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    "You're selling me for money? Your own child?"

    A modern arranged marriage AU. Xie Lian's family's business is on the verge of failing. Hua Cheng has money and a horrible reputation. A match made in heaven? Well, it's certainly been made somewhere... Are reluctant marriage partners the next power couple or a train wreck waiting to happen? Spoiler: they're Hualian, so likely both?

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    02 Sep 2025

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    "I don't want your suggestions, I already have a beloved," Hua Cheng said, his tone sounding more annoyed, and Xie Lian too sighed heavily. This conversation again…

    "Ah, so it is true! I thought it was just rumors going around. But do we know her? How could we make sure you're not making this up to get off the hook?" The lady pushed, and Xie Lian couldn't let this keep going any longer. Just as he was about to say something, Hua Cheng spoke up.

    "My beloved is-" Hua Cheng cut himself off with a hand up to covering his mouth, holding onto it tightly.

    Before, when Hua Cheng had talked about his past and those few other comments he made, he looked surprised that he'd said them at all. Now, he looked terrified.

    "Something is definitely wrong" Xie Lian thought.

     

    Or: Hua Cheng accidentally drinks a truth serum and a lot of things he meant to keep hidden come to light.

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    28 Jul 2025

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    Xie Lian is an archaeology grad student, who returns to school after a three-year leave of absence.

    A new roommate, as well as an old pen pal, help Xie Lian reacclimatize to grad school, and Xie Lian begins to struggle with his feelings for both of them.

    Over time, Xie Lian also learns that his memories of what happened three years ago might not be the entire story.

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    (I was like, hey, what if HOB met You’ve Got Mail, but it was an academia AU and Xie Lian was an archaeologist)

    Story is completed, will be updating with new chapters every weekend.

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    26 Jun 2025

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    Xie Lian and Hua Cheng have been best friends since childhood, the one person Xie Lian could always depend on. After high school, Hua Cheng leaves, asking Xie Lian to come with him. Xie Lian declines, scared of holding him back. Hua Cheng visits, and Xie Lian is always happy to have him sleep on his couch, and sad to see him go. His feelings, a crush which has grown into unrequited love, stay hidden.

    Until Hua Cheng comes back to handle his father’s death, and everything changes.
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    “Hua Cheng, here to see my father,” Hua Cheng said as they stepped up to the counter. Xie Lian stood close, their fingers brushing.
    “Oh,” the mortician said, nodding as he looked over at some papers. When he looked back up, his gaze landed on Xie Lian. “And he is?”
    “I’m Xie Lian,” he answered with a polite smile. The mortician frowned, looking over at Hua Cheng.
    “Only immediate family can come into the back with the deceased,” he said sharply. Hua Cheng’s brows rose, and then his left hand grabbed Xie Lian’s, their fingers tangling together.
    “He’s my husband,” Hua Cheng said, and Xie Lian felt like his knees might give out.

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    19 Jun 2025

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    At the point where Xie Lian is struggling to breathe through the intense winds, he stops and turns his back to the source of it all. He squints to trace back his footsteps, but finds they’ve already faded into smooth snow drifts at the thirty foot mark.

    “…A lot of things out here can catch you off guard if you aren’t careful.”

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    12 Jun 2025