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[ID: gifs from the 22nd episode of the series "Mysterious Lotus Casebook." Fang Duobing says to Li Lianhua, looking outraged, "You had a beautiful woman in your arms, so you forgot about our important moon-viewing date!" Li Lianhua shuts his eyes and taps between his eyebrows to soothe a headache. /end ID]
#the fact that he is literally so fucking outraged#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#li xiangyi#fang duobing#fang xiaobao#my gifs#mlcbedit#you STOLE my fizzy lifting drinks !
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One sentence prompt but it's 2:
"A-Fei is an adult, educated, and he's not slow, so why do you explain everything to him so clearly, but you won't have the courtesy to do the same for anyone else? It's almost like you actually tell him the truth."
"what do you mean," li lianhua says mildly, "i always tell the truth."
"do not start with me," fang duobing says, pointing an imperious finger at li lianhua, "you liar!"
"how hurtful," li lianhua murmurs, taking a sip of tea.
"hurtful? you think that's— okay, no, i'm not falling for that, you sly old fox."
"again with the name calling," li lianhua says, in that infuriatingly calm tone.
"answer the question," fang duobing says, "no more prevaricating."
li lianhua is quiet, face unreadable. fang duobing hates when he does that.
"a'fei," he says finally, "is a man it's better not to have misunderstandings with, that's all."
fang duobing scoffs. "you always talk like you're so familiar, so why be afraid of that?"
"perhaps it's a matter of respect," li lianhua says, scratching his nose.
"are you saying you don't respect me?!" fang duobing squawks.
"hulijing," li lianhua says, standing up, "i think it's time to go home."
"hey," fang duobing says, trailing after him, "answer the question!"
a'fei detaches himself from the wall by the door, eyes glittering. he gives no indication of having heard the conversation but fang duobing gives him a suspicious look anyway. he points two fingers at his eyes, then at a'fei, then his eyes again. a'fei sneers.
"li lianhua," he says, falling in beside li lianhua, "i have a question."
fang duobing stops dead. "do not answer that!" he cries, running to catch up with both of them, hulijing trotting merrily at his side.
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fic meme requests still open!
#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#fang duobing#di feisheng#fic meme#kingsandbastardz#idk if i should put this in the dihua tags or not tbh lol#sorry it's mostly dialogue
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cinematic parallels: three times llh could let go of a personal token (qwm's prayer beads, sgd's wenjing, lxy's shaoshi) and one time he couldn't (fdb's broken jade flute).
read the chinese-english translation of the extension of llh taking home fdb's broken jade flute from the script here. check out the amazing fan illustration of this deleted scene here.
#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#li xiangyi#fang duobing#fanghua#and then he took xiaobao's fur cloak with him at the very very end#😭😭
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WIP Wednesday (MLC longfic again!)
Now that my amnesia fic is posted, it's time for more of my MLC longfic! At long last, LLH is awake again . . . and not doing that well.
(You can find earlier excerpts here.)
CW/TW: Panic attack, bicha flare, suicidal ideation
Something was different. The pain was there as always, waiting to devour him whole once he acknowledged it, but there was something else, something blanketing it, muting it somehow.
Li Lianhua stretched out his senses like a limb and tried to make sense of it.
Ah. Warmth. That was the strange sensation. Warmth–heat, even–all around him–his back, his chest, his legs, even his fingers, which had been more like blocks of ice than flesh and blood these last few months.
He leaned back, pushing into the banked heat behind him. The solid core of warmth tucked against his front from navel to neck twitched, then pressed against him more securely, as though it could make a home for itself inside his sternum, ribs, and spine and heat him from within.
He felt warm everywhere.
Well, almost everywhere.
He rolled forward slightly, wiggled further down on the bed, and tugged the core of warmth up higher. He curled his arms and shoulders around it and nestled the bit in his hand between his face and the pillow until it cradled his cheek.
Much better.
He smiled into his new, warmer pillow and let himself start to relax back into sleep.
“Xiangyi?”
The warmth against his face gradually took shape as his skin and mind began to wake. That was a finger–no, several fingers. A hand. A large hand. And those calluses–how could he not know them when they had clashed steel with him, choked him, clinked brimming cups of wedding wine with him, even been inside him, taking him apart with a gentleness he hadn’t known they could profess.
