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[beautifulsnake2162020]

We have it all (Hualian adopted daughter fanfic) Chapter 5

I used Fengqing Gifs because they are the ones fighting the enemies in the opening scene. Both gifs are by @linglynz

Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction. I only do this for fun.

Premise: Not long after comforting a bullied girl named Meng Ai, Hua Cheng and Xie Lian find themselves adopting her and together they form a family they didn't know they had needed for awhile.

Story/Genre tags: Slice of life-ish (mainly), Family focused, Hua Cheng's houses finally become homes, there may be an overarching story but that's not the focus, Hualian being parents, Fengqing being uncles, Lang Qianqiu falling in love with someone who was raised by the Xianle squad, technically post-canon (though I haven't read the books so if there are some ooc moments please forgive me).

AO3 Link

Chapter 1, Chapter 2 , Chapter 3, Chapter 4

Follower tags: @anonimgato1507

AN: I did my best but I will be the first to admit that I'm not good at writing fight scenes. Having said that, I wanted to give Fengqing their flowers and hopefully show why they are given the position of generals (and Meng Ai's uncles). Hope you enjoy 😅😂

Chapter 5

The Jiangshi were among the first wave that made their way to the shrine. These weren't the typical Jiangshi that regular Taoist priests would animate for proper burial. These Jiangshi were puppets for the magicians who were controlling them. The fortunate thing about these puppets was that once they were slain and their ashes were burnt they were finished.

Then the next wave were demon dogs accompanied by malicious spirits who came into their area in the form of arrows. Arrows that were shot by mortal archers and the dark spirits emerged and rapidly multiplied in their midst.

"Make a circle of holy fire around the shrine!" Mu Qing shouts at Feng Xin as they quickly make a larger circumference around the barrier of protection. The fortunate thing was that these creatures stood no chance against the Holy fire they made and even then they had some of their best soldiers standing by in between the barrier and the fire.

Then another wave of Jiangshi came with large Xiangliu spitting venom everywhere and poisoning the soil. This time the Jiangshi were a mix of puppets and Jiangshi who were their own being. The puppets walked, the ones who weren't were hopping.

"We'll need to find the mages causing this!" Feng Xin says after slaying a hopping Jiangshi and blasting it with fire.

"What do you think I've been doing?!" Mu Qing replies as he blasts another Xiangliu away and scorches the area its venom had touched to mitigate its effects. Feng Xin uses his momentum to quickly get his arrows. Mu Qing quickly throws a flame on the arrowhead and Feng Xin shoots at the Xiangliu, just beneath it's nine heads. Nine voices screamed out in agony and it fell.

"One down!"

"Of many. Mortals are starting to join in." Mu Qing says as some of his soldiers managed to remove the cloaks of some of them.

"Stop this now!" One of Mu Qing's soldiers commanded.

"We don't answer to your king, we answer to gold!"

"Mercenaries"

"That explains everything."

Fu Dao was one of the wealthier kingdoms because of their position in the trade route. Soldiers bearing Fu Dao's crest would cause a scandal if they were found. But employing mercenaries had the added benefit of deniability if they were ever caught.

"Stay away from this fight and we'll give you gold."

"We've already been adequately paid!" Mu Qing easily blocks and deflects an attack.

"Everyone, don't kill the mortals but protect the Priestess and her child."

Feng Xin sends a mass telepathic message to all their soldiers who begin rounding up the mortals who have begun joining in the fight.

A swarm of arrows and poisoned needles came and everyone put up magical barriers to shield themselves.

The fight went on and little by little they were making progress as their soldiers manage to put magical shackles on the mage mercenaries and that lessened the presence of demonic creatures in the fight.

However one of the mortal mages managed to get past the fire.

Because he was cloaked in a protection spell.

No. They both thought.

Mu Qing and Feng Xin immediately teleported themselves in the temple grounds.

Their soldiers were dealing with the mortal mage.

Who was serving as a distraction.

Assassins cloaked in a similar protection spell soon came inside the barrier.

"Get in!" Feng Xin commands his soldiers as they begin fighting the mortals who have begun entering.

"I'll take them to Jingdezhen."

"Go, I'll follow."

Mu Qing enters the living quarters in the nick of time as he sees a poisoned needle begin to enter inside. He immediately stops it and puts magic shields on all possible openings in the living quarters.

