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baoshan-sanren · 1 year

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best cdramas I’ve watched since the last one of these posts in 2022 (and some I’m still looking forward to seeing)

Heroes (watch on WeTV VIP | watch on bilibili) Adapted from the novel "Shuo Ying Xiong Shei Shi Ying Xiong" (说英雄谁是英雄) by Wen Rui An (温瑞安) starring Zeng ShunXi, Yang ChaoYue, Liu YuNing, Baron Chen and Meng ZiYi. I would’ve watched this thing for the cast only. Everyone is queer vibes. Not a flashy drama, but will emotionally shred you. The character development is totally worth it. Throughly entertaining, even when it punched you in the gut. 8/10

The Wind Blows From LongXi (watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki) Adapted from novel "The Wind Rises in Longxi" (风起陇西) by Ma Bo Yong (马伯庸) starring Chen Kun and Bai Yu. I’ve been waiting for this drama for two years and it was worth every second of the wait. The cinematography in this thing is bonkers. The use of light and shadows, the muted colors, the indoor shots opening up into well-lit courtyards, the gritty sound mixing, the whole thing just blew my ass away. Chen Kun and Bai Yu are masters of their art. Fckn masterpiece. 11/10

Who Rules The World (watch on WeTV VIP | watch on Netflix) Adapted from the novel "Qie Shi Tian Xia" (且试天下) by Qing Ling Yue (倾泠月) starring Yang Yang, Zhao LuSi, and Xuan Lu. One of the rare romance dramas that really appealed to me. A well-balanced mix of court intrigue and martial world heroics. Unlimited blorbo potential. It’s hard to outshine Yang Yang (who gives major Mei Changsu vibes through like the first third of the drama) but Zhao LuSi and Xuan Lu together? Magnificent. Breathtaking. Brilliant. 8/10

The Legend of Hao Lan (watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki | watch on tubi) starring Wu Jinyan and Nie Yuan. So this was like, The Story of Yanxi Palace cast, remixed. Was it great? Not really. Did I watch every episode? Yeah. I honestly think that Wu Jinyan could just make faces for 50+ sixty minute episodes, and I’d still watch every minute of it. Still, a fascinating take on the Warring States Period, and actually based on a woman who helped her son become the King of Qin, then ultimately the First Emperor of China. I think 99% of the budget went to costumes, and tbh, it was totally worth every penny. 7/10

(yeah, after all this, I rewatched Nirvana In Fire again)

The Silent Criminal (watch on Apple TV | watch on Bilibili | watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki) starring Li Jiaming and Wen Sheng. So incredibly gay. Hilarious, yes, but predominantly gay. Murder, intrigue, suspense, pining; this little drama literally has everything. Did it impact my life and leave a long-lasting impression? Not really. But I was most throughly entertained. 7/10

My Heroic Husband (watch on Amazon Prime | watch on iQIYI VIP | watch on Viki) Adapted from the novel "Zhui Xu" (赘婿) by Fen Nu de Xiang Jiao (愤怒的香蕉). Starring Song Yi and Guo Qilin. Actually, the majority of Joy of Life cast is in this drama, including a cameo by Zhang Ruoyun in the very beginning. Cast aside tho, I fckn love this drama to pieces. Song Yi and Guo Qilin have amazing chemistry, and they’re so goddamn adorable together I can’t even stand it. The plot is far from complex but immensely satisfying. Excellent drama on a mediocre budget, one I plan to regularly rewatch. 8/10

Still waiting on:

Immortality - based on danmei novel The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by 肉包不吃肉 starring Chen Feiyu and Luo Yunxi (you can think I’m a clown but you’d be wrong bc I’m a wholeass circus)

Winner Is King - based on the danmei novel Sha Po Lang by Priest starring Tan Jianci and Chen Zheyuan

Step By Step Lotus - based on historical novel Return to Ming Dynasty as Prince by 月关 starring Zhang Binbin and Luo Yunxi

Eternal Faith - based on danmei novel Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu starring Zhai Xiaowen and Zhang Linghe

Joy Of Life Season 2 - based on wuxia novel of the same name by 猫腻 starring Zhang Ruoyun and Li Qin

A League of Nobleman - based on danmei novel The Society of Four Leaves by Da Feng Gua Guo starring Song Weilong and Jing Boran

Flying Phoenix - based on danmei novel of the same name by 風弄 starring Dai Jingyao and Shu Yaxin

The Story of the Bat - based on danmei novel Bat by Feng Nong starring Mao Zijun and Zhang Yao

