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Da Qing has been wandering for a long time. Long enough, and far enough, that he has long since stopped being able to keep track.

He doesn't mind; he is a cