#xicheng (modern/transmigration/reincarnation.)
Jiang Cheng dies on his 30th birthday.
Cause of death:
Overwork.
Stress.
And a life so painfully unfulfilled it almost feels embarrassing.
When he opens his eyes again, he’s inside an A/B/O modern romance novel his best friend once forced him to read.
A novel he barely remembers.
Unfortunately, he does remember one thing.
He’s the villain.
The final boss standing in the way of the main couple.
Which means:
he is absolutely doomed.
Jiang Cheng immediately decides he is NOT participating in the plot.
No rivalries.
No power struggles.
No fighting over the male lead.
This time he chooses survival.
So he clings to the safest person he can remember:
The male lead’s older brother.
Lan Xichen.
Because from what Jiang Cheng vaguely recalls, Lan Xichen is:
• warm
• gentle
• patient
• kind
• completely uninvolved in the main story drama
Perfect.
Jiang Cheng ignores every possible red flag.
Like how Lan Xichen immediately clears his schedule for him.
Or how he remembers every tiny preference after hearing it once.
Or how people go strangely silent when Lan Xichen smiles.
Jiang Cheng decides this is fine.
Wonderful, actually.
For the first time in either life, someone chooses him gently.
The original plot starts collapsing almost immediately.
The male lead is confused.
The hero is confused.
The side characters are terrified.
Lan Xichen, meanwhile, looks happier every day.
It takes Jiang Cheng months to realize something important:
Lan Xichen is not “safe.”
Lan Xichen is simply very good at hiding his teeth.
By the time Jiang Cheng notices:
• his social circle has mysteriously shrunk
• people stop approaching him entirely
• and Lan Xichen has started saying things like:
“You only need me.”
Jiang Cheng finally remembers the part of the novel everyone loved most.
The fandom called Lan Xichen:
“The hidden final villain.”
Panicking, Jiang Cheng immediately decides to flee before things get worse.
He packs a bag.
Changes his phone number.
And disappears overnight.
Three hours later, Lan Xichen finds him anyway.
Calm.
Elegant.
Smiling.
Terrifying.
“You should have told me you were leaving,” Lan Xichen says softly.
Jiang Cheng finally understands two things at once:
He ruined the novel’s plot.
Lan Xichen was never letting him go.
JIANG CHENG WITH HIS HAIR DOWN, LOOKING AT JIN LING LOVINGLY OMG OMG
ALSO THE FACT THAT HE'S ONLY IN HIS INNER ROBES TOO???
AND THE CLARITY BELL HUNG ON JIN LING'S CRIB??
THIS LOOKS SO DOMESTIC IM CRYINH
JIANG CHENG WITH HIS HAIR DOWN, LOOKING AT JIN LING LOVINGLY OMG OMG
ALSO THE FACT THAT HE'S ONLY IN HIS INNER ROBES TOO???
AND THE CLARITY BELL HUNG ON JIN LING'S CRIB??
THIS LOOKS SO DOMESTIC IM CRYINH
Angsty AU where JC drowns >:)
How it happens is so simple. Children don't have as much stamina as adults do and drowning is a deceptively quiet affair.
So when JFM was teaching WWX to swim, his back to JC who was paddling around happily, he was so focused he didn't notice when
I do want jl being like 'oh I am jiang cheng's son' when he timetravels and wwx starts questioning him and jc is just 😑😐😦 'wdym son???' and wwx is horrified bc wdym jc has a kid he gets a wife and a kid??? and jl is just grinning bc he will keep wwx away no matter what
i know it's always stated in the narration that jiang cheng is Very Handsome But Not The Most Handsome but i just need to make it clear that in every single visual adaptation he has been the most handsome. to me.