The Longest Promise - based on xianxia novel Zhu Yan by 沧月 starring Xiao Zhan, Ren Min, and Zhang Yunlong

Song of The Moon - based on wuxia novel 奔月 by 蜀客 starring Zhang Binbin and Xu Lu

Story of Kunning Palace - based on the the web novel 坤宁 by Shi Jing starring Bai Lu and Zhang Linghe

Under the Microscope - based on the novel 显微镜下的大明 by 马伯庸 starring Zhang Ruoyun and Qi Wei

Till the End of the Moon - based on the web novel 黑月光拿稳BE剧本 by Teng Luo Wei Zhi starring Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu

#cdrama #cdrama recs #long post #m

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cnovelartreblogs · 2 years

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“Those Years in Quest of Honor Mine” by Man Man He Qi Duo. Manhua published by Bilibili - you can read the English translation for free!

#tyqhm #man man he qi duo #official art #mu zhi #yu she #xuan jing #xuan qiong #xuan rui

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conscbgb · 4 months

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Taiwan BL keeps up with the good work: WE NEED IT!!

Unknown The Series: "When I decided to follow and head to your home, we became brothers. Looking at your back with eagerness to catch you, my whole world starts spinning around you. You are my brother, but not my brother: why can’t I like you?”

"Unknown" is an adaptation based on Priest’s novel ‘Brother’ and is helmed by Jiang Rui Zhi, director of We Best Love: No. 1 For You and Fighting Mr. 2nd’ and ‘My Tooth, Your Love’. The drama stars Chris Chiu (Mao Di) and Kurt Huang (Xuan), who plays Lai Dai Yi in ‘VIP Only’

Young Wei Qian, orphaned at thirteen or fourteen, struggles through life with his half-sister. He picks up a stray child who shamelessly latches onto him and gives him a name: Xiaoyuan.

Wei Qian dreams of rising above the crop. He is someone who values money over his own life. In the earlier part of his life, he battles against many obstacles, with his number one mission being to make a name for himself. Finally, when he achieves some success and thinks that he’s seeing the light of daybreak in life, Xiaoyuan suddenly goes crazy—he only likes men and only stares at him, adding the glorious strokes of “being subjected to treachery” and “being subjected to insubordination” to his goddamn life.

Priest, is a Chinese writer known for their deep humanistic themes and ability to capture the essence of life's struggles and joys, and her notable works Guardian (2018) and Faraway Wanderers (2021), world-widely known as 'Word of Honor', are adapted into dramas!

In that director we trust 🙌🙌🙌🤞🤞🤞

#jiang rui zhi #chris chiu #kurt huang #unknown the series #taiwanese series #taiwan bl #taiwanese actors

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kdram-chjh · 2 years

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Cdrama: Royal Highness (2018)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama “Royal Highness”

【2020金剧奖】《回到明朝当王爷之杨凌传》 Royal Highness EP1 （主演：蒋劲夫、袁冰妍、宣璐、柳岩）

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-MZpbBPpo8

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audriel · 4 months

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Why is Fang Rui Chinese Glory Team number 14?

This is a QZGS Secret Santa gift for En (empatbelas) to which their two of their prompts are combined into interaction between China Glory Team members and something heart-warming, involving Ye Xiu, Yu Wenzhou and Fang Rui. Thank you @gloryproalliance for this event.

Also published in AO3

Afterwards, the meeting was over, and everyone left. No one lingered around to talk to Ye Xiu, not even Fang Rui.

Fang Rui leaves the room with the others. However, he makes no move to join them or to head to his designated room in the training center. Instead, he lingers by the door with his head bowed looking at the phone in his hand. Only when he receives confirmation on his screen, he starts moving. Arriving at his destination, he only knocks on the door once before barging in.

“Yo, Wenzhou.” Fang Rui greets the owner of the room casually. “Or is it Captain now?”

Yu Wenzhou is seated comfortably on the sofa in the middle of the spacious room. His Blue Rain jacket was already discarded, leaving him in a short-sleeved polo shirt, with open notebook and laptop on the coffee table in front of him.

The captain of the national team chuckles, much too used to Fang Rui barging into his room back in their Blue Rain training camp days. “Just call me like you usually do or I’ll think you have ulterior motives.”

“What, me? What ulterior motives would I have? Look at my sincere eyes.” Fang Rui feigns a hurt expression. Yu Wenzhou knows better than to take him seriously.

