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Jul 9

Thinking about Taxian-Jun cutting Chu Wanning's hair to humiliate him then going and sitting alone in his room with the bundle, crying because it's ~not right~

Taxian-Jun then spends extra care each day to braid Chu Wanning's hair and pin jewels into it to hide his not-mistake.

Chu Wanning just lays there as Taxian-Jun drags him around by his hair, dragging him across the room to the table with the bronze mirror. He makes sure not to make a sound despite the hard yanks.
Taxian-Jun shoves him into a chair and leans in close.
"You think you're so special?

You think you're better than this Venerable One? You think just because you're called an immortal you are one? You think just because a few people lusted after you you have looks? All you have is your body and it's mine. I'll cut it away piece. By. Piece."

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Jul 8

There's one piece of domestic bliss that takes Mo Ran a long time to get used to again:
Chu Wanning's cold, clammy feet.

When he's awake, Chu Wanning curls up and keeps his toes to himself. But once asleep they're drawn to Mo Ran, creeping over to steal his warmth away.

In the last life Taxian-Jun would taunt Chu Wanning for seeking him out once so worn down he'd finally fall asleep.
He'd also violently force Chu Wanning awake as Chu Wanning's cold toes bite at him.
Sneer that he depends on his disciple's warmth because he's so cold hearted.

..He'd use coal warming pans between blankets to heat the bed on the coldest nights, telling himself that it's because he doesn't want to be woken by cold, clammy toes. Not because he dislikes how painfully cold Chu Wanning feels as he pitifully searched for Mo Ran's bare skin.

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Jul 6

When Chu Wanning dies, Taxian-Jun lays him in the pond. He tells himself he's celebrating, not mourning. He's happy, not broken.
Chu Wanning is asleep, not dead.

But he is dead.

So on the seventh day after Chu Wanning died Taxian-Jun decides he will change that.

He will force Chu Wanning back into life.
He will wander the defunct halls of Sisheng Peak and find his returned soul. He will capture it. He will force it back into that cold body and force Chu Wanning's heart to beat again.

Chu Wanning is not allowed to die until he says so.

So come evening, Taxian-Jun wades into the freezing pond and drags the water logged body over his shoulder. He carries it back into Red Lotus Pavilion and changes it's clothes to one of the few robes from Chu Wanning's past at Sisheng Peak that he didn't destroy long ago.

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Wren

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Jul 4

Thinking about modern atticwife Chu Wanning walking right into Mo Ran's arms and making himself at home like a cat walking in and taking a nap on the couch.
Like, it might be a red flag but it's shaped like a pillow so might as well just take a nap on it.

When Chu Wanning first downloads the dating app he's full of doubt. He never actually considered himself single because single means seeking. But here & now he has to admit he's getting old and he's lonely. He has a vision of a husband and a garden and..if he's dreaming, a child.

He doesn't really expect all that. It's far too romantic. He's just hopeful at this point for a date with someone who won't taunt him for never having gone on a date before...maybe it would be best not to admit that.

Chu Wanning sets up the profile. It's simple and to the point.

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Wren

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Jul 3

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Huaizui sits alone in the empty cabin. A-Ning has left. Walked away. The only remnants that the child he raised was ever there is the dark stain of blood on the wooden floor where he tried to cut out his core.

Huaizui doesn't scrub it away. He can't bring himself to.

https://twitter.com/velthomerr/status/1543642254648098817

He just sits with the bloodstain in total silence.

It's like the blood left on the dirt when Chu Lan died, but this isn't Chu Lan's blood. It's Chu Wanning's. The only similarity is that it was spilled because of his own greed and willingness to sacrifice one life for another.

Xiao Man, Master Huaizui, a monster. It doesn't matter what he's called.
He's committed every crime only to commit them again.
His debt is too great to repay.
His punishment too painful to die.
He's the scared 14 year old he was when Lin'An fell, only now a 200 year old coward.

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Wren

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Jul 3

When Xue Zhengyong finds a tiny, starved child sick with fever and feet broken open from travel he sits with him. The child looks away from him but does accept the stale pancake to nibble at.

Xue Zhengyong considers what to say. Finally he asks, "Do you have a name?"
"...No."

The child's squeak is barely audible through the pancake he's now stuffed in his mouth.
Xue Zhengyong offers him another. "I have more, you don't need to eat so fast."
The child takes it and shoves it into his mouth whole, gagging as though the thought of food makes him sick.

Xue Zhengyong looks around. The people he saw chasing the poor nameless child have long run away. People glance at them as they pass.

The child wipes his eyes once more, hiding his face and pulling his hood down further.

"No name... do you have family then? A home?"

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