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    “I’m not sad,” lied Hua Cheng.

    Xie Lian raised his eyebrows and gave a small smile.

    “Ah, San Lang. I thought you would have learned by now. I may be a fool, but it’s not easy to fool me.”

    Upon Hua Cheng's return, he wanted only Xie Lian, and peace. But something is threatening every ghost in his Realm, and dealing with the Council of Savages is still infinitely easier to handle than talking. Because Xie Lian is maddeningly patient. And curious.

    About exactly what Hua Cheng has been doing for the last 800 years.

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    A casefic /deepening relationship /emotional healing romp with all the TGCF faves

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    07 Jun 2026

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    “Gege.”

    Xie Lian turned back.

    “How will I find my way to the cottage, if you don’t lead me?” asked Hua Cheng, widening his eye slightly.

    Xie Lian’s mouth dropped open, glancing at the cottage, which was ten steps away.

    “I-” he gaped hopelessly, before giving up. He took a breath to steel himself, and lurched to grab Hua Cheng’s hand. It was cool, fingers slender and long. Hua Cheng laced their fingers together. Xie Lian's hand felt engulfed. He was very aware of how pink his face must be.

    “Much better. Now I can see it,” said Hua Cheng, nodding magnanimously.

    Hua Cheng and Xie Lian's reunion night, with all its conversations, complications, and awkward moments (on Xie Lian's end).

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    07 Jun 2026

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    “How does the Daozhang plan to give me his cultivation?” The voice from behind the curtain sounds stronger now, as though its owner is finally getting it under control.

    “By allowing Lord Chengzhu to break my cultivation vows.”

    “How would I do that?”

    Xie Lian takes a breath, the heat growing in his face, up to his ears and down his neck, but somehow he manages to get the words out.

    “By breaking my vow of abstinence.”

     

    OR Xie Lian has searched for centuries for Wuming's ashes in order to give him a proper burial and eventually ends up in Ghost City where he offers himself to the Lord of the Gambler's Den in return for the information

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    06 Jun 2026

  4. Rec 6

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    05 Jun 2026

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    When omega Xie Lian attends a pilates class for the first time, he has an interesting discovery about his body. The fact that his instructor is wearing sinfully tight yoga leggings that leave nothing to the imagination doesn’t exactly help.

    It all leads to Xie Lian getting thoroughly railed on his bright pink yoga mat by that hot alpha instructor.

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    02 Jun 2026

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    “It’s a party,” Xie Lian whines, climbing onto his knees and hugging Hua Cheng’s arm. “Your gege needs something to help him forget all his problems.”

    Hua Cheng breathes a laugh. “Does he?”

    “…Mm.”

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Xie Lian is a mute Omega who has forgotten his voice in a world so loud and chaotic.

    Hua Cheng is a Triad boss marred in red with a growing empire on his shoulders.

    When their paths cross in a pawn shop filled with secrets, danger turns to destiny, and silence to something softer.

    ((THIS FIC IS SPOILER FREE FROM THE MAIN SERIES))

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    15/?
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    01 Jun 2026

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    “He's not my Jun Wu,” said Xie Lian with a touch of disgust.

    “An ex then,” the man drawled. “Got knocked up?”

    Those drunk bankers were so right. This man was an arrogant, presumptuous ass. No matter if he was extremely attractive with a highly refined bone structure and large hands.

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    31 May 2026

  9. Rec 36

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    After a year-long absence, Hua Cheng returns to Xie Lian's side, reigniting a bond that had remained unshakeable and a love that had only grown in their time apart. Through moments of vulnerability, teasing, and understanding, the two find themselves discovering new facets of one another the more time they spend together and just how much they’ve both held back, and how much more there is left to share.

    As their bond strengthens, everyone around them must come to terms with the new reality that Hua Cheng is now a permanent presence in Xie Lian’s life. Xie Lian sets firm boundaries with his friends, making it clear that Hua Cheng belongs by his side. As they navigate this new dynamic, the pair must balance the evolving relationships with those around them while exploring the depths of their own connection.

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    29 May 2026

  10. Rec 54

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    Modern/Human AU
    In the middle of an unassuming autumn night, fire raged on Xie Lian’s property. His home, his peace, was gone in the blink of an eye. Good fortune at least spared his curio shop built onto the house, but nothing more. The stability and quiet he’d worked his entire life for was teetering on the edge.
    With no other options, Xie Lian took a waiter job at a high-end hotel restaurant to afford being able to rebuild his home and return to the life he yearned for. He fought hard for whatever stability he could get—and that meant ignoring all the rumors of one elusive man who owned the hotel and half the city.
    After catching the attention of a handsome, wealthy patron named San Lang, Xie Lian began to wonder if the tranquility he’d chased for so long was simply an excuse to run.