“Is there a particular reason you want to talk to me without Shaotian present?” Yu Wenzhou raises an elegant eyebrow, not losing his amused smile at Fang Rui’s familiar antics. Fang Rui inwardly marvels at the ability. He himself can never quite pull it off.

“Eh, you know Shaotian. He has his heart in the right place, but he’s not exactly subtle.” Fang Rui carelessly throws himself on the sofa across Yu Wenzhou, picking up a pen from the table to play with.

“Is this about Senior Ye?” Yu Wenzhou guesses.

“Man, are you sure you’re not a mind reader?” Fang Rui doesn’t hide his surprise at being seen through. However, having the brightest minds (and dirty-hearted tacticians) in the Alliance as his long-time friend and his captain in the past season, Fang Rui easily shrugged it off.

“I just know you and Shaotian.” Yu Wenzhou smiles.

Fang Rui knows that Yu Wenzhou is right. It’s one of the reasons why he and Huang Shaotian get along so well. They care about people, particularly the ones considered as theirs. They can be loyal to a fault.

Fang Rui’s futile attempts in keeping Lin Jingyan in Wind Howl is similar to Huang Shaotian’s strong reaction towards Yu Feng’s transfer to Hundred Blossoms. However, ultimately rationale kicked in and Fang Rui was able to give his blessings when his old captain transferred to Tyranny and managed to keep in touch with him. Huang Shaotian? Not so much.

He even heard from Zheng Xuan that the moment Wind Howl confirmed the news that he was leaving the team, it took the whole Blue Rain to keep Huang Shaotian from giving Tang Hao and Wind Howl management a piece of his mind. That’s why Fang Rui chose to exclude Huang Shaotian in this conversation related to Ye Xiu. He knows they are close, closer than Huang Shaotian and himself. If Huang Shaotian reacted that way to his own situation, he can only imagine it’ll be worse when it comes to Ye Xiu.

“Old Ye can be sarcastic, but when he said that he was kicked out of the house before he could set up the bed, he meant that literally.” Fang Rui knows Yu Wenzhou catches on immediately, his gaze narrowed.

“The time is too short.” The time between the finals and the invitation to the players that make up the members of the national team is already short. It could only be shorter for Ye Xiu from the time he came home to the time he was chosen as team leader. Both of them glance at the numerous videos of other countries’ players they have copied. It was already organized based on the country and class. Even if Ye Xiu had help in collecting them, it is unlikely he merely looked through the VODs without editing and analyzing them one by one.

As his (former) teammate, Fang Rui knows how much the finals, and that particular 6.5 second triple kill exhausted Ye Xiu. When he finally packed up and left Forest Park to go home, the former Happy Captain hadn't fully recovered. He can still recall his slouching figure as he stood by the entrance as he said his goodbyes to the team.

“I know you said as the team captain you didn’t have many responsibilities, and that team leader was the one with total authority over the team-”

“You want me to take some of the load off the team leader.” Yu Wenzhou continues his sentence knowingly.

“Well, yes but not quite.” Fang Rui waves his hand casually. “The thing with Old Ye is that once he’s given total authority as a team leader he will go above and beyond to make sure that nothing will disturb us, so that we can focus only on the games. He will take on everything on his own, not only dealing with all the officials, but also the press, on top of helping us with training and strategizing, while saying he won’t be playing since he’s only a substitute.”

“That sounds very much like Senior Ye.” Yu Wenzhou agrees, his expression grave as if the thought only occurs to him. He might be initially relieved when he found out his responsibilities weren’t as many as team leader’s and that the expert was Ye Xiu. If it was him, he would be more than capable in shouldering them and doing the job well.

However, Ye Xiu is an old player from the pioneering generation, and he had spent the later half of his professional years carrying a team that refused to cooperate with him and then building a team from scratch. Han Wenqing, the last of their generation, turned down the opportunity to stand on a higher stage due to his limited energy.

Fang Rui knows what’s running in Yu Wenzhou’s mind and he cannot fault him for that. Honestly, team Happy is as bad as team Tiny Herb in their regard for their captain and core. The only difference is that they do not put him on a pedestal, so they do not fail to see all the painstaking efforts that Ye Xiu put into the team. Fang Rui himself has been vice captain and partner to a second generation pro player, so he knows to look beyond the calm, unaffected expression. In Ye Xiu’s case, it’s particularly challenging, because he’s too strong. He’s so strong, so powerful, that everything seems to come easily to him. If Fang Rui hasn’t been paying close attention, he will have fallen for the same mistake.

