i'm not a fan of the "hua cheng actually looks monstrous and xie lian just doesnt notice" idea but i DO love the idea that sometimes when xie lian isn't looking he'll warp his form to freak out whoever xie lian is talking to. he always shifts back before xie lian looks back at him, leaving his victims fuming when xie lian oh-so-innocently questions them about their behavior and starts to get mad at the suggestion that hua cheng is anything other than the most beautiful man in all the realms.
jokes on them- xie lian knows exactly what hua cheng is doing. he thinks it's funny. they deserve it for thinking so poorly of his husband, anyway.
