"What's going on?"

"Get Meng Ai, we're going to Jingdezhen." He immediately slams the door shut as another poisoned needle flew inside. He quickly makes a teleportation portal as Jing Mei wears her satchel and carries a sleeping Meng Ai. Once it was completed he opens the portal and they find themselves just outside of Xiwangmu's temple.

"Oh thank goodness." Jing Mei sighs in relief.

"Here, let me carry her."

"Thank you. If anything we'll at least have decent accomodations tonight."

"Your rooms have already been prepared." The priest says as they approach the entrance of the temple. The feminine tone of his voice making it clear that it was Xiwangmu herself speaking to them.

"Oh thank you Great Mother." Jing Mei makes a bow as Xiwangmu through her priest leads them inside the temple grounds.

"You did well General Xuan Zhen, both you and General Nan Feng have my thanks."

"No problem Xiwangmu, besides I've been itching for a fight for awhile."

"Jing Mei? What happened?" A man rushed to Jing Mei's side. His blue eyes shone in the moonlight, his expression was filled with worry.

"Ji Huifan we were attacked at Puqi shrine, I don't know how they found out...we've been so careful -"

"They hired mercenaries." Mu Qing says with seriousness as he gave Meng Ai to her father.

"Let's discuss further details when we are inside. That you won't have to keep repeating yourself General Xuan Zhen." Xiwangmu says as she continues to lead everyone into the room Hua Cheng and Xie Lian were waiting. Once Meng Ai was placed in bed in the room where her parents stayed and once Feng Xin arrived they began their discussion.

"Mage mercenaries - that's a new low even for them."

"It's been awhile since we've had any contact with your family since we've fled. What I don't understand is how they managed to find out where we were."

"Given the right place to look for them and look for the ones with the right skill level and the right amount of desperation, I'm frankly not surprised that a blood thirsty family would employ them." Hua Cheng says as he leans back on his seat beside Xie Lian.

"Tracking and confirming their targets wouldn't be too difficult for them. Depending on the assignment, most of the preparation would be employing the proper tactics."

"And you know this because?" Hua Cheng raises his eyebrow at Feng Xin in a smug certainty.

"I've had my encounters with some of them. A lot of them lost to me in my gambling den, that's how I learned how they work. And when I'm feeling lazy I just out pay whomever their employer was."

"Do some of them work for you now?"

"Only the ones I consider worthy Gege. Most of them are just mages who have lost clients over time and are desperately looking for money. But considering all we know and considering who their client is, the group that was targetting Jing Mei and Xiao-Ai are an investment of Fu Dao's royal family."

"Why do you say that?" Mu Qing asks skeptically.

"Simple, they didn't care if they were seen or not."

"What do you mean? They attacked in the middle of the night." Feng Xin says arrogantly.

"A night with a full moon, using demonic creatures that would cause a ruckus had anyone other than you or their targets noticed. They also attacked them in Gege's shrine which means they necessarily needed to personally be present since only mortals could pass through magical barriers. They either didn't want to wait or could no longer wait for Jing Mei and Xiao-Ai to leave the safety of the shrine. Considering all of these things, it's obvious that they didn't care to be seen. Which means that they've had the resources to train and be better than most other mercenaries. Over time they have developed the arrogance that it wouldn't matter if they were seen or not."

"And what makes that different from a typical mercenary?"

"A mercenary knows how to keep things discreet. The most sought after ones whether they are a magician or not are the ones who could make things look like an accident or make it look like the death was from natural causes. Mage mercenaries who control demonic creatures use those creatures to kidnap or kill their targets without needing to be physically present."

"Hmm and the fact that there were waves of them headed towards the shrine means -"

"- that they knew." Mu Qing finishes Feng Xin's thought as everyone becomes uncomfortable with the realization.

"Another spy from heaven?!" Feng Xin cries in exasperation.

"No - given the right training and the right time to develop their skills, it's possible for a mortal to tell who is a God and who is a ghost. I'm sure you two have noticed how easily Aiai does it while you were with her." Xie Lian couldn't help but suppress a giggle as Mu Qing and Feng Xin become sheepish at Ji Huifan's comment.

