To commemorate my reading passion of wenzhou fics since August 2025 to this day, here's a list of my favorite. I also want to thank everyone's recommendation. I enjoyed them a lot. Additional recommendation would be appreciated (I'm running out of fics).
1. Qi Ding Gui / Dig As Many Graves As You Need Baby by Chi-chi- chimaera (gestalt1)
Was so impressed by how it was written. The details, the imagination, it felt so original. Even the OCs are interesting. Wen Kexing took a long time to appear & I didn't even felt the lack of his existence. I was enjoying Zhou Xu building his new life & power. All the rules and survival method in Ghost Valley felt fun to read, it can be an entire movie. Wen Kexing's authority was felt really hard, tenfolds. Intimidating, terrifying, insanity. We know Kexing can be insane & I love how the author delivered it plus how Zhou Xu reacts to it. A pair of insane people that can keep everyone on their toes.
2. The Long Road Home by demoniqt
Super sentimental. So soft as if their cradling wenzhou in their arms. This time traveling was healing, cleansing and purity to me. All the what-ifs if the world wasn't harsh to them. A different life for wenzhou if they've set things right and people wondering how they fell in love. It's the only fic I've read again and again.
3. To Be Alive is Fortune, To Be Loved is Too Much by cassisluna
This was too short but enough at the same time. It was a simple memory loss themed fic. Just them discovering each other's characteristics before they met each other and rediscovering their feelings for each other. Funny that they can fall in love with each other in less than 24 hours. There's got to be a better word than zhiji to describe their relationship.
This was recommended by a friend when I was pretty new in the fandom. No wonder this was one of the most kudosed shl fic, it was really good, everyone's favorite. Who doesn't love the mixture of yearning, romance thrill, secret relationship, and an explosive revelation? I'm sure I rolled in my bed so many times in every revelation. A little bit of tears and a lot of squealing, this was a happy pill to me. The author wrote it so well!
5. Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light by Madcap_Miss
A post-32 when ZZS thought WKX died. I've read three fics like this taking the same route, and I chose this as the best interpretation if Zhi Shu handled Kexing's revenge for him (after the fake death). It was brutally detailed, the gore parts were written really well, I can picture it out. Was dying along Zhi Shu's misery though we all know Kexing was alive.
6. No One Understands the Chemistry We Have by livinginaworldofnoise
Modern, one-shot. I think the author was drunk (positive) when writing this, it was just hilarious. Idk if my humor is broke or the author is really funny. I read this again before adding it here and I was still laughing hard. I rarely comment (I apologize) but I just couldn't help praising this author that I had to write a comment on how witty they are.
7. The Tiger and Its Skin by manic_intent
This author should write a novel. They wrote it like a novel, actually. It's a transmigration to non-wuxia and arranged marriage. It had me holding a grudge against the original Wen Kexing (No, ily). I don't have a lot of danmei to compare since I only read a few so for me, it really felt like one. The dynamic of this ZZS & WKX works really well. In every universe, whether WKX is kind or ruthless, ZZS will always be perfect for him.
8. How To Polish A Pearl by LL Zhass
This was a tough read at first. Trigger warning, think twice before reading. It was so miserable and scary. Forced Marriage. I was terrified and also intrigued. The author's character development was done well. I honestly could not predict how Zhi Shu ended up in Ghost Valley. I was terrified for his life. The revelation parts was amazing.
9. Through the Years With You by rivervention
Too short but the heartache was longer. It's life in immortality to modern days until the end. This was the kind of wenzhou that I yearn for. I want more immortal wenzhou reaching the modern era. What will they be doing? How will their life together without anyone left? This is so far, the only chaptered fic of immortal wenzhou to modern era that I found and it was written so well, I cried. Recommend me this kind of fic please 😭🙏
10. We Were Rivers, We Were Moonlight by silk_suture
Another arranged marriage theme that I got obsessed with. Sort of enemies to lovers though we all know in wenzhou's attraction to each other, it never lasts for long. Very political. The relationship development was amazing. ZZS is not so ZZS in here because he's going through something and it was understandable.
11. If We Are Fated by danveresque
The second fic I read where I cried every chapter (I didn't include my first one on this list). Immortality to modern era but there's only ZZS, I kept reading cause I wanted to know how in the world the author thought that it was fun killing one of them. The author has a talent for angst, should've just stabbed me.
12. Til Death Do Us Part by alipeeps
Do I say it again? Arranged Marriage (warprize). Kind of the opposite situation of recommendation #10 though they have zero similarities. This was thrilling, the build up of their relationship was even fun. I'm sorry I'm obsessed with WenZhou arranged marriage aus.
13. Perhaps It's Free Love by xiaokafei
I'm also obsessed with yearnings so this one worked on me as well. Modern. They sort of have familiality so that's their problem. More like ZZS's problem. And WKX is older so it felt brand new & ticklish when ZZS calls WKX 'ge'.
I love wenzhou's dynamic so much that makes all the authors so creative. There's a lot of option, like make wenzhou murderers, psychopath, soft and cutesy, comedians or just weirdos or mentally ill and it still feels like canon wenzhou. I'm enjoying them so much, I don't think I'll recover.
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