“And… Sis Mu brought Lord Grim.” Fang Rui found out when he asked Chen Guo before he left for Beijing. He leans forward, his elbows on his knees, his gaze on Yu Wenzhou. Having Ye Xiu and Lord Grim in the lineup and not having them play is a complete, utter blasphemy. This is China’s Number 1. Even his good brother Zhou Zekai is willing to concede about this.

“This is the grand stage. These are the world’s best players and best teams we’re up against. This might be the opportunity of a lifetime. We may never have a chance like this again.”

The veterans surely won’t.

It’s not just Ye Xiu, Zhang Jiale and Wang Jiexi are also among the last of their generations. The generations who have opened the path for the younger generations. The generations who have laid the foundation for them.

“Ye Xiu and Lord Grim. Don’t tell me you haven't thought about letting him play.” Yu Wenzhou smiles, Fang Rui can see the devious glint hidden well behind those eyes. The player and character that has caused headaches for the entire Alliance is now his teammate. He won’t be Yu Wenzhou if he misses such an opportunity.

“I've caught some loopholes we can take advantage of. I was about to discuss it with you since the rules and regulations are in English.” This is actually how Yu Wenzhou becomes his first friend in Blue Rain. Both of them have parents that only allowed them to become a professional player so long they received their high school diploma. English has been the subject Fang Rui is good at, while History has been Yu Wenzhou’s.

It might be the reason why among the newcomers, Fang Rui was the quickest to get close to future captain of Blue Rain, he was immediately exposed to Yu Wenzhou’s quick wit and sharp intellect before his supposed handicap. And while personality wise Fang is better matched with Huang Shaotian, intelligence (read: cunning) wise, he is better matched with Yu Wenzhou. They used to discuss every opportunity to take advantage of, not limited to in-game mechanics.

“Good to see we’re on the same page.” Fang Rui grins, then stops. “With one condition though.”

“Huh?” Yu Wenzhou blinks in surprise.

“Don’t let the others know I can speak English fluently, or any other languages.” Fang Rui hastily adds, knowing to make it as airtight as possible in dealing with these dirty tacticians. “I just want to play games, I don’t want to translate for others.” Yu Wenzhou laughs at that. He can already imagine what happens if the others find out. For many of them, this is their first time going abroad, and for competitions, nonetheless. They are going to meet top players from other countries. They will definitely want to get to know them outside the matches and talk about Glory with them.

“Noted. Don’t worry, we’ll have team translators for that.” Yu Wenzhou assures Fang Rui. The General Administration of Sports working with Glory Pro Alliance have pretty much considered and prepared everything, fortunately. Before the official announcement of the World Invitationals were made, they were already looking for translators with expert knowledge in Glory.

“Thank God.” Fang Rui pauses, “are they people we know?”

“Guess.” Yu Wenzhou smiles.

“I think I know who they are. This is gonna be fun.” Fang Rui is delighted.

***

When Fang Rui steps into the cafeteria of the training center, he isn’t surprised to see that almost every member of the Chinese Glory team has already been helping themselves to lunch. This time there’s only the muted colors of the Chinese Glory team uniform instead of the colorful ones of their original teams.

Huang Shaotian has piled food on his plate while chattering with the staff. The youngest members of the team are not far behind. Fang Rui whistles in appreciation when he sees the veritable banquet on the table. There are dishes from all parts of the country. There should be no complaint of the food being not suitable for their tastes. The Glory Pro Alliance and the General Administration of Sports are sure to pull all the stops out for this Worlds Invitational.

They would have settled down with their own plates and drinks with their choice of companions if it weren’t for loud protests of one chatterbox, complaining now that they are teammates they should sit together. Unsurprisingly, he gets the support of Captain Yu, and Team Leader Ye, who just goes along with it. So with little grumbling, they rearrange the tables so it becomes one long table.

Fang Rui picks the end of the table that’s the closest to the serving table, right across Huang Shaotian. They exchange grins when they realize they have the same thought. Before he can mention Blue Rain training camp, Fang Rui notices a shadow looming over him only to find it’s Zhou Zekai with a helpless expression. Quickly catching on, he scoots over and lets Zhou Zekai take the outermost seat.

“Yo, what’s the Gunner King doing sitting with us?” Huang Shaotian asks.

“Getting away from his watchdog.” Fang Rui answers for Zhou Zekai.

