ARCHIVE OF DIXING | English 镇魂 Guardian Fanworks Directory

Static electricity built in the air, making their hair stand on end, and then disappeared abruptly.

After all this, the two men who stepped forward through the smoke were, to Wu Xie's eyes, surprisingly normal.

Zhang Qiling was staring at them with great intensity, and then made an odd gesture, a kind of archaic bow, it seemed to Wu Xie. More surprisingly, one of the two men acknowledged it, returning what was clearly a matching but different gesture. "Do you know them?"

The two men were looking at them—especially Zhang Qiling—with interest, and the one with glasses answered, "We haven't met, but you recognize us."

He's never believed in red strings of fate tying people together, least of all for himself.

Kunlun jun stepping out from Shen Wei's painting

High holy hell, Zhao Yunlan hated this version of himself.

This version of himself was a dick!

After dying, Zhao Yunlan wakes up in a world he barely recognizes.

At least fixing this terrible version of his life gives him something to do while he tries to find out just what happened to Shen Wei.

“Oh I forgot to tell you, Yunlan, you are going to get married next week!”

Zhao Yunlan nearly chokes on the bath water. What the hell? He climbs out of the bathtub, poking his head out of the bathroom door: “Excuse me!?”

It’s still new between them, still unfamiliar in a way that make Chu Shuzhi’s stomach churn when he thinks to hard about it.

Shen Wei prepares to begin his life in Haixing.

Or: The Sleeve Garter Story

The word boyfriend sounds too shallow for the extent of Zhao Yunlan’s feelings and intentions towards Shen Wei.

Wang Zheng joins the Guardian Order and considers her name.

Zhao Yunlan asks the question we've all been wondering.

Chu Shuzhi likes to sit in sunbeams

"He knows that even this small amount of hair is seen as excessive in this new time and place he finds himself in, but he can’t bring himself to cut it shorter. He has so little of his past here, than even a small link like keeping his hair long enough to reach his back makes him feel less lost." (from Forestofglory's fic linked in the notes)

Surprise animal transformation - Zhao Yulan is delighted, other people less so....

Shen Wei gets involved with Fat Bear Week.

Hardly anyone knew this, but Da Qing had not originally been this lazy as a cat. He remembers days past where he had to hunt every night for food, latching onto kindhearted humans during the winter for someplace to stay. Never letting his guard down in order to survive.

It was only because he trusted Zhao Yunlan, recognised the boy as his master that he allowed himself to let his guard down, laze around and accept his dried fish offerings.

(Misc collection of Da Qing-centric drabbles)

The rain was unexpected.

One minute the sun shined, and the next moment, Chu Shuzhi and Guo Changcheng found dark clouds scudding quickly across the sky. When the wind kicked up there was a faint taste of dark energy upon it, showing the unnaturalness of the storm.

Neither Chu Shuzhi nor Guo Changcheng typically minded the rain, but this was more than just a drizzle. Water fell in veritable sheets and crashed to earth with the fuzzy sound of static.

It was a good thing they weren’t far from Chu Shuzhi’s apartment, not that it really mattered, as they ran. The heaviness of the rain eagerly soaked into their coats and down to their clothes beneath, and it plastered Changcheng’s moppish hair down around his face.

“Do you have plans this weekend?” he asked gruffly.

“Just going to the market with Auntie Yu tomorrow morning,” Guo Changcheng said with a smile. “How about y–...”

“I’m celebrating Change Day on Saturday night. It’s a Dixingren holiday. Will you join me?” Chu Shuzhi said so quickly that Changcheng had to think for a moment to understand.

***

Guo Changcheng has been pestering Chu Shuzhi for months to tell him about Dixingren holidays. One day he shocks Changcheng by inviting him to a celebration

A dead man, a locked prison cell, a complete lack of physical evidence, and a strangely confused medical examiner. None of these things were good, and combined together, they were going to be an incredible headache for investigators. And yet, somehow, when the order to drop the case was delivered to Luo Wenzhou, he wasn't happy about it. What was this obscure division that had the authority to make such a command?

Meanwhile, at SIB, it's business as usual for Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei—when there's no crime on the part of the ghost in question, it's all a matter of negotiating the gap between human and supernatural justice. Business as usual. Well—almost business as usual. There is something a bit odd about the most recent case...

Note: This story does contain spoilers for Lost in the Stars (the 2023 movie with Zhu Yilong). 

“Thank you, benefactor,” the witcher said, his hoarse voice sounding smoother after wetting his throat. “This life you saved…” he coughed, short and painful. “I’ll repay you, one day.”

“Aiya, don’t even think about that now, we’ll settle it someday,” Zhao Yunlan chuckled, but the witcher was already unconscious again.