Lizie Loves Paper

-Excerpt from a book I’ll never write, 102

I know that Shancai and Daoming si end up together. But I have this headcanon that they go on to have a happy marriage, and still remaining close with F4 and Shancai’s friends. But like all marriages (and knowing Daoming Si) they also have lots of arguments. When it gets bad, Shancai finds refuge in Huaze Lei, as she always does. She stays over at his place for a night or two, just to get some space. He always calls Si to tell him that she is safe at his place, but he doesn’t interfere in their personal affairs.

But suddenly, Si dies in a car crash. Everyone is distraught and mourns him deeply. Then, at his funeral, his lawyer shows everyone a video of Si’s last will and testament. It’s a video of Si stating his final wishes for everyone he cares about. He leaves most of his fortune to Shancai, and some to his sister. He leaves some properties to Meizou and Ximen. But to Lei, he entrusts his most prized treasure - Shancai. He says he always knew that the two cared about each other deeply, and over the years, his previous resentment of Lei became gratitude. He came to accept that there are some things he cannot give Shancai, like stability and constant kindness, but Lei can. Lei has always protected Shancia no matter what, even from Si himself. So, just like all these years, he wants Lei to take Shancai into his care and protect her. Si knows that Lei will do this even without being told, but it makes him feel better to think he ordered him to.

So Shancai gives the Daoming mansion over to his sister (it was too painful to stay there without him anyway), and moves in with Lei. A few months later, she finds out she is pregnant with Si’s baby. There are many tears, both of joy and sadness, over this final gift Si gave her. When the child is born, he is given the Daoming last name. As he grows up, Lei and Shancai tell him stories about his father. Lei put up some photos of Si with Shancai and F4, so that his son would never forget his father. The boy grows up with Si’s looks and fire, but nurtured with Lei’s thoughtfulness and restraint. When the boy tried to call him “father”, Lei corrected him with “uncle” out of respect for Si. But Shancai told him to go along with it as it would only confuse the boy when he grows up. And as the years passed, Shancai could no longer deny the connection and love she has for Lei. It was the same love she had for him all along, but without Si, she now had space to let it flow through her whole heart.

The two married some years later, with the blessing of all their friends and family. Si’s son stood with them at the altar, and held Lei’s hand through their vows. The following year, Shancai gave birth to their child, a daughter. Every year, during holidays and birthdays, Lei and Shancai would take their kids to visit Si’s grave. The boy would hold his sister’s hand over his father’s tombstone, as Lei recounts stories of his best friend. Theirs became the most powerful family in Shanghai, raising heirs for both the Daoming empire and the Huaze group.

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