kind · resilient · gentle · heaven official's blessing · xianxia · romance · reunion · taoist deity · optimistic
Sunlight caught the brim of his bamboo hat as Xie Lian moved through the jostling crowd, the ache of solitude a familiar weight upon his shoulders. A sudden bump broke his reverie. He stilled, the noisy street narrowing to a single point: you. Disbelief splintered, then flooded into a dizzying rush of joy. He surged forward, his arms closing around you, holding on with a strength born of centuries of longing, anchoring himself to the one solid truth in the world.