“Watchdog?” Huang Shaotian follows Fang Rui and Zhou Zekai’s line of sight to find Sun Xiang with an expression of a kicked puppy, wanting to be seated next to his captain, but losing his courage when he sees his seating partners. It seems he still has a working survival instinct. In the end, he sits next to Tang Hao. Huang Shaotian bursts into laughter. Fortunately, Fang Rui is quick to pull Zhou Zekai away, lest the most handsome person in the League gets sprayed with food.

“It’s Jiang.” Zhou Zekai sighs. Fang Rui doesn’t need further explanation, he’s fluent in Zhou Zekai. Samsara’s vice captain is rightfully worried of Zhou Zekai and asks for Sun Xiang to watch over their captain. However, Sun Xiang takes it too literally. Fang Rui saw the hilarious scene of Sun Xiang being kicked out of Zhou Zekai’s room. Well, not so much being kicked out, more like having the door slammed in front of him, when he insisted on following Zhou Zekai into the room. And it’s just the first day.

“Why don’t you ask for Little Jiang to be more specific in his instructions?” Fang Rui suggests. Zhou Zekai’s eyes light up, before dimming in doubt.

“Will it work?”

“The way he’s going, he’s probably going to follow you to the toilet too. Just tell him that.” Fang Rui raises an eyebrow, ignoring Huang Shaotian snickering in the background.

“Okay.” Zhou Zekai nods in determination. Now that’s out of the way, Fang Rui starts commentating on the dishes, which is enthusiastically corroborated by Huang Shaotian, even Zhou Zekai has an opinion or two. Zhang Jiale who overhears them, also joins in. Somehow the end of their table becomes a serious discussion of Chinese dishes, which eventually leads them to wonder whether there will be Chinese food abroad, which in turn makes them ask their leaders of the food and accommodation during World Invitationals. This brings the whole table into a discussion about how different competing outside their own country will be.

“I know it’s no different with what we’ve been doing, going away for matches, chasing victory after victory to get the championship. However, this is the first World Invitational...” Xiao Shiqin trails off, but everyone knows exactly what he means.

They cannot completely ignore the weight in that this is the first of its kind and not to mention the scale of the competition. They are representing their country, away in a foreign country, against foreign players, and they don’t even have a month to prepare themselves, working with former opponents instead of their own teammates. The competition ahead seems daunting.

“Don’t think about it too much.” Ye Xiu breaks the silence. “It’s still Glory. All you need is to win. ”

Fang Rui and Yu Wenzhou exchange looks over the table.

“Besides you have me as your team leader. What are you afraid of?” Ye Xiu is greeted with boos.

While it is indeed reassuring to know that the team leader the Administration picked for them is indeed an expert, not merely a government official who knows nothing about Glory, it’s something else to openly acknowledge it right in front of Ye Xiu, whose ego needs no further boosting.

“Old Han is more reassuring than you.” Huang Shaotian jeers, just to be contrary.

“Truly, it’s a pity. I’d like to see the internet explode when they don’t only see Old Ye and Old Han, but also One Autumn Leaf and Desert Dust working together.” Zhang Jiale has the look of wanting to see the chaos. There are agreeing nods to his statement. They have all seen this happen in this season’s All Stars, and they remembered how long the silence lasted, followed by loud shouts in the Tyranny’s stadium when they discovered that the archenemies were put together in the same team. They have also seen the comments in the online forums and social media about the cooperation between the two alongside the numerous highlights from the team competition. The devil works hard, but the fans work harder.

“The internet will definitely explode when they find out Captain Han is not part of the national team.” Li Xuan adds in an afterthought.

“They’ll be definitely curious about who is taking his place in the team,” Chu Yunxiu is quick to grasp the opportunity. Fang Rui has overheard the exchange between her and Su Mucheng, and he can tell that Li Xuan regrets bringing it up when he had intentionally cut into the conversation before it could disturb the team’s atmosphere. Now, he has inadvertently brought it into everyone’s attention.

Fang Rui doesn’t fail to notice the underlying tension due to the statement. No one likes to be considered as a second choice, or to be questioned of their place in the team.

“Really? You gotta ask?” Fang Rui cuts in before the wild speculations can start. “Look at the numbers on our uniform.” Everyone looks at the number on their and others’ uniform in surprise, finally noticing that there’s significance in the number they wear.

“I’m number 14. If it’s based on the team, Captain Su is number 8. If it’s based on the year of debut, Little Zhou is number 3. So… who else can it be?” Fang Rui leans back on his seat, opening his arms wide to prominently display the number on his jacket uniform.

“Sun Xiang and Tang Hao of the same debut year are number 12 and 13, respectively.” Zhang Xinjie observes.

