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Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi, Chen Qing Ling
Pairings/Characters: F/F; Madam Jin/Yu Ziyuan; Madam Jin, Yu Ziyuan, Jiang Cheng
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 600
Content Notes: adultery (mentioned), angst, arranged marriage, bereavement, generational trauma, heteronormativity, marriage politics, possible (unexpressed) adult-> minor pining
Creator Tags: 5+1 Things, Drabble Sequence, Zǐdiàn (Módào Zǔshī) - Freeform, Canonical Character Death, Socially Imposed Heterosexual Marriage, Background Relationships
Creator Links: (AO3): [archiveofourown.org profile] Zdenka
Theme: Female Relationships, Arranged Marriage, 5+1, Mutual Pining, Pining

Summary:

Five times Madam Jin saw Zidian on Yu Ziyuan's hand, and one time she saw it on her son's.

Notes:

Written for femslashfete for the prompt "artifact."


Reccer's Notes: Zdenka manages to cram so much into 600 words: an exquisitely painful soromance fulfillable only through generational proxy, imposed in turn—and the reader has the added pang of knowing what’s going to become of that couple.


Fanwork Links: Advance and Retreat, by [archiveofourown.org profile] Zdenka.

Date: 2025-06-01 06:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shipperslist
This was wonderful! Thanks for the rec.

Date: 2025-06-01 07:31 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shipperslist
What can I say--I refreshed the page, saw your post, and read the fic. 😁

Date: 2025-06-01 08:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] schneefink
Thanks for the rec, I enjoyed it a lot :)

Date: 2025-06-02 09:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] salinea
Thanks for the rec, that was everything i wanted to find about this pairing!

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