He really must have been a scholar, before the Meng Po Tang, he's certain of it. He's always thinking, calculating, plotting his next moves.
Jise Gui schemes, works and fights his way out of the Ghost Valley. It would go better for him if he knew who his worst enemy really was.
Jiang Cheng takes the train to Yichang and drives around looking for Wei Ying. The rest of his family are on his mind, even as he gets advice from an unexpected quarter.
One chapter of the HOTPOTLUCK collaborative fic, an idea conceived by frostferox, plotted by a_chengyeets and shepherded into being by a chaotic collective and/or collective chaos. Now with gorgeous title graphic by Lillijen!
Also works as a stand-alone character study.