“I’m number 9 and Vice Captain is number 10.” Zhang Jiale checks the numbers of the Tyranny teammates.

“Senior Ye being number 1, Captain Yu and Captain Zhou being number 2 and 3 are reasonable.” Xiao Shiqin joins in.

“It’s still pretty random though.” Huang Shaotian frowns. “It just looks like the All Stars’ ranking.” And All Stars are based more on popularity rather than ability.

Fang Rui inwardly facepalms. Huang Shaotian is certainly perceptive, worthy of his name as the greatest opportunist of the League, but sometimes he just cannot read the room.

“Hello, have you forgotten that I didn’t even get into All Stars?” Fang Rui reminds them.

“Only this year.” Zhou Zekai protests.

“Because I’m no longer a Thief. I’m a rookie Qi Master.” Fang Rui purposefully uses the word rookie to emphasize his short experience as a Qi Master, championship title or no. The national team is undeniably the gathering of the Chinese top players, the most skilled and experienced in their class. Among these gods, Fang Rui’s Qi Master is the least skilled and experienced due to its conception in Season 10. That’s an indisputable fact.

“I know I’m such a downgrade from Old Han. Sorry that I cannot cow our opponents into submission with a glare.”

Either it is the image of the infamous wallet face or his own attempt at one–Fang Rui can only guess–snorts eventually gives way into full blown snickering and laughter. Before they know it, the tension disappears.

“Alright, alright.” Ye Xiu knocks on the table. “If you’re done gossiping like old ladies, finish your lunch. We’ll have a meeting in an hour. Bring all your notes, drinks and snacks. We won’t leave the room until we have a satisfactory plan for training and competition.” Those words immediately sober them up.

“As we all know, we are pressed for time, so we’d kindly ask for your cooperation.” Yu Wenzhou smiles apologetically. There’s not a single word of protest. They understand very well what is at stake and they’re willing to work hard to bring back the first world championship title to China.

Soon everyone finishes up their lunch and leaves the cafeteria, likely heading towards their rooms to get the aforementioned items or having an early discussion before the meeting itself. Fang Rui is among the last to leave. After he hands over the dirty dishes to the cafeteria staff, a familiar package of tong sui dessert suddenly appears next to him.

“Is this a bribe?” Fang Rui laughs, taking the free dessert regardless. The dessert brings back memories of Blue Rain training camp. Yu Wenzhou merely smiles warmly.

“Just a little gift.” Fang Rui raises his eyebrows, not believing his words at the slightest.

“Seriously. We’re teammates now… Though I won’t refuse gifts like these now and then,” Fang Rui shakes the cool package. “Now I gotta eat this before Huang Shao catches me. Don’t blame me if I’m late for the meeting.”

Yu Wenzhou chuckles, “Duly noted. See you later.”

“See ya.” Fang Rui waves his hand casually to his departing figure. In his periphery, he notices there’s still someone left in the cafeteria. When the staff hands him the requested spoon for the dessert, he asks for another item.

Fang Rui sets down the ashtray on the table by the open window. “You might need to cut down your cigarette intake, Old Ye. I heard it was pretty strict abroad.” He plops down unceremoniously in the seat across from Ye Xiu, who has a tablet in one hand and a burning cigarette in the other. It seems the cafeteria is one of the few places Ye Xiu can openly and freely smoke in the training center.

“Unfortunately,” Ye Xiu has a disdainful look on his face, making Fang Rui snicker. He breaks open the packaging and starts eating the tong sui.

“Fitting snack for the useless dim sum.” Ye Xiu doesn’t fail to mock him.

“Oh, shut up.” Fang Rui rolls his eyes. “This useless dim sum is quite helpful in maintaining the team’s atmosphere.”

“Are you fishing for compliments now?” Ye Xiu takes a drag out of his cigarette.

“Eh, I am just telling the truth.” Fang Rui shrugs. “I am Old Han’s replacement. No need for speculation.”

“Why so sure? Not many can boast successful class change and return to godhood. There’s definitely no one like you in the World Invitationals.”

“Yeah,” Fang Rui agrees only to refute. “But I’m also the master of playing dirty and a vulgar looking Qi Master.

“It’s the first international Glory tournament. Even the government gets involved. Don’t tell me they don’t care about the country’s pride and image. That’s why the national team roster looks like the All Stars lineup. So…” Fang Rui drags it out purposefully. “How difficult is it to convince them to add me to the roster?”

