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I Spent Centuries to Finally Meet You by TriviasFolly for CentreBullet
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Apr 2025
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The thing they didn't tell Lan Zhan about becoming immortal, is that that many centuries alive showed you what was really important. Sometimes it was the small moments, like the scratch of a record player needle just before it began play or the way a street musician's song could drift in through your open window. Sometimes the important things changed your entire view the world, like realizing the gender you were raised had never been the right one.
When Lan Zhan came to New York City, the only thing on her mind had been attending a lecture and hearing Jazz 'from the source' as her expat American friends like to say. She never thought she'd stumble upon a familiar face in a bar. Or that she'd help them discover the same. -
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I Spent Centuries to Finally Meet You by TriviasFolly
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“Keep the dress,” Lan Zhan hummed. “Use this,” She tore the check out of her book. “Or don’t. My offer will always be open, even if I’m no longer in Paris.”“Lan Zhan, I-”
“Wei Ying,” Lan Zhan cut off her protest. “You aren’t the first person I’ve helped, nor will you be the last. I know what it’s like to have to pretend. I was lucky enough to meet someone who was like us, who showed me there was another way to live. If it is in my power to help someone truly be themselves, I will. Even if you gamble the money, or spend it on instruments or clothes, I don’t mind. I’ll be happy to know it helped.”
“I won’t use it.”
“Then frame the check and put it on the wall,” Lan Zhan shrugged. “Rip it up once you leave, I don’t care. But,” She paused to make her point. “If you're denying yourself this because of how we were raised, I can only tell you what I believe. Which is that our ancestors will understand, I know my mother knew even back then. We’ve lived too long to be unhappy.”
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I Spent Centuries to Finally Meet You by TriviasFolly
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