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    28 May 2026

  11. Rec 67

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    Xie Lian has been streaming for quite a while before fellow streamer Hua Cheng appeared in his chat. Since then, for better or worse, Xie Lian's fortune changed.

    EDITED 6/4/2026: added scenes to chapters 1 to 3, completly changed chapter 4

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    27 May 2026

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    "Xie Lian nodded, fidgeting with the weighty ring on his finger. Jun Wu must’ve spent a fortune on it… despite his rank in the church, he came from old money. His family was quite possibly just as wealthy as the royal family of Xianle. His rank in the church was of little consequence to him, as he only wished to serve God but also wanted to marry… to marry Xie Lian. It was an honor to be noticed by such a man, such an alpha… an honor most omegas would strive for… but… Xie Lian took a deep shuddering breath, ceasing his fidgeting.

    There was no ‘but.’ Not anymore."

    Xie Lian is engaged to the Deacon of his church, who groomed him from a young age. He's told he should be grateful. However, when he meets a mysterious stranger, his mindset slowly changes as he drifts from the church. But can this handsome stranger protect him from even the supernatural forces at work in his life? In his own mind?

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    21 May 2026

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  13. Rec 43

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    hua cheng has decided his life isn’t worth anything, and so he spends it drinking, fighting and playing. to him, xie lian - who is studying for the state examinations, hardly ever goes out, and has agreed to marry the man his parents have chosen for him - is utterly unattainable.

    but fate has other plans in store, and there’s an evil brewing that will bring them together no matter how hard hua cheng tries to stay away.

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    20 May 2026

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    14 May 2026

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    “So this is about money?”
    The flick of a lighter made Xie Lian flinch. Every cell inside him whizzed around, and yet he kept deathly silent. He heard Jun Wu exhale.
    “Do you really think I would have given him a job if his father hadn’t insisted?”

    ***

    Xie Lian has everything, a cushy government job, and a great apartment. But none of it is him.
    When Xie Lian discovers his job of 5 years is a lie, he gives everything up to live the simple life he wants.

    Now living paycheck to paycheck, Xie Lian meets a young painter while busking. Immediately drawn to him, the mysterious young man comes home with Xie Lian. But, there's more to Hua Cheng than there originally seems.

    Why does Hua Cheng disappear all the time? and why does Xie Lian feel like they've met before? As they fall deeper and deeper for each other, their lives, histories, and futures all tangle together.

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    13 May 2026

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    12 May 2026

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    “Good morning, Dianxia,” Hua Cheng murmured, a hint of a smile returned to him by his own image in the mirror. He put down the brush next to the ornate pyxis of cinnabar clay and thoroughly checked his reflexion.

    The flex of his fingers on the mahogany handle of the brush, the drag of the bristles on his skin, the scrape of the lid encrusted with mother of pearl against the edges of the box as he closed it and the smear of rouge the movement always left on his fingertips were moments repeated slowly morning by morning, each a step in the ancient ritual of making himself worthy of his God’s gaze. The water that flowed through the fibers on the head of the brush ran tainted red as a blood sacrifice and the incense on Xie Lian’s altar burned.

    or: Hua Cheng prays to Xie Lian every day, sharing ordinary moments and heartfelt confessions with the beloved that cannot hear him.
    Coming out of the coffin in Yong'An Xie Lian starts to hear the loving and harrowing prayers of a devoted ghost.

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    10 May 2026

  18. Rec 99

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    “Forgive me, Gege,” Hua Cheng says, and Xie Lian thinks it’s an apology until he continues, “for I have sinned.”

    Xie Lian takes a deep breath to compose himself before speaking. “Please tell your priest what it is that plagues you, so that I may confer an act of penance and propose an act of contrition.”

    Truthfully, Xie Lian is still unsure of whether Hua Cheng is actually religious, but this banter is too good to pass up, so if he plays up the act a little, well, at least the other person in the booth doesn’t comment on it.

    “I’m afraid it’s too blasphemous to say out loud."

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    08 May 2026

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    19th-century Hualian AU where Hua Cheng is a young handsome priest who's at the center of town gossip and Xie Lian is the viscount's only son who attends church frequently.

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    07 May 2026

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    Xie Lian is a talented aerial silk performer but he has been plagued with misfortune since an accident befell his best friend - an accident he's responsible for. His life gets turned on its head when he saves someone from an assassination attempt in the park, not knowing this mysterious stranger is in fact The Crimson Rain Sought Flower, Hua Cheng, a man feared across the city of Dynasty for his ruthless nature and dark past. Hua Cheng feels indebted to him but feeling as though he did nothing to be worthy of gratitude, Xie Lian refuses his offer to repay him - not having any idea of the persistence of this handsome man he knows only as San Lang, or his power.

    Or: Xie Lian becomes the object of affection to the most powerful man in the city.

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    Comments:
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    103,964

    01 May 2026

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