Walking Through Open Doors
Author: LL_Zhass Rating: Explicit Fandoms: 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021) Relationships: Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu, Wen Kexing & Zhang Chengling & Zhou Zishu, Zhang Chengling & Zhou Zishu, Jing Beiyuan/Wu Xi, Cao Weining & Gu Xiang Characters: Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, Zhang Chengling, Han Ying (Word of Honor), Ye Baiyi, Jing Beiyuan, Wu Xi (Qi Ye), Gu Xiang (Faraway Wanderers), Luo Fumeng, Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Kidfic, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Fluff and Crack, Inspired by Hallmark Movies, this might have a sprinkle more angst than a usual Hallmark, Happy Ending, matchmaker Zhang Chengling, except he's Zhou Chengling, Everyone Needs A Hug, Playing Fast And Loose With Both Canons, writer Zhou Zishu, hacker Wen Kexing, sort of blind date but not really, stranded on a mountain because how else do WenZhou date?, Ye Baiyi is a third wheel but not as much as Han Ying, Wen Kexing has explicit thoughts about this, reference to dangerous situation, reference to past child abuse Wen Kexing and others (mentions only), WenZhou does yoga and martial arts and drive motorbikes, Top/Bottom Versatile | Switch Wen Kexing, Top/Bottom Versatile | Switch Zhou Zishu, No Beta - we die like WKX's modesty! Completed: 2023-12-26 Wordscount: 74,848 Chapters: 14/14
Synopsis: He kicks a bottle cap that someone has carelessly discarded only a few meters from the public rubbish bin, and watches it bounce haphazardly over the pavement until it rolls in through an open glass door to a vintage looking bookstore. Why is a bookstore open this late on a Friday anyway? Who in their right mind spends their Friday evening here?
To answer his silent questions, a male voice filters out through the opening and Wen Ke Xing stops dead in his tracks. Not because of the voice, even though it is a smoky, velvety, kind of voice, but because of the words. He recognizes those words. They are words he has read many times over. In fact, if he continues to walk home to his penthouse, he knows exactly where that book would be, nestled amongst hundreds of others that he has collected over the years. That specific book would be the one with the scuffed edges, earmarked pages, and even highlighted sections. It’s also the book that is written by him.
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Zhou Zi Shu is having a writer’s block. Wen Ke Xing is looking for love. Zhou Cheng Ling schemes. Everyone else are the best wingmen.
OR, a teenager's guide on how to catfish a boyfriend for your dad.
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Scar's Thoughts: Holy heck this was incredible, like drinking lemon water and realising that you did in fact have a niggle at the back of your throat that has now been washed away. Very much hallmark inspired but with refreshing takes on all one's favourite tropes (and without going too far; the author probably could have thrown the kitchen sink at it with 'and there was only one bed' and there was clear opportunity, but I feel the author agrees with me that it is better for the lack) Like Zhou Zi Shu's fascination with Wen Xe King's eyes, I was utterly drawn in by the backstories created here and how rich they are without making one feel caught up in exposition. Also how each of the characters feel about the stage of their life they find themselves in. Super well written, very compelling, great story. 10/10
