationships and I'm having a great time writing it.

where Hua Cheng returns to the palace as an adult and becomes Xie Lian's servant. This one will have romantic hualian!