Hua Cheng's Simp Diaries 101
*a list of his simp moments bc you've never seen a man so deeply in love*
1. found and kept xie lian's earring from the first time they met when he was 10
2. plays with it a lot
3. kept the umbrella xie lian gave him when it was raining at his shrine
4. only ate from the offerings at the shrine when he was certain it was xie lian himself who told him to
5. was one of the few people who didn't kneel to pray to xie lian bc it was what he asked
6. he brought fresh flowers to the shrine everyday for xie lian's statue to hold
7. he tied the red string of fate on the finger xie lian had tied his own hair around to protect him in the cave
8. he turned his ashes into a ring which he gave to xie lian
9. told him it was nothing important
10. made him his reason to live because xie lian told him to
11. he built thousands of statues and shrines for xie lian
12. he challenged the 33 gods that ridiculed xie lian beat them in battle and burned down their temples *girlboss*
13. he's been drawing xie lian's picture from when he was a child from the first day that he saved him
14. made a big ass door for the shrine so it'd be better protected
15. when xie lian was blown away by the sandstorm at ban yue pass and accidentally grabbed onto him he only said: gege there you are don't fly away again
16. literally sucked venom out of xie lian's hand and then proceeded to explode the snake that stung him
17. made sure to give xie lian the ferns that did not grow with humans as fertiliser to heal his hand bc he knew he would feel bad about that
18. killed hundreds of ghosts at ban yue pass in seconds before xie lian came down there
19. protected him from the snakes leaving mu qing alone to fight them
20. taught xie lian how to play dice just to hold his hands bc the motherfucker definitely just changed the dice himself
21. he gave xie lian dice that would always bring him to xie lian as long as he wanted to see him
22. when he fought with qianqiu and accidently hurt xie lian he felt so bad
23. eming was crying actual tears
24. he came into the heavenly capital to take xie lian away immediately bc he rolled the dice he gave him and he wanted to see him
25. once he saw how much qianqiu didn’t know about the gilded banquet he took them to qi rong's lair and forced him to tell the whole story so there would be no misunderstandings
26. he built a literal temple in the ghost city for xie lian specifically for the mid autumn festival so he could "make things interesting" for xie lian's "amusement"
27. he lit up 3000 blessings lanterns for xie lian from the temple he made in the ghost city
28. spent billions in gold to get the lanterns
29. *twice*
30. he captured the fetus ghost before xie lian bc he couldn’t let him hurt himself and to do so kissed him in the pretence that they shouldn't have their mouths open
31. brought xie lian back to paradise manor and instantly made him feel so comfortable that he actually let his pain show while removing the needle he'd stepped on
32. he went to puqi village to bring xie lian’s hat back bc he mentioned it while rambling after their first kiss
33. he cleaned puqi shrine and took qi rong out of the house along with the rest of the trash
34. when he saw he xuan come in with qingxuan he threatened him bc he didn't want xie lian involved with the whole thing with he xuan and the wind and water masters
35. got his people to watch over qi rong and lowkey lang ying and guzi and also probably to look after the shrine while they would be away with qingxuan and he xuan
36. when xie lian FINALLY asked for his private communication array password his eyes legit twinkled
37. he purposefully set his password to sth very much embarrassing so that no one but xie lian would dare reach him
38. the only time xie lian actually used it himself was when he was legit imprisoned by jun wu
39. he actually found xie lian's password funny and the poor thing got the validation he wanted for his joke after 800 years of having this password
40. he constantly changed outfits to watch xie lian struggle to keep his eyes off him
41. while qingxuan was in xie lian’s body he wouldn’t hurt him so he punched he xuan into the ground to release his frustration
42. totally sailed across black water's domain with xie lian's dead body in a coffin