He let his awareness spread throughout his body, setting aside the pain, and yes, that was a-Fei’s chest he had pressed himself against, like Huli Jing requesting head scritches, and those were a-Fei’s legs, tangled with his, and that was a-Fei’s breath rustling his hair–less now than it had been a moment ago–and that was indeed a-Fei’s arm he was clutching like a child would a favorite toy.
But a-Fei had been holding him first.
Why was a-Fei holding him? It was one thing to wake up in each others’ arms in the newly wed room, after their . . . exertions. Before a-Fei knew that any real dream of a future was doomed to fail.
But to hold him now? After he’d given away the wangchuan flower and left a-Fei behind, left their promise behind? To hold him like he still mattered. Like he wasn’t a curse who killed everyone he’d ever cared about. Like he was some sort of treasure . . .
Treasure . . .
Cabinets stained in blood, Xiaobao’s blood–
“Xiaobao,” he gasped, flinging himself free and to his feet. Where was Xiaobao? He had to find him, had to heal him, before it was too late–
“Xiangyi! Sit down!” A-Fei caught him as his legs buckled and lowered him back onto the bed.
Why wasn’t Xiaobao here? Had he killed him, too, just like he killed everyone he cared about?
“Duobing,” a-Fei roared. “Get in here. Now!” Callused fingers cupped both sides of his face, turning it gently but firmly toward him. “Xiangyi, look at me. He’s alright. He’s on his way.”
“How could he be alright?” Li Lianhua gasped, clutching at his shoulders, the already blurry world turning more hazy. “I saw the blood!”
“I healed him. He’s safe,” a-Fei said, cradling his head as though he could hold the shattering pieces of his mind together. “Now breathe.”
Li Lianhua choked on an inhale, his lungs spasming, only managing to draw in a desperate wheeze.
A-Fei cursed and dropped to his knees by the bed, pressing one hand to Li Lianhua’s back and the other to his chest, filling both with a familiar warmth that began to break apart the iron bands strangling his throat and lungs. “Try again. Feel my hands. Press against them when you inhale.”
The next breath shook and spluttered like a dying candle but some air squeaked through nonetheless.
“Good.” A-Fei gave his back a short supportive pat. “Again.”
Lotus Tower shook as footsteps pounded toward the bed. “What’s wrong?” panted a beautifully familiar, impossible voice. “Xiaohua’er?”
“Bicha,” a-Fei growled, rising from the floor to kneel on the bed at his side, his hands still bracketing him on either side. “He thinks you’re dead. Show him the scab.”
“Shit,” the Xiaobao-shaped hallucination cursed. It seemed especially cruel of hallucinations to now match the blurriness of their surroundings. It made them seem far too real.
The hallucination knelt at his feet and took his hands. “It’s me, Xiaohua’er,” it said, tears in its eyes and voice. “I’m alright. A-Fei healed me. See?” It brought his hand up to a spot on the back of his skull and pressed his fingers to a crusted, raised line on its scalp. “I’m right here and I’m alright. Do you believe me?”
He could feel it. Why could he feel it? His fingers had always passed through hallucinations before. And even when he’d dreamt of Xiaobao, or of a-Fei, of holding them again, it hadn’t felt as real as this. His fingers traced the ridges of the scab–a perfectly neat seam–then the silk curtain of hair that covered it.
This was Xiaobao’s hair. The texture, the thickness, what he could see of the color–no hallucination could do justice to this.
This was his Xiaobao.
He was alive.
“Xiaobao,” he cried, turning his head this way and that to make sure it was the only injury. “You’re alright!”
Xiaobao’s bright smile shone through despite the haze his eyes imposed on everything. “Told you. No harm done. So focus on taking care of yourself, ok, lao huli?”
Li Lianhua huffed out a wet attempt at a scoff and bopped the side of his head. “No harm? What do you call this?”
Xiaobao captured his hands with his and brought them down from his head to rest between them. “Less serious than a Bicha attack. How are you feeling?”
Li Lianhua blinked. A Bicha attack? He turned his attention inward to his qi, and–
Ah. There was a-Fei’s Beifeng Baiyang, somehow wrapped around his Yangzhouman and pushing the last of the poison back into the recesses where it would lie in wait, coiled and ready for the next attack. The black tinge was almost gone from his veins.
He had been so worried about Xiaobao that he hadn’t even realized.
A-Fei had probably saved his life. Again.
