White No Face won't really make an appearance in this story at all, for several reasons! First of all, Xie Lian didn't travel and encounter the demon on the bridge when he did in canon. When he finally does, he will be 27 and a lot more mature and subdued, and his encounter with jun wu will go a bit differently (more about that in the next part)! When Xie Lian finally meets Jun Wu for real, it will be at a very different age, in a very different situation in life, prepared with everything he learned already in court and from being with Hua Cheng. But that's in the far future, and I'm content leaving that to the imagination.
Part two will indeed be a courtly romance, altho maybe not quite how you expect! I don't want to spoil too much, but let's just say, Hua Cheng won't be in a position to spoil Xie Lian with gifts, but he will do his damnest to make up for it in actions instead. Xie Lian also won't be in a financial position to spoil Hua Cheng with gifts, but oh boy, does he try...
eeeeeeeee!! im so excited!!!!!!! please, weave your authorly magic away as you deem fit!!!
(also don’t respond to this if you don’t wanna bc spoilers but does that mean xl will bestow his bb boy with his incredible “masterpieces” ala hc’s bday belt in canon??!!!!???? 👀👀👀 hc would literally be thrilled omg given the opportunity he would wear head to toe “made by xl” even if it was rags 🫣)
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