Helloooo i looooovvvvveeeee all your art and aus, they are so cute and funny!! i've an unrelated question tho 😬 I'm starting in the mdzs fandom and i was wondering if you read fanfiction and can recommend some?
OH BOY DO I!!!! As a disclaimer my OTP for the series (Lan Xichen x Jiang Cheng) is a pairing with almost no canon interaction lol- like ShinKami I ship them for their pairing potential. I started out shipping another pair but... ahhh that ship gave me anxiety, and I really really really am not good with angst so after I got suckered into reading a fic for this pair.... I kinda just.... realised I liked them a lot more lol because a LOT of their fics are all about healing and helping each other grow.
Upon Our Silver Bridge by TheWanderingHeart
MY ABSOLUTE FAV, an absolute behemoth of a story that weaves in myths and memories to create an unforgettable story about learning to live again, and to live life without regrets.
Status: One last chapter to go- but with a word count of 422753, you can take your time enjoying it~
A Small Measure of Peace by Sandstone112
The best Uncle Jiang Cheng and baby Jin Ling interaction bar none in all the fics I’ve trawled through (I made my way through like 75% of the Xicheng tag tbh). The ending is a little anti climatic but seriously, the early chapter interactions are just NNNGGGHHHHHH so heartwarming.
Status: Finished and MY GOD I KEEP COMING BACK TO REREAD IT WHEN I THINK OF JIN LING GOING “JIUJIU LIANZI” HELP I CAN’T STOP
The Beginner’s Guide To Moving On by messenger18
The fic that converted me lol. Another behemoth of a fic but super cathartic, and well written. Essentially it’s the fic that shows you how XiCheng makes sense. Not my fav, but a good start if you want to understand how this ship got so popular.
Status: Finished! Another behemoth at 189538 words (a LOT of fics in this fandom are enormous lmao)
Alliances are Just Another Form of Matchmaking, Right? by FluffyHippogriff
A retelling of the canon from the POV of Lan Xichen, with more of a balanced focus between the pairings Wangxian and Xicheng. Basically it follows the first meeting between the twin Jades of Lan and the twin Heroes of Yunmeng through canon events! Very cute at parts though it’s kinda stuck in the sad part of the story now. A very humanising look at LXC!
Status: 11/30 but again another behemoth at 125233 words! Lots of cute interactions to read!!!
All This Could Be Yours by Philosophics
A SHORT BUT SPICY ONE!!!!! Modern AU Xicheng, very sweet and spicy :)))) they meet in the gym. Do check out her art too: https://feiyunn.tumblr.com/archive!!!
Status: JUST TWO CHAPTERS BUT GOD DAMN EVERYTHING IS PACED SO PERFECTLY. *chefs kiss*
Who wants to live forever by velithya
A series of short stories with Xicheng living as immortals in the modern era!! A very interesting series, which uses the POV of modern everyday mortals to take a look at the enduring and everlasting partnership/relationship between the two. Sweet and exciting!!
Status: Ongoing series! The author has a few other cool Xicheng series too
Mulberry by xxdz
The formatting and grammar can be a little wonky BUT OH BOY THE PROSE AND WORLD-BUILDING MAKES YOU FORGET ALL THAT UNIMPORTANT STUFF. Super interestingly written though it’s still early enough in the chapters that the main pair has barely even noticed the UST building up in the story. The characterisation for Jiang Cheng though, is delicious enough that you’d read it even if it’s a gen fic.
Status: WIP but oh god Jiang Cheng is so angry and it’s amazing
Where the Black Lotus Blooms by sohbet
Another fic still in its early stages that I’m reccing based on the fantastic prose and the interesting premise!!! You have LXC having long monologues on how thirsty Jiang Cheng makes him!!! :))))) And super interesting myths and mysteries!!! Plus the world building and attention to period detail!!!! Ahh my fav kinda fics!!
Status: WIP though that one chapter of JC dressed to kill has me by the throat
Audience of One by WinterDreams
A modern fake dating that eventually becomes real dating AU. It’s a sweet and slow burn story, that has them navigating each other’s wounds and protecting/patching each other up. The exact sort of fic that makes me love them so much because its SO SWEET AND CATHARTIC TO READ!!!!! (also has adorable interactions with WWX, JC and JL!!)
Status: Almost done at 13/16! It’s stopped on kinda a weird spot but essentially all current cliffhangers in the story has been resolved (beyond the actual status of their relationship lol)
And now.... a special mention for the fic that actually lured me into the fandom, and the one series that I still read for this pair. It’s XiYao btw! A different pairing from my OTP.
A Troublesome Charge by Moonsheen
JGY gets reincarnated and shenanigans ensue. WELL WRITTEN AND AWESOME ACTION, with some bonus ZhuiLing. It’s probably the only Xiyao fic that did not give me anxiety lmao, mainly because of how it deals with the problem of JGY being JGY.
Status: It’s actually a series of “short” stories but ongoing still!