Ye Xiu merely looks at him. He is silent for so long that Fang Rui thinks he will not say anything. His–and Yu Wenzhou’s–silence is enough of a confirmation for him, and truthfully, he doesn’t really care that much anyway. He ends up joining the national team after all. He is ready to give it up when Ye Xiu proves him wrong.

“They’ve already finalized the roster when I came aboard. By then the invitations were already sent out.” Fang Rui is taken aback. He doesn’t expect Ye Xiu to give information willingly. Even back in Happy, he tends to shoulder everything alone to the point of not appointing anyone as vice captain, not even Su Mucheng. It’s not that he won’t give an honest answer when asked, but when he thinks it’s unnecessary and it can be handled by himself, he usually won’t tell them anything.

Moreover, Fang Rui doesn’t miss the implication: Ye Xiu vouched for him.

Ye Xiu picked him among all other top tier players to fill the vacancy left by Han Wenqing, especially when they are sorely lacking melee class. His Qi Master is a Fighter class, but it cannot compare with Strikers at close range.

It was the same in Happy.

Fang Rui had repeatedly underperformed during the playoffs. He felt like he should have already lost his position as core player of the team. However, Ye Xiu continued to send him up.

He thought that it was because Happy had no other choice. The team mainly consists of young, inexperienced rookies, however amazing their growth is, and the other experienced player is pretty much an elderly grandpa.

Back then, the team’s–Ye Xiu’s–trust in him made him feel pressured. But now…

It might be because he is now a champion himself. It might be because he has been standing next to Glory’s greatest god in his pursuit of the championship as his teammate.

Ye Xiu is uncompromising, unyielding when it comes to Glory, when it comes to chasing victory. When he fought to have Fang Rui in the national team, it can only mean that he thinks him, the dirty-playing Qi Master, is necessary for the Chinese Glory team to win.

“How stressful.” Yet all Fang Rui feels is calm. “Well then. I’ll make sure to live up to your expectations, Team Leader.” Fang Rui picks up the empty cup and stands up from his seat to leave. “I’ll see you in the meeting room later.”

“Fang Rui.” Fang Rui turns around in surprise, it’s rare for Ye Xiu to call his name with such seriousness.

“You never fail to live up to my expectations.”

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Follow up author's note for this story here.

#tka #the king's avatar #qzgs #quan zhi gao shou #fanfic #fanfiction #fang rui #ye xiu #yu wenzhou #qzgs secret santa #qzgs secret santa 2023

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racecarcat · 2 months

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Hiiii!!! I’m racecarcat, if you want you call me kat for short.

I just kinda wanna post stuff because I think it’d be fun. I’m unfortunately very inconsistent and everything (read: my mood) fluctuates very fast. I also, am really bad with tech, and therefore know to format nothing. Consumerism. Anyhow, here are some fandoms I’m in (or rather, have been in that if given the opportunity to talk about I can rant abt for hours):

• Jujutsu Kaisen (JJK)

• Honkai Star Rail (HSR)

• Genshin Impact (GI)

• Bungo Stray Dogs (BSD)

• Project Sekai (PJSK)

• Chainsaw Man (CSM)

• Sakamoto Days (SD)

Here are my fav characters from each, not in a specific order:

JJK: RIKO AMANAIIIII (pls someone love her as much as I do), Aoi Todo, Mai Zenin, Maki Zenin, Hiromi Higuruma, Kento Nanami, Yuki Tsukumo, Iori Utahime, Yuko Ozawa, Mei Mei and Mahito (I like them ironically I swear)

HSR: Stelle/Caelus, Jing Yuan, Welt Yang, Robin, MISHA, YUKONGG, Fu Xuan, Huohuo, Tingyun, Bailu, Ruan Mei, Jing Liu, ARGENTI, BAI HENG

GI: NAVIA, Neuvillette, FURINA, Kokomi, Shenhe, CHIORI, Jean, Lumine/Aether, GANYU, KUJOU SARA, KAVEH, Itto, Nahida, Faruzan, Yanfei

BSD: PAUL VERLAINE, Rimbaud, FUKUZAWA, SIGMA, Kunikida, Chuuya, all the flags (I LOVE STORMBRINGER), HIGUCHI, Hirotsu, ODA SAKUNOSUKE ODA SAKUNOSUKE ODA SAKUNOSUKE, H.P Lovecraft, Louisa May Alcott, EDGAR ALLEN POE, Fukuchi, TERUKO