"Either one of the mages my family has employed has that skill or a God with an oracle who has a similar skillset -"

"Wait - Huifan, didn't you say that you lost the ability to see a God's aura when you were cured?" The couple shares a look of realization.

"I didn't exactly lose it, it just wasn't as good as when I was...you know..."

"But that means-"

"- one or a few of my relatives are with them." Another air of discomfort fills the room.

"Does this mean we have to flee again?" Jing Mei asks with trepidation and exhaustion.

"No!" "Absolutely NOT!" "No way."

"You are my oracle and priestess. Your family will always be welcomed in my temples. And right now you may stay here for as long as you wish. And if Generals Nan Yang and Xuan Zhen could lend some of their followers for added protection-"

"No offense Xiwangmu but that wouldn't be enough." She raises her eyebrow at him as Jing Mei is shocked that someone would disrespect her and Ji Huifan's reaction was questioning Hua Cheng's decision to cut her off. She isn't as fickle as the other Gods. Hua Cheng's attitude was refreshing to her when most Gods and mortals would be dictated by their fear and reverence to her domain.

"San Lang."

"Ji Huifen, when you were still a cursed immortal could you still enter Xiwangmu's temples?" He then realized what Hua Cheng was pointing out and sighed a sad tone out.

"Yes, my family and I had no problems entering in any temple. We may not be able to do everything our abilities allow us to do, depending on the God who is worshipped in the temple-"

"But the point still stands that if the three of you remain here, someone could still enter and harm you. They just need to be either a mortal or someone from your family."

"And what do you propose Crimson Rain Sought Flower?" Hua Cheng's gaze meets Xie Lian's as they both smile.

"Xiao-Ai is still asleep right?"

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Red was the first color that she sees as she wakes up. This was definitely not Puqi shrine anymore she thought as she slowly began sitting up. It was then that Meng Ai realized that the bed she was waking up from was both softer and smoother than what she was used to.

"Hello Aiai."

"BABA!" She launches herself forward as she embraces Ji Huifan and kisses him on the cheek. He laughs as he brings her to his embrace.

"Thank you for sending them to help me."

"Baba please don't scare mama like that again." He gives her a sad smile knowing that whether it is sooner or later he and Jing Mei will have to let her go to Hua Cheng and Xie Lian.

"Sometimes I can't help it Aiai, everything I do for both you and your mama are out of love. Even if you can't see it right now." She doesn't like that tone he uses despite knowing what he said was true.

"Where are we? Where is mama?"

"She's in the kitchen trying to teach Xie Lian how to cook." He helps her down and outside her room Hua Cheng and Xie Lian were waiting.

"Hello Xiao-Ai, did you sleep well?" Xie Lian asks tenderly while patting her head.

"Yes, it was a long sleep. I don't know how I was able to sleep for that long."

"Hungry little one?" Hua Cheng asks as he kneels down so that their eyes would be at the same level.

"Yes, where are we San Lang?" He opens his hand and waits for her to take it. He couldn't help but smile as he sees she was wearing the necklace he gifted her with a silver butterfly pendant.

"We are in our house, welcome to Paradise Manor."

AN: And this is the start of more Slice of life moments that I had not yet sufficiently delivered 😅😂 I hope none of you were too disappointed with the fight scene.

[xinyuehui]

I've had my time on tumblr and seen all sorts of reposter call out posts, I think the universe didn't want us to have peace and here I am about to make one myself 😩

So I stumbled across this post thinking ha ha this looks like my pinned post... oh wait, it is! in which I messaged @gifmal like hey delete this

They didn't respond and I had a dig around their blog, and it's just a repost dumpster fire. I think nobody got out of this one, if you made gifs of cdramas, your gif is probably being reposted on their blog (and kdramas & English dramas which unfortunately I do not recognise bc I'm not in those particular fandoms)

At a quick glance I can spot gifs from @xiaolanhua @storge @fangrui @movielosophy @zhouszishu @gusucloud @zhoufeis @baifengxis @belsmultifandommess @heymeowmao @shangyangjunzhu @ashinlae @baijingting @yilinglaozu @da-qiang @minmoyu @surii @linglynz @yesdramas & probably all gifmakers on tumblr which I didn't manage to recognise and tag here, the list can go on...

