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i'm a wishful thinker with the worst intentions



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  1. Rec 37

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    He was on parole, he could not confront his watcher. With utmost politeness, Luocha paid for the parasol and laid it delicately against his shoulder. Given that the Luofu had already made a prisoner of him, they would not see one more elegant, more courteous, more correct than him.

    A breeze blew his long strands of hair back into the sunlight, teasing the sun.

    The sun that was the gaze brighter than the day.

    It scorched his back when his eyes were averted. Not even the parasol could shield him from it.

    In return for medical services rendered during the Ambrosial Arbour crisis, General Jing Yuan lets Luocha out on temporary parole. Luocha uses this chance to continue seeking the secret to immortality and resurrection, but much to his irritation, he finds the general’s devil-may-care behaviour very distracting.

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    06 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 35

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    The merchant Luocha is a regular visitor to the General's personal chambers, often spending some time there for good reasons, those reasons are just as important to him as to Jing Yuan.

    “What did the general guess this time?”

    “Ten thousand catties of ambergris silk.”

    Luocha’s smile widened, barely, just a curled notch at the tips of his lips, somewhat adoring but not in love - but sincere admiration given to his bed partner.

    “Have you calculated the next thirty-three moves I intend to do?”

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    05 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 6

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    The accused person had made a cot out of three chairs and was asleep with his coat over his head. He sat up as Jing Yuan entered.

    Jing Yuan sized him up. He actually was about the right height according to Dan Heng’s description. His hair, bleached blonde and cropped to chin length, framed a clean, cat-like face and exceedingly sharp eyes. He still had his lab coat on, but underneath it, he was dressed in a silk shirt and slacks.

    In short, he looked quite elegant, young enough to take his fashion tips from trendy social medias, and not at all like a criminal.

    Jing Yuan, a late 30s veteran raising his ex's child, becomes acquainted with Luocha, overworked postdoc who has been accused of wrongdoing.

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    05 Jun 2026

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  4. Rec 35

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    Jing Yuan loves so much that it may kill him one day.

    Yanqing does not wish to know life without his baba.

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    01 Jun 2026

  5. Rec 29

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    Dan Heng could not pinpoint the exact time when the newcomer had burrowed beneath his skin, could not say what had been the final crack in the shell he wore as armour around his person, could not say what had allowed Caelus to sneak in underneath it. 

    He could not say what changed, nor when it happened. But it did. Caelus was burrowing into his skin, not unlike the plagues of propagation, digging deeper and deeper, devouring him from the inside, and he'd been none the wiser; oblivious and unaware, save for the weird feeling in his chest whenever the other smiled at him. (Dan Heng had heard of butterflies in the stomach before, but this was more akin to ants crawling all over his insides.)

    Dan Heng realised none of this until he stood frozen in place, Caelus plummeting towards the ground from the top of the Engine of Creation, a giant blade made of crystallised ice piercing his chest.

    Or: Five times Caelus got hurt, and Dan Heng could do nothing, and the one time he swore to prevent it from ever happening again.

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    21 May 2026