He shouldn’t have bothered.
#mysterious lotus casebook#lhl#WIP Wednesday#lianhua lou#my fic#Di Feisheng#Li Lianhua#Fang Duobing#Difanghua#Things will get much better for LLH#starting in the next chapter#If tumblr blocks this excerpt from the MLC tag bc of my tws like it's done on previous weeks I will be so mad#I literally just finished writing this 5 minutes ago#this is the shortest turnaround time ever btwn when I've written something and posted it#cue internal screaming#also I am trying a new narcolepsy med which means thinking feels weird and consequently writing is a massive struggle#so I really hope this lives up to expectation
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Fanghua + Calling for A-Fei (and the one time it wasn't needed)
#userdramas#mysterious lotus casebook#cdramaedit#cdramasource#mlcedit#fang duobing#di feisheng#li lianhua#li xiangyi#*mine#useryd#lextag#uservivs#userginpotts#userhanyi#roserayne#tuserjade#swiftletinthecloud#usergooseras#flashing cw#i think some people are starting to move on already but my brainrot is just getting started#i hope everyone is ready
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*boop*
for @bbcphile
#BOOP#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#fang duobing#cheng yi#zeng shunxi#*gifs:mine#PLEASE animation is so absolutely not my strong suit lmao#this is the best i can do
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so i really like this show and decided that i should make a powerpoint to get people to watch it. and now 5 hours later here we are. this is my pitch. please watch 莲花楼
#feel free to share this with friends and family whom you want to inflict this show upon#also feel free to add your own promo in the tags/rbs etc!#ok i don't usually do this but. tagging for reach#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#fang duobing#di feisheng
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#mysterious lotus casebook#di feisheng#li lianhua#fang duobing#lian hua lou#莲花楼#mlc fanart#illustration#The amount of snow shocked Lianhua#excited Huli Jing#and froze the nose of one Xiaobao
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Mysterious Lotus Casebook | pov: there are only 2 beds
#sharing is caring Happy Valentine's Day! 💕🪷🛕💕#(btw i have the lotus tower model and this is what it feels lke building it)#mysterious lotus casebook#lian hua lou#莲花楼#li lianhua#li xiangyi#di feisheng#fang duobing#cheng yi#zeng shunxi#xiao shunyao#my:gif#mf mlc#cdrama
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how to not introduce your new cat to the old one: a guide by Li Lianhua
#li lianhua#di feisheng#fang duobing#mysterious lotus casebook#mlc#kk's liveblog tag#(note: I am only on ep 8 so no spoilers pls)
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[ID: gifs from the 30th episode of the series "Mysterious Lotus Casebook." Li Lianhua says to Fang Duobing, "Yangzhouman onsumes too much internal power. I have the warm wine and quilts you sent me." Fang Duobing says, "Come to think of it, you'd be okay anyway, right?" Li Lianhua smiles tiredly. /end ID]
#this fucked me up goodbye#mysterious lotus casebook#fang duobing#fang xiaobao#li lianhua#mlcbedit#my gifs#literally xiaobao suffered more than anyone else in this story and its not even close FUCK everyone else
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Must not be late to shan gudao funeral
#may this silly little doodle bring you a laugh today#i have no excuse why I draw this meme just vibe#mysterious lotus casebook#feifanghua#di feisheng#li lianhua#fang duobing#silly sketches
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the famous set of fanghua filming sneak peeks, from fanghua cp fansite 玖零玖柒- (please note that editing, commercial use, and removing watermark are prohibited):
"i was always meant to be a ghost wandering lost and alone. he was the unexpected person who had burst into my life."
see this post for more on this cut line from script.
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#mysterious lotus casebook#I am sorry I just needed to get these off my chest#I think I’m so funny I’m sorry#fang xiaobao#fang Duobing#li Lianhua#li Xiangyi#fanghua#dihua#Di Feisheng#feihua#memes#my post#funny#long ish post?#photos#pictures#mlc#Chinese drama#c drama
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WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH 莲花楼 MYSTERIOUS LOTUS CASEBOOK
Guess I’m back for another rec, you know I’m there when I get minimum two bromance dudes and historical and OOMPH if you liked The Blood of Youth this might be up your lane!! Slightly similar main character premise but super good, the trope never gets old!!