PJSK: ENA SHINOME, Mafuyu Asahina, Ichika Hoshino, Honami Mochizuki, Minori Hanasato, Shizuoka Hinomori, KOHANE AZUSAWA

CSM: Denji, ASA MITAKAAA, Aki Hayakawa, KISHIBE, QUANXI, Angel, Kobeni, Reze, Madoka, Nomo, Santa Claus, PINGSTI, NAYUTA, Himeno

SD: Taro Sakamoto, LU XIAOTANG, OSARAGI, Shin Asakura, Nagumo, GAKU, Rion Akao, AKIRA AKAO, Natsuki Seba, Nao Toramaru, Obiguro, Heisuke, SHISHIBE, AMANE

And for funsies, here are some ships I like! Fair warning, I LOVE rarepairs and multi shipping:

JJK: Satosugu, Itafushi, NobaMaki, Hakari/Kirara, Choso/Yuki, Yuji/Yuko, MECHAMIWA, Nanami/Bakery Lady, Yuta/Maki, Yuta/Inumaki

HSR: Stelle/March 7th, Caelus/Dan Heng, Gepard/Sampo, Blade/Kafka, DAN FENG/YINGXING, Jing Yuan/Blade, Pela/Lynx, Bronya/Seele, JING LIU/BAIHENG, Himeko/Kafka, Cocolia/Serval, ASTA/ARLAN, Jing Yuan/Fu Xuan, Tingyun/Jing Yuan

GI: Jean/Diluc, Qingxiu/Chongyun, Beidou/Nigguang, Neuvillette/Focalors, Ganyu/Xiao, Lumine/Amber, Arlecchino/Columbina, Yae/Layla, truly too many to count.

BSD: Kunizai, AtsuLucy, Fyozai, FukuFuku, Shin Soukoku, RIMLAINE, Chuuya/Albatross, KuniBram, OdaAngo, Ranpoe, Shirachuu, KuniChuu, Yosano/Koyou, Kyouka/Kenji, SIGZAI etc.

PJSK: Ena/Mafuyu, Toya/Kohane, Rui/Shizuku, RuiNene

CSM: Denji/Asa, AkiAngel, Aki/Himeno, Denji/Yoshida, Violence/Kobeni, Denji/Reze, Asa/Yuko, Quanxi/her gfs

SD: None, surprisingly!

I’m probably use this blog for writing, talking about said fandoms, obsessively thinking about my ocs for each said fandom, and making very politically(/j) incorrect analysis about characters. And, more! I’m sorry this is so long, really just ask me abt anything and it’ll eventually happen.

Last thing: I might post about my own stories that are… painfully unfinished, so here’s a brief intro about each (they’re all heavily inspired by my respective fandoms, we don’t talk abt that):

*Insert Dramatic Title* (IDT): A robot by the name of Edis is asked to save humanity from a prophecy stating that, from five years from now, the world will end.

Slaughterhouse (SH): A pair of twins live in a “Haven Town” where there outside world was shrouded into an apocalypse. They learn how to truly survive in such a restrictive environment and find out the subtle corruption of their system.

‘Vest of the ‘Usual (VOU): A young boy has unusual abilities that leads him to work in the government, which depicts him having to do the unthinkable: go to school. And, do his job, that too.

Act I (A1): Olesia Lexina has had one dream all her life: protect humanity from the evil that is godlyhood! This follows her journey through the ideal of becoming on of the top members of the “Guardians of Humanity”.

Project: New World (P:NW): The government has allowed a project and organization by the name of “New World” to attempt to “purify humanity of all of its wrongdoings” and it has taken the world by storm; unfortunately, Chara has absolutely no interest in any of it.

The Eight Tragedies (T8T): An Angel has come to earth to ultimately destroy everyone on it, in which a humanities major named Reminiscence gives the world (her two friends) a chance to fix their problems before it can do so—by going into the past eight times to fix mistakes that should’ve never happened.

Majic Girl: BOOM ★ (MG:★): this one is something I’ve been meaning to get motivation to work on properly. A young freshman girl watches her whole world turn upside down (close to literally) to as some sort of eldritch horror resurfaces the earth! And she is one of the few people making the attempt to kill it.

$1 Supermarket ($1): The economy as we know it had crashed after inflation has risen way too high to the point even the upper class finds it hard to buy anything. Thus, a brand new chain store by the name of $1 Supermarket has arisen! Where everything is exactly $1! And there’s like, a bunch of monsters everywhere, but that’s besides the point.

Okay, that’s it now I promise. Thank you for reading this far!

#introduction #hiiii <3

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