Character Bio: Li Xinghua
Originally from Hong Kong, Li Xinghua is a 24 year old vampire turned at an even younger age after a rough childhood brought her into the orbit of Thomas Airius. She is the most babygirl.
She has a sharp tongue and very little filter, preferring to say what she's thinking rather than pussyfooting around. There are only a couple people she's willing to attempt tact for, and even they only get so much before she loses patience.
That's not to say she's uncaring, her affection is hard to come by but it's also difficult to lose once it's been gained. She's incredibly loyal, a befitting extension of the stubbornness that motivates her most of the time.
Given her sordid past, Xinghua prioritizes enjoying herself. She is quite hedonistic and is often misinterpreted as being ditzy or shallow for it.
Appearance: Bobcut black hair, gothic fashion sense, white eyes, pale skin, 5'0 (154.2 cm), slightly childish features despite their sharpness, two sets of fangs
Likes: Chinese Traditional Metal, Japanese Metal, dogs, Starbucks, women, and crop tops
Dislikes: Loud noises, cold weather, liars, the woods, cilantro, and orange koolaid
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Do you think Wen Ning had an idea of Wei WuXians feelings for Lan WangJi in his first life or second (before WWX revealed all later in the novel)?
Wen Qing definitely had a feeling there was something between them in his first life. It's obvious he spoke about him to her, because WQ even mentioned that he had met him before he liberated the refugee as well.
WN seems very good at sinking into the background when WWX and LWJ are getting a little close and doesn't seem surprised at them being close.
I’m sure that Wen Ning caught on during Wei Wuxian’s second life, most likely actually during the road trip to Yiling. They only got a few stolen seconds to talk before then, due to Wei Wuxian being not sure if he could bring out Wen Ning around Lan Wangji and knowing he couldn’t around the juniors. It is possible that he also caught on during the flight from Jinlintai, where Wei Wuxian is unconscious but we know that Wen Ning appeared to help Lan Wangji escape.
Wen Ning is the eternal third wheel, politely shrinking away when they’re having their moments once he catches on. But he just didn’t have the time and mental acumen to see them together until the road to Yiling. So it can’t have happened before then.
But I have to correct an assumption you made in your post regarding Wen Qing. Wen Qing does not know that there’s something between them. None of her dialogue even hints at it. On the contrary she completely bought into the rumors that they were enemies and was confused and suspicious of Lan Wangji when he was there.
Here, I’ll quote the whole conversation, it isn’t that long:
“At the mention of the Cloud Recesses, Wen Qing glanced at Wei WuXian, asking him as though she didn’t care, “I forgot to ask you. You’ve never brought anyone up Burial Mound. What’s the deal today?”
Wei WuXian, “You mean Lan Zhan? I met him on the way.”
“Wei Qing, “You met him? How did you meet him? You ran into him again?”
Wei WuXian, “That’s right.”
Wen Qing, “What a coincidence. I remember that you two ran into each other once in Yunmeng as well.”
Wei WuXian, “There’s nothing special about it. A lot of cultivators from other sects travel in and out of Yunmeng and Yiling.”
Wen Qing, “I heard you call him directly by his birth name back then. Quite bold, aren’t you?”
Wei WuXian, “He calls me directly by my birth name as well, doesn’t he? It’s nothing. Got used to it when we were young. Neither of us care.”
Wen Qing, “Really? Don’t you two have a bas relationship? Heard that it’s like you’re ice and fire, fighting every time you see each other.
Wei WuXian, “Don’t listen to the rumors. Our relationship really was quite bad in the past. During the Sunshot Campaign, we did get into a few fights because of our bad tempers. But afterwards, it wasn’t as bad as the rumors say. We’re so-so.”
Wen Qing didn’t say anything else.”
I don’t know about you, but none of that sounds like a woman who’s picked up on a yearning love story to me. That sounds like a woman who completely believed that they were enemies and was surprised to find out that their relationship was good enough that Lan Wangji would help them. Even her pointing out that Wei Wuxian uses his birth name seems to be more her trying to contradict what he’s telling her, as if she doesn’t believe him.
Wen Qing is not as all seeing as people make her, nor as close right away as people make her and Wei Wuxian. At this time they are more allies and companions in a threatening time. She is the leader and he is the shield. Later on when she is saying goodbye to him, it does seem that they have grown closer in that time, but even here there’s nothing I could call sibling like about their relationship.
When I said the Juniors were the first ones to see Wangxian as they were, I meant it. I did not mean the first but for Lan Wangji, or the first but for Jiang Cheng, or the first but for Wen Qing. Everyone either misunderstood their relationship or in Lan Wangji’s case, had always held his feelings close to his chest, never chasing after them but for one moment in Phoenix Mountain where he knows he is taking that which is not his to have.
Wangxian are kept apart in their first life somewhat due to their own misunderstandings, but also because everyone around them dictates that they are rivals, that they are enemies, that they hate each other. No amount of either one of them saying that isn’t true ever stops it. Even when Wei Wuxian comes back to life, it is widely believed that they hated each other and if Lan Wangji knew that he lived again, he would snuff him out as he would not allow Wei Wuxian’s evil to live.
This very misunderstanding is what protects him up until he’s exposed at Jinlintai. No one is going to connect the strange man at Lan Wangji’s side to Wei Wuxian because everyone without exception thought they hated each other. The juniors can only see clearly because they see the two men together without any preconceived notions of their relationship.
Wen Ning likely knew by the time of the road trip to Yiling. Wen Qing did not know. And I will stand my ground on this point.
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Fandom: Guardian (镇魂)
Rating: T
Ship: Shen Wei & Cheng Xinyan, Shen Wei & Zhang Ruonan, Shen Wei & Li Qian
Words: 10k
Tags: Give Shen Wei More Friends Agenda, male-female friendship, wlw mlm solidarity, episode-related content warnings (mind the tags!)
Summary: 3 times Shen Wei befriended a lesbian + the time they got together to drag him for his epic pining.
Or as one commenter lovingly put it: Shen Wei and Cheng Xinyan found a secret LGBTQ tea club.
A/N: I finally finished @elenothar ‘s gift for the Guardian Wishlist 2021. Each chapter focusses on one female character and her relationship to Shen Wei, with the +1 being a group chapter :)
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