Other reposts that aren't cdramas:

I know I've messaged them to delete one post but I should've said just delete your blog 🤡

(I've reported the blog but what's tumblr gonna do about it, that's the most frustrating part.)

[wirwerdensiegen]

“your top 15 favourite tv shows can say a lot about your personality!”

i got tagged by the lovely @xia-xueyi, thank you!<3

first i want to say that there was a time in my life while you folks were watching supernatural and whatnot... when i was almost exclusively watching anime. so i have watched A LOT more anime than any other type of show (and yes, i still refuse to call it 'media'...) and that's exactly why i'll leave anime out of this list. feel free to ask me about my 15 favourite anime another time.^^

anyhow, here's my 15 favourite non-anime shows in no particular order:

Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency (2016 - 2017)

Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969 - 1974)

Word Of Honor (2021)

Kingdom (2019 - )

Goblin (2016 - 2017)

The Long Season (2023)

Ted Lasso (2020 - 2023)

Game Of Thrones (2011 - 2019)

Good Omens (2019 - )

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013 - 2021)

Secret Forest aka Stranger (2017 - 2020)

Poker Face (2023 - )

Bad And Crazy (2021)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997 - 2003)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015 - 2019)

tagging @movielosophy, @linglynz, @heymeowmao, @bizarrequazar and whoever else feels like it.

[muqiing]

HI :D

HI ANI :D<3

sail you show me love then spit in my face bite your face to spite your nose the goodbye is the hardest part sick of all these people talking, sick of all this noise

sail by awolnation

middle finger by bohnes

girls by the 1975

despicable by grandson

castle by halsey

i shuffled my english playlist for you and this doesn't really make sense but the overall vibe really goes well???? idk how to explain this 😭

send me a ‘hi’ and i will put my playlist on shuffle, write down the first line of five songs, and give it to you as a poem

[dimpledpran]

for fictional characters, wen qing, mianmian, jiang yanli! :D

Hello Ani! Thanks for sending this ☺️

Wen Qing

who? | only know their name | loathe | ugh | overrated | indifferent | dead | ALIVE | just okay | cute | badass | my baby | hot | want to marry | favorite 

Mianmian

who? | only know their name | loathe | ugh | overrated | indifferent | dead | alive | just okay | cute | badass | my baby | hot | want to marry | favorite 

Jiang Yanli

who? | only know their name | loathe | ugh | overrated | indifferent | dead | ALIVE | just okay | cute (and the sweetest) | badass | my baby mum | hot | want to marry | favorite 

Send me fictional character names

[purplexedhuman]

💌 DING DONG YOU'VE GOT MAIL: 💌

Hi Pooja! Ani (@linglynz) wanted to send u some love! and this msg: you are such a wonderful, incredible, and funny person. i'm so happy we met and it's been a delight interacting with you. forever grateful to you for making the thirstver to quench the thirsty needs of many (me) 💖

We would also like to thank u for creating content for the fandom and for being a part of our net! you are incredible!💞

💌 Love, the mdzsnet lovebot! 💌

Thank you @linglynz!!! I love interacting with you as well! You are so talented and creative and it has been a pleasure thirsting with you (thirsting is important :P ) 💕💕

[sarah-yyy]

hey! the untamed can be brutally sad at times, what is the saddest thing you have written or created for the untamed? send this (on anon or not) to 5 other the untamed creators so we can process our sadness together

hahahahaha i’ve had this sent to me 3 times now but i feel?? this is less a question for me, and more a question for y’all???

in other words!!! i feel like my sads have been p tame in this fandom :P old les mis buddies back me on this 

(it’s probably the sad parts of wb or that rp au where wwx dies or like that xicheng bodyguard au??)

[yiqiie]

top 5 cql/mdzs songs? :D

ani you have hit the spot the perfect ask i can talk about the cql soundtrack forever

i actually use it to study oop

荒城渡 ‘No One Knows’ - 周深; guys i can scream into the void about 周深’s voice for the rest of eternity this song is so good omfg

意难平 ‘Yi Nan Ping’ - 银临; shijie is the best jiejie no arguments allowed and this song makes me cry every time so

Dream - 林海; this is actually from the soundtrack pla do yourself a favour and go listen to it it’s so soothing and beautiful

WuJi (Piano Ver.) - 林海; did i learn to play this on piano just for cql? yes i did do i listen to this on repeat when i need a study break? yes i do

忘羡 - 肖战，王一博; is this even a question? this is the only valid top song no i will not be taking questions at this time

put top 5 anything in my ask and i’ll answer!