TL;DR
- Stupid disciple + his (unknowing) shifu
- Enemy bros “where is my shixiong’s remains?!” + “defeat me and find out” vibes who have to work together and form their deep friendship and get past misunderstanding and mystery blah blah love it
- All-powerful legendary swordsman losing all his powers and becoming a legendary physician
- Everything is about dead shixiong we don’t even know how the man looks like
- Investigations and jianghu shenanigans, cases!!!
- Uwu puppy dog and good in martial arts disciple and his sickly, ex-legendary and still cool shifu who doesn’t know he’s a shifu LMAO
- Yes uwu bromance, especially cuz shifu is DYING and he is WEAK and he gonna spit out blood and faint everywhere as they find cure for him
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AIRING DEETS
Total episodes: 40
Premiered on: July 23
VIP ends: August 18
Can be watched from iQiyi
Airing schedule: 6 episodes on the first day, 2 episodes everyday after for 6 days, then 8 episodes a week except for the last week, that has 6 episodes with finale
SUMMARY
Ten years ago, Li Xiangyi who was master of Sigu Sect, challenged Di Feisheng, master of the Jinyuan Alliance, to a fight on the seas, where they both end up critically hurt as Li Xiangyi tries to find out where his shixiong’s (Shan Gu Dao) corpse and bones went - his sect was attacked on the same day, and when he returns to the sect, critically injured, he sees some of his deputies blaming him for the attack, and instead of going in, he disappears after that.
Ten years later, Li Xiangyi is now Li Lianhua (Lotus Li LMAO) and he’s an eccentric but skilled doctor who has his eyes on earning money. By chance, he meets Fang Duobing (Fang Many Illness LMAO), a young, aspiring detective who’s super skilled in martial arts, but he’s been unable to enrol in Bai Chuan Yuan (the past Sigu Sect), a sort-of sect that plays an enforcer role in the pugilistic world and helps to solve cases, arrest wrongdoers, and the like. Fang Duobing’s dream is to get in, but as he’s the only son of two powerful people who’ve been refusing to let him be part of Bai Chuan Yuan, he’s failed the test 3 times despite being the most-skilled one there. On his third try, however, he tells the four masters of Bai Chuan Yuan that his shifu is Li Xiangyi, a Li Xiangyi who used to be a part of Bai Chuan Yuan and is still greatly missed by the four masters. They agree to it, but only if FDB solve three cases with arrests.
His first case leads him to meet LXY who’s now known as Li Lianhua, and their meeting doesn’t go off to a great start; FDB is idealistic and a rich, wealthy young master at heart who’s never suffered much hardship, and LLH drugs him after and scolds him for being too trusting of people and being too obvious, going around with two servants. LLH leaves him with parting words, only to meet him again later at the scene of the crime.
They solve cases together from there; LLH is still looking for his shixiong’s body ten years later, and decides to solve cases with FDB as a guise to get closer to the truth, making use of FDB slightly. Later, Di Feisheng recognises him, and the three of them are forced to become allies/friends to uncover a greater conspiracy. The clock is ticking for them as well, as Li Xiangyi was poisoned and injured ten years ago, and was given only ten more years to live. The story begins in the year that he’s meant to die.
*Fang Duobing met Li Xiangyi when he was young and still sickly, and Li Xiangyi encouraged him, and Fang Duobing held onto his every word and suffered a lot to become healthy again and as skilled as he is today, all because Li Xiangyi said those words to him that year ;-;
WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH
(1) Fight scenes are GREAT
- Water water water
- All female sect?!
(2) Bromance, subtle for now, but greater later I assume - ZENG SHUNXI’S FACE HE SO PUPPY BLURBLUR AND SMILING?! AND CHENG YI SMIRKING?! Like Fang Duobing is just wagging his tail and running after a person he doesn’t know is truly his shifu as he claims LOL
(3) Shifu Li Xiangyi not knowing he was shifu to Fang Duobing
(4) Li Xiangyi being the reason for Fang Duobing to EXIST but Li Xiangyi ain’t around anymore (not) and he sad and Li Xiangyi can’t tell him who he is UWUUUU
(5) Familiar faces hehe if you are a SNGX/The Blood of Youth and SHL fan
(6) CASES ARE INTERESTING!!!
#mysterious lotus casebook#莲花楼#lian hua lou#Zeng shunxi#cdrama#cheng yi#li xiangyi#fang duobing#cdrama rec
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