Oh y'know I forgot to mention (because it wasn't pertinent at the time) that there are other ways to interact with Huaisang in his DND and DA verses outside of main events. These are lil things from his canon verse that carry over well.
You WILL see him at social events all throughout his life. He's from a prominent family and becomes head of said family in time. Social events are unavoidable. Parties, hunts, races, etc. He not only plays guest but host as well.
He's a huge patron of the arts, always has been. Paintings, poetry, sculpture, pottery, literature — you name it. He's a huge collector, too, especially where paintings, fans, porcelain, and calligraphy are concerned. You'll see him at galleries, salons, poetry readings, concerts, plays, etc.
^ Related, he starts hosting his own such events in time and becomes the patron of multiple artists. His salons in particular are not an event an artist can afford to miss. If you want to make it in the art world, you need to find a way in. He is very well connected in this sphere, and anyone worth knowing will be there.
He raises pigeons! Not only homing pigeons but roller pigeons and show pigeons. He's well known in those circles for his incomparable birds. You'll see him at pigeon races up until about his mid-twenties. He stops racing pigeons then, but he still enters birds into pigeon shows. He never misses one.
He doesn't spend all day at home either. He'll go shopping, go out to eat, go out for drinks, you name it. When he's in his home city of whichever verse, he'll usually walk the streets — albeit with body guards — and doesn't confine himself to the nice parts of town. Not that hard to bump into. If he's abroad, he'll take a carriage or litter as appropriate and will tend to stay in the wealthier parts of town (unless he's in disguise), but it's still not impossible to run into him.
Huaisang has a ridiculous amount of disguises and fake identities. These are usually inconspicuous guises meant to make movement easier (i.e. a hunter, a woodcutter, a servant). They are very convincing. Good chance your character can run into him in disguise if that works for you.
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