[yilinglaozuhot]

Send this to the 12 nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get 5 back you must be pretty awesome 🥰❤️💓💖

omg thank you <3

i’m a lazy bitch so i’m just gonna tag some people @linglynz (ofc i’m sending back one to you) @mandalorianmuffin @necroprankster @jonathanstrange @j-wirth @hcnnibl @aboutiroh @stupidape @arthurpendragonns @deckerchloe @anya-chalotra @quellcrist

[zanjinzhu]

hey, here’s a friendly reminder that your original content is incredible!!! let’s spread some support by sharing this message to 10 other blogs whose creations you love, and don’t break the chain ❤️✨ have a great day/night and remember that you’re loved!!!

awww thank u so much ani 🥺🥺🥺💖💖💖

[yibowang]

top 5 wyb performances (PLS WORKKK)

hello ani!!! 💕 tumblr was being so annoying earlier adjfakldjl i’ll do another 5 yibo performances bc we can never have too much hehe 

1. winter fire & i love you forever  2. 世界上的另一个我  w/ zhou jieqiong  3. young mind  4. dragon fist  5. 别人家的小孩 on pd101

put “top 5” anything in my ask

[muqiing]

17, 34 & 37 for gifmaker questions :D

hi ani :D

17. 10 sets, 8 sets, 6 sets? how many gifs to you prefer in a set

oh good question, i more typically prefer 4 sets bc it’s less work 😆 if you take a scroll through my gifs (ignoring all the 2020 series gifsets) you’ll notice that i usually work with 4 sets, which are usually tall or wide gifs!

34. a set that took you a long time/was really hard but you’re really proud of how it came out

omg this question, there’s a few that come to mind, there’s the lwj bday set i made, the wangxian cql x manhua set, my mdzsnet gtkom set, and surprisingly also my cql sects x scenery set (coloring was a bitch i redid each gif at least four times)

37. what sets if any do you have planned to make in the future

i recently had a bit of a slump in gifmaking (esp on my kpop sideblog, i havent posted anything in a while oopsie) but suddenly it’s like i opened a well of ideas in my head bc i have at least 2 gifsets planned for here, which is another wangxian cql x manhua set but in red, and the gifset i’m currently working on which is going to be sad as hell (i think you might have seen that i’m gonna do a spriffing for one of the gifs on the discord!) and as for my kpop sideblog, the group i ult is having their third year anniversary in exactly 20 days and i just got around to making the first 4 gifs of an 8 set to celebrate their anniversary ^-^

ask me questions for gifmakers

[hualian]

Send this to the 12 nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get 5 back you must be pretty awesome 🥰❤️💓💖

ANI you’re the absolute kindest, thank you so much 🥺 and right back at you 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[cuthalions]

hey, here’s a friendly reminder that your original content is incredible!!! let’s spread some support by sharing this message to 10 other blogs whose creations you love, and don’t break the chain ❤️✨ have a great day/night and remember that you’re loved!!!

Thank you so much Ani!! You're a darling. Same goes for your gifs 💞💖💞💖

[cherryysundae]

hey, here’s a friendly reminder that your original content is incredible!!! let’s spread some support by sharing this message to 10 other blogs whose creations you love, and don’t break the chain ❤️✨ have a great day/night and remember that you’re loved!!!

Thank you so much ani 😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺💛 i would put mi reverse uno card with hearts meme here but i don't have it rn but just know that's what I'm feeling

[wangxiians]

23, 36 & 49 for gif-maker asks :D

23. What is the thing you gif when you don’t have anything else you want to gif? i go back to any of my favourite scenes and just gif them again... just with different shots, or different colouring

36. Do you gif with something specific in mind or do you just wing it? most of the time i just wing it! like there is literally no planning going on in tumblr user wangxiians brain 😅

49. How much would you say you’ve improved since you first started giffing? well i’ve been giffing for 6 years so a lot!!!!! A LOT. I don’t think my style has changed much in recent years but i’ve definitely gotten better at problem solving/achieving the colourings i want 

asks for gifmakers