TheBarOfGold



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Noticing Xie Lian’s attention on him, Hua Cheng’s lip curled into half a smile as he tilted his head.
    “Tinder, hm?”, he drawled, “what for?”
    Xie Lian rubbed a hand against his forehead, Hua Cheng’s direct question leaving him flustered.
    “Ah, Qingxuan said that it could be good for me to…”, another sheepish cough, “to get to know some new people. To, uh-“, Xie Lian looked away, “…to flirt.”
    He could feel the weight of Hua Cheng’s stare against the side of his face.
    “…To flirt”, Hua Cheng repeated, his face unreadable.

    Xie Lian downloads a dating app. Hua Cheng is of course there to help him.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    25,351
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Comments:
    604
    Kudos:
    5,372
    Bookmarks:
    1,081
    Hits:
    59,820

    26 Jun 2025

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    “Alright.” Hua Cheng said, rolling his shoulders back a few times. “Oh magnificent god of mine, Taizi Dianxia,” he said, grinning, eyes firmly locked on Xie Lian’s. Xie Lian made a show of rolling his eyes. “Grant me your strength so I might vanquish your enemies on this mortal plane.”

    Sorcery grad student Hua Cheng accidentally summons long-forgotten god Xie Lian into his dorm room in the middle of the night. They figure things out from there.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    29,265
    Chapters:
    3/3
    Comments:
    310
    Kudos:
    3,526
    Bookmarks:
    998
    Hits:
    38,281

    22 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Our tale begins with Xie Lian hiring an escort to help him deal with an “unspeakable affliction” after a disastrous breakup forced him to leave college and return to his hometown.

    Hua Cheng (or Wuming, as he is called when we first meet him) isn’t really interested in helping people—he just wants to get paid. If the situation with a client seems too complicated to deal with, he has no problem walking away. But for some reason he can’t explain, he feels compelled to help Xie Lian.

    The two find themselves very quickly drawn to one another, but nothing in life is easy, especially when it comes to love.

    Xie Lian is struggling to forget about the demise of the relationship that ruined his life—a struggle complicated by the fact that his ex may or may not be stalking him.

    Meanwhile, Hua Cheng is busy running from a past that will soon catch up to him with deadly consequences.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    202,702
    Chapters:
    39/?
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    2,317
    Kudos:
    1,349
    Bookmarks:
    315
    Hits:
    41,480

    21 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Stuck with a tedious job in a cramped apartment, Xie Lian has all but accepted that the only thing fate has in store for him is a mediocre life. When a sudden chance encounter sparks new warmth and colour into his days, he is naturally excited: his new friend Hua Cheng's charming company seems to be just what he has been missing so dearly.

    However, as the affectionate feelings start shifting into something much more desperate and — eventually — outright painful, Xie Lian slowly realises there might be more to his and Hua Cheng's budding relationship than what meets the eye.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    29,444
    Chapters:
    5/5
    Comments:
    255
    Kudos:
    1,306
    Bookmarks:
    244
    Hits:
    18,573

    19 May 2025

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Words:
    51,444
    Works:
    2
    Bookmarks:
    550

    14 Mar 2025