Thread by @rikkainhaz

#chengxian/#xiancheng Modern Entertainment AU. WWX is JC's adopted brother (ooooo scandalous~~)

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SHOCKING!! MYSTERY WOMAN FOUND LEAVING ACTOR WWX'S HOTEL ROOM IN THE MORNING!!
(insert grainy CCTV/pap footage on the front)

Chen ShaoQi, WWX's manager, slams the magazine onto the table before WWX, who is lounging nonchalantly on the sofa.

"Explain yourself. This is featured on every gossip mag out there and trending on every social media there is. Weibo crashed an hour ago!"

"Jiang Cheng's going to piss himself," Wei Wuxian laughs at the headlines.

"Who?"

"My brother? A-Cheng?" Wei Wuxian says, tilting his head. "That's him."

Chen ShaoQi lifts the magazine and scrutinises it clearly. No matter how she turns her head, she only sees an elegant lady.

"You're lying."

"Oh my god, he's going to /love/ this," Wei Wuxian cackles, typing furiously away on his phone. "Just say the truth. Everyone knows we're brothers. Problem solved."

Chen ShaoQi gives up and sighs, slumping into the armchair on the side. "If only it can be so

easily solved. No one's going to believe /that's/ your brother. There are already countless rumours and headlines flashing all the potential women in the industry who would be the /one/ in that photo."

"In fact, number on trending is Jiang Yanli, your sister."

WWX grimaces.

"Really? She's married to the peacock. Everyone knows that."

"Yeah, but people like the forbidden love troupe."

"Jiang Cheng /does/ look similar to A-jie. A bit. Not much. So, what's the agency suggesting?"

Chen ShaoQi scrolls through her messages. "The agency wants to go with no comment. To build hype for your new series."

"But weren't we building CP with LWJ for that? Wouldn't this be counterproductive?"

"They intend to ignore and fire up more CP with LWJ. LWJ's agency agrees"

"Huh."

"Surprisingly cooperative. Heard it was LWJ who insisted." Chen ShaoQi scrolls through the twitter comments and grimaces. "Were you that close with him?"

WWX thinks back to the minor flirting and teasing with the expressionless man. "Maybe."

"You-" a sigh, "never mind. Don't post anything on your socials, I'm locking you out for a week. We're going to work on this and do it right. Also, tell your brother to avoid visiting for the time-being. What did he find you for anyway?"

WWX thinks back to the argument he had

with JC the night before.

"Nothing. The usual."

"Oof, still going on about quitting the entertainment industry?"

"Yup-p." The Jiang family was a massive corporation in the finance sector, and the two industries don't particularly see eye to eye. JC thought that

WWX abandoned him when he joined the entertainment business and held a grudge ever since.

Though WWX /did/ promise to support JC for life, but due to certain events, it didn't quite work out. He manages by avoiding scandals and keeping his name as clean as possible, in fact,

this had to be the first dating scandal with 'evidence' in the eyes of the netizens. The rest often being photoshopped images and shipping videos that went viral on the net.

Hah, imagine that.

"So what's the plan with LWJ? What other ways have you guys cooked up so I can

tease him? I love teasing him. He's so fun."

"The production crew agreed to release some behind the stage footages. So get out there and create some romantic vibes. Don't. Joke. Around."

"Yes, yes."

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"This is why I told you to quit already," Jiang Cheng grumbles over the phone.

"You know I can't do that."

"No, I don't. I don't understand why you decided that /that/ place is more fitted for you!"

"A-Cheng, let's not do this again, we're just going in circles."

"So when can I see you?"

WWX swirls the wine in his glass as he looks out the window, phone on speaker mode left on the table. "Maybe it'll be better if we don't. All we do is fight."

Static silence.

"Fine." The call drops with a beep.

WWX sighs, holding the cool glass against his forehead. He knows this isn't the end, Jiang Cheng always finds reasons to contact him again and he'll always agree and they'll always end up screaming at each other over the same topics.

It's a routine they'll never seem to break

He's tired. He doesn't want to keep fighting with JC.

He misses the good old days where they were laughing and playing around in the gardens, in the school courtyards, competing with each other over the highest ranking in online games.

He misses the days where they shared kisses quietly behind closed doors, holding each other tightly as they slept in the same bed.

WWX sighs yet again and throws himself onto the king-sized bed. He doesn't know how to soothe JC's anger about his career decisions

he's angry and hurt that the other looked down on his profession.

WWX tries to sleep, tossing and turning throughout the night.

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"WWX," LWJ greets, holding a bottle of cold water out.

"Thanks, LWJ."

LWJ purses his lips, his features twisting minutely like there's ants up his pants and he's physically restrained from jumping up and down to get rid of them.

"Is LWJ worried about me?" WWX teases, leaning close towards the other's personal space.

He sees LWJ's ears redden and finds it adorable. JC used to go all red when he teased him. Now he only goes red in anger.

LWJ nods and scuttles away quickly.

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ok so this mAY have soME wx vibes going on rn but no, it's not going to be much. trust me.

also this thread kinda got ahead of my brain and now i'm like wait, what's going on here. this is not what i envisioned so let me sleep on it.
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