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  1. Public Bookmark 36

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    "What are you? No better than a beast?" He snapped. "Would you ruin your reputation because you cannot bear me speaking to someone else?"

    "Xiao Jiu."

    "Shut your mouth. You were angry Qiu Haitang treated me like an object. But what are you doing?" His lips curled into a mean smile. "Truly a young lord now, aren't you Yue Qingyuan? Do you pay me so much because you think you can own me, too? Or did you want to keep me by your side until your parents find you a suitable bride? Heir to the powerful Yue family, a beautiful wife, an abundance of children. What use do you have for me?"

    Yue Qingyuan's expression darkened. "How could you say that? You know what I've wanted since we were young."

    "For me to be your bride," Shen Jiu scoffed. "You are always so rash. You do not think. The desires of children do not often stand up to the harshness of reality." He took a step back, the moonlight cutting across his pale face as the wind stirred through the trees. "Yue Qingyuan kept his vow to me. All debts between us are filled. He need not chase after a dream from long ago."

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    Yue Qingyuan meets a boy in the woods but it is not as easy to fulfill his childhood dreams as he hoped.

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    29 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 87

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    "I like... girls."
    "Liar. I've seen you make out with guys before."
    "S'just... making out. No fucking."
    "Not yet," Ivan corrects. "Do you know you got drugged?"

    or: Ivan drugs Till and takes him home.

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  3. Public Bookmark 69

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    That is how she spots him before he sees her. 

    There is a faint stir first, heads turning like flowers towards the sun - she recognizes the signs of an Important Person entering the room. A person to be feared and courted, someone you want on your side because they can hurt you. A sect leader of one of the larger sects, most likely - and Qiu Haitang turns her head to follow the stir, and sees him. 

    It’s Shen Jiu. She recognizes him instantly. There is not a single moment of confusion or doubt; it’s just him. 

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    Qiu Haitang recognizes Shen Qingqiu at a cultivator conference.

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  4. Public Bookmark 57

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    “... Come closer,” she finally says at the end, holding her hand out to him. “Let me inspect you.” 

    Shen Qingqiu hesitates - he has told no one where he went. If she were to pull some trick on him… But Madame Meiyin is well known for her palm readings, and she seems quite serious. Clutching Xiu Ya’s hilt tightly with one hand, he approaches and lets her take the other. 

    After a long moment, Madame Meiyin sobers even more, the last of her playful amusement fading entirely. 

    “Child, how are you even alive?” she asks him in horror. 

    Shen Qingqiu scowls, snatching his hand back from her. “This master did not come for a lecture. If you know what is wrong, then--” 

    “I most certainly know what is wrong,” she says. “You have been starving for your entire life!” 

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    Shen Qingqiu discovers something about himself; he would like a refund.

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    “Would the honorable Mobei-Jun agree?”

    “WHAT!?”

    There’s a loud crash, and everyone’s attention instantly flicks over to Shang Qinghua standing off the side. He seems to have dropped some large platter of something - he should not be doing something so lowly as serving things, he’s not a servant any longer. But it is very typical of him to mindlessly reach out and start doing whatever unfinished tasks he sees before him, grumbling all the while as if someone is forcing him into it. Right now, he looks gobsmacked. Pale and wide eyed and gaping in shock, looking shaken to his core.

    “Marriage!?” Shang Qinghua demands, his voice high and strangled.

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    Several misunderstandings happen in a row.

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