43. the worst suffering for him is watching his beloved get trampled and ridiculed which he experienced when xie lian descended and the people turned against him
44. also watched him get stabbed a hundred times
45. and saw him drunk in a graveyard crying and breaking down
46. he thought he hadn't won xie lian over yet but he had even though xie lian himself hadn't realised it yet
47. he made a new donation box for xie lian while shirtless and sweating even though he's a literal ghost and doesn't sweat
48. he pretended to be unconscious even though as mentioned he's a literal ghost just so he could have a laugh and totally freaked out when xie lian attempted to perform cpr *on a literal ghost*
49. proposed to xie lian and for some reason said he was kidding
50. he’d already given xie lian his ring and wore the string of fate (smooth bro)
51. built a coffin to safely cross the sea with xie lian and successfully caused him a boner (erectile dysfunction cured great success)
52. went along with xie lian to the east sea to protect him from black water but still didn't interfere with his choices
53. when xie lian did the soul switch he sucked his power from his body so that he could bring xie lian's soul back and again freaked out when xie lian kissed him to get the powers back
54. he only practices writing with a specific poem that specifically describes the specific feelings he has for xie lian
55. when he lost control of himself he *intensely* kissed xie lian and afterwards he was so worried that he had hurt him
56. he turned into lang ying even though xie lian told him to not be with eachother for now since they would both be busy
57. even though he was with him he sent the litter to carry them
58. had yin yu gather all the ghosts and the clothes while searching for the brocade immortal so that xie lian could work faster
59. he tattooed xie lian's name on his arm but his handwriting is so awful even xie lian himself couldn't tell what was written for the longest time
60. he ignored xie lian telling him to not do all the chores and did them for him while maintaining lang ying's form
61. he refused to change even when it was clear that xie lian had figured it out and was struggling to write whatever he’d asked him
62. he tried to make himself look good when xie lian asked him who is the prettiest, strongest etcetc
63. he was definitely crying tears of joy whenever xie lian picked him up and told him who cute he was
64. he shared his ✨feelings✨ about looking weaker than he is and feeling powerless
65. did not want xie lian to have to protect him but still listened to him and accepted the help
66. went with xie lian to mount tong'lu to protect him and make sure no one messed up with him
67. he told xie lian anything he wanted to know about whatever they encountered at mount tong'lu
68. he changed the bloody rain to red flower petals so he wouldn’t get xie lian wet
69. he brought him under his umbrella and shielded him from the boulders refusing to help anyone else
70. he tied THE FUCKING RED STRING OF FATE to xie lian's finger to make sure the two would always find their way back to each other
71. he quoted a line from the oldest known chinese novella literally meaning "not even death can do us part"
72. he showed xie lian what happened between yin yu and qi ying so he could better understand their situation
73. he was very ok to just hang around inside the mountain and told xie lian that if it was with him he wouldn't mind staying there
74. he heard and comforted xie lian's worries about his guoshi and told him exactly what he needed to hear
75. it later helped xie lian remain calmer when the identity of white no-face was about to be revealed
76. when the rest of their group where being loud he told them to shut the fuck up bc xie lian was sleeping
77. when pei ming was being a little shit and commented on the red string tied on their fingers he covered it with an illusion
78. then he showed it to xie lian who was worried that it was gone completely
79. he said to xie lian: "i know you can’t die, and you’re not afraid to die, but no matter how tough you are, don’t think yourself incapable of getting hurt.”
80. and: “not dying doesn’t mean not getting hurt, and it definitely doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. when you see something strange and dangerous, don’t just touch it. find me. let me take care of it.”
81. when xie lian replied with: “...you too. if there’s something dangerous, you don’t touch, i won’t touch either, alright?” he was downright giddy, giggling, eyes twinkling, hair twirling
82. he built tens of thousands of statues and painted all of his encounters with xie lian throughout the years
83. he also sculpted the two of them boning (my guy was so sexually deprived)
84. he was so so scared when they ended up in the cave bc he didn't want to make xie lian uncomfortable in any way
85. he never wanted to make any kind of move that would frighten xie lian
86. he healed xie lian's frostbite wounds that even xie lian himself hadn't noticed
87. honestly can't separate the moments at this point the man is a ball of affection
88. when xie lian hugged him and showed him that his feelings were reciprocated he said: "your highness, you really will be the death of me." BRO IS LEGIT LIVING IN A SAKUATSU FIC WHAT THE FUCK
89. his eyes would not stop twinkling the whole time xie lian held his hand
90. he was in such a good mood that he didn't even say anything *extremely* insulting to mu qing and feng xin
91. he is just a little bby
92. he loves xie lian so much
93. when xie lian asked him about his ashes he once again said that they were absolutely safe and if the place he kept them was destroyed he wouldn't want to continue existing anyway
94. he basically turned into a ghost for the sole purpose of protecting xie lian and being with him
95. he twirls his little braid and fidgets with the coral pearl from xie lian's earring
96. he KISSED xie lian before they jumped into the kiln and this time without any false pretence of "transferring powers” or performing cpr" *once again on a literal ghost*
97. his spirit stayed in the mortal realm after dying in battle for xie lian and when he saw him told him once again that he will never forget him
98. also referred to xie lian as his beloved
99. also said that he wanted to protect him
100. and that he is his most devoted believer
101. and if his beloved felt bad that he stayed to protect them he would just not tell them
102. very slay of him
103. he was still so young there i-
104. they are the death of me
105. in the form of a literal ball of ghost fire he followed xie lian and did his best to warm him up and protect him even though he couldn't do that in that form
106. when white no-face held him and forced him to stay still while people stabbed xie lian a hundred times he couldn't take it and transformed into a vengeful spirit
107. he found xie lian in yong’an and offered to fight for him again as wu ming
108. while in yong'an he protected xie lian multiple times
109. the best and most beautiful statue of xie lian he built was inside the kiln and ended up being the one that broke xie lian out thanks to the powers he’d transferred to him
110. he continues to give xie lian spiritual powers by sticking his tongue down his throat and xie lian is going for it ofc
111. sent out his people to find the humans xie lian needed for the spiritual array
112. immediately noticed someone extra joined the array and told xie lian to check it out
113. when xie lian had to go to the heavenly capital with jun wu and his guoshi he asked him for a kiss bc staying back to take care of the spirits and the people in the array was just so hard to do without
🎐🍒🔥✨gege✨🔥🍒🎐 at his side
114. when xie lian connected with him through the spiritual communication array he instantly knew sth was wrong bc xie lian would never say his password unless it was an emergency
115. he gave qingxuan spiritual powers to have a way to connect with xie lian and sent help immediately
116. came to the heavenly capital despite knowing that jun wu would find him
117. talked with xie lian's guoshi and even spoke respectfully to him *mostly*
118. he sent he xuan to the array to give qingxuan his fan and transfer powers maybe bc xie lian cares for him or maybe bc he tolerates qingxuan *guess we’ll never know*
119. let's be honest from this point on, even more than the rest, every moment should be added
120. the man is a ball of love
121. he quoted himself while he was evaporating into butterflies because he's just such a poet and a romantic
122. he dies 3 times for xie lian
123. three
124. separate
125. times
126. he came back on the same day they first met
127. he lit another 3000 blessing lanterns for xie lian
128. "they spent eight hundred years running towards each other. this time, it only took an instant to fall into each other’s embrace."
129. he turned puqi shrine into a gay monument to xie lian
130. he left an essence of evil inside xie lian *successfuly caused mu qing and feng xin strokes*
131. he asks xie lian to call him 🧧🥟🗡️✨san lang✨🗡️🥟🧧 bc it means husband so xie lian has been calling him his husband all along
132. he got spoiled by xie lian and tried to bone every chance he got *fair*
133. when someone goes to pray to either one of them, for the prayers to be successful they must pray to both of them *together*
134. treated xie lian to yuanxiao and he finally remembered how it tasted after 800 years
135. he was definitely shaking from happiness when the answers to the riddles from the ghosts wrote "my husband is hua cheng" *even though the ghosts didn't know grammar*
136. when xie lian temporarily lost his memories he followed him everywhere to keep an eye on him
137. it's implied that mu qing and feng xin found him to tell him the situation with xie lian and then he went to find him so maybe he trusts them more now
138. he immediately sent yin yu to capture the creature that ate xie lian's memories
139. he loved every second of making fun of him
140. he made xie lian call him 🧧🥟🗡️✨gege✨🗡️🥟🧧
141. you bet his eye was twinkling the whole time
142. eming is used to taking baths with xie lian but when he went to him while he didn't have his memories hua cheng slapped it *save eming*
143. when he got sick he didn't want xie lian to have to take care of him but they talked about it and agreed to let the other take care of them whenever they needed it
144. when the whole fiasco with xie lian’s statues happened they made statues of hua cheng to keep them company
145. he has given up on learning calligraphy since he can just turn xie lian on and he forgets about everything
146. no one is doing it like them
147. hua cheng is insane for all of this
148. and very valid bc xie lian is gorgeous
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