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  1. Public Bookmark 23

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    Feng Xin doesn’t let his eyes leave the tank for even a moment as Hua Cheng beckons Xie Lian up to the glass separating them from one another. He taps a sharp nail against it, right in front of the poor creature’s face, and startles him terribly. His face splits around a hungry grin and he curls his finger until Xie Lian comes closer again, a twitchy smile pulling at his lips.

    Feng Xin raps his knuckles firmly against the observation screen, but Xie Lian jumps harder at it than he had at Hua Cheng, who hardly appears to notice it. He turns his head slowly towards Feng Xin, raising a single brow, and flashes his teeth in a familiar growl.

    “Leave him alone, Hua Cheng! I’m not kidding!”

    (Xie Lian is going to be eaten by that fucker Hua Cheng, he's almost certain of it.)

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    16 Dec 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 92

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    "His Highness may call me anything he wishes."

    Xie Lian doesn't have the imaginative energy to conjure up anything meaningful for this stranger, so he says, "In that case, you might as well be Wu Ming."

    The ghost bows his head further. His shoulders sink slightly, less slumping and more settling into himself. It's like he likes the dehumanizing name.

    He says, "'Wu Ming' is perfect."

    Xie Lian's frown deepens. He tells him, "Pick a different one soon."

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    After Xie Lian is tortured in his own temple, he wakes up in the care of a freshly-formed wrath ghost. "Wu Ming" follows him home and, with his carpentry experience, medical knowledge, street smarts, and fighting skills, makes himself indispensable to Xie Lian's family.

    To protect Xie Lian from Bai Wuxiang, Wu Ming swears that he'll do whatever he must to get stronger, all the while becoming one more person that Xie Lian couldn't bear to lose.

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    16 Dec 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 40

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    "For the Mid-Autumn Festival,” Hua Cheng explains. “Would you like to go back to Puqi Village?”

    Xie Lian blinks in confusion. “I thought you said you didn’t want to go?”

    “I didn’t say that,” Hua Cheng says. “I only said Xiao-Hua is too busy to go with you.”

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    On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xie Lian is delighted with Hua Cheng's most precious disguise. But despite the general merriment, Xie Lian struggles with his restless imagination. He knows that he shouldn't long for the impossible, but what if he wants to hold on to this illusion? And what if, with the help of the ghost realm's most notorious birthday gift, perhaps he could?

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    09 Dec 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 44

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    Beyond Heaven's walls, Xie Lian finds himself learning to feel at home in the Ghost City--and in Hua Cheng's arms.

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    09 Dec 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 18

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    The Kingdom of Xianle was a small but beautiful kingdom, tucked between the kingdoms of Yong'an and Guicheng. Unlike their neighbors, who boasted great military power, they were instead known for their beauty and magical divinity. Led by a just king and queen, their lives were quiet and prosperous.

    As for their son Xie Lian, he was said to be beautiful and kind, gifted with so much magic that it was as as if he was blessed by the land of Xianle itself. The people adored him, and he in turn loved them.

    He had no idea what tragedy the man in a white mask would bring; how ruthless and cruel the soldiers of Yong'an could be; and how quick the people of Xianle, his people, would turn on him

    Under a sky burning red with fire, filled with screams of terror and the scent of death, Xie Lian finds himself running for his life as his entire world burns to the ground.

    It only takes 10 days for the kingdom of Xianle to fall.

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    Or, When Xianle falls, Xie Lian finds sanctuary in the nearby kingdom of Guicheng. He takes on the role of servant in order to stay hidden. It works, until he somehow catches the of eye of King Hua Cheng himself.

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    09 Dec 2024

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