Speaking of Lin Chi, he might have launched his three hundred complaints against Xi Ping, but also, Xi Ping single-handedly dragged him kicking and screaming out of his 800(?) year long depression by being, as always, an unignorable nuisance.
Xi Ping going, "Hey, I need you to do shit for me that should logically take a couple of years to complete, but I need it, like, yesterday, or the world is going kaboom" forced Lin Chi to not only come out of seclusion, but also pick up his forging tools again, fire up that old flame, and get to inventing. And boy did he not disappoint!
He goes back to doing the thing he used to be passionate about, he becomes better at it!, he challenges himself, even his friendship with Zhi Xiu and Wen Fei is basically a result of Xi Ping giving them a reason to start a "Xi Shiyong is a devil and a rat in a human body" knitting circle.
And he needs it.
The enough-to-last-for-ten-years fireworks? Inspired.
The shapeshifting tool that gets Xi Ping turned into an actual rat? Probably the very last time Lin Chi invented a contraption without an idot-proof failsafe in place.
Lin Chi might be perpetually pissed off about Xi Ping, but also, he is living again, meeting people, following his passion. He owes Xi Ping his life, even though it kills him in the end, and I am Emotional about that.
Fellow Tai Sui enjoyers, please help me fact check!
Are Wen Fei and Xi Yue ever actually in the same room together outside of the extras?
I know they both spend a lot of time on Flying Jade Peak, but I can't recall them ever both being there and conscious at the same time, since Xi Yue spends so much of book 4 in Jinping or out of commission. Is there some scene that I can't find/am forgetting?
Some Tai Sui doodles feat. the goodest lad and the hottest doctor
I had a lot of trouble figuring out a hairstyle for Wen Fei, so shoutout to @pippuns’s very good design for him inspiring the addition of the little braid.