hi! there was a fic i read a while back that i've been trying to find again. i don't remember a lot about it but i know that lwj gave wwx his ribbon (i think they were kids at the time but i'm not 100% sure). then wwx disappeared for a while, and years later lxc found him in a brothel and recognized him because of lwj's ribbon. does this sound familiar at all?
Hi nonny! You’re looking for this fic:
the Past is gone. let the Future Light your way by Cy_anne (4K, Teen)
(Canon Divergence, Sex Work, Prostitute!WWX, Reunion, Forehead Ribbon)
“By the gods,” Lan Qiren whispers in awe as he takes in the appearance of Xianxian.
The demure boy doesn’t so much as twitch at the words. He simply bows to the audience before taking a seat and picking up his dizi with a twirl before placing it to his lips. The melody is nothing special for this region. It’s the dizi, how it’s twirled twice and then swiftly played. It’s the way Wei Changze would have toyed with an instrument before playing it. The small glimpse Lan Qiren got of the boy's eyes reminded him of Cangse Sanren’s.
Wei Wuxian is stolen before he is forced to the streets after his parents’ death. Somehow ends up at a brothel at age 13 and the Heaven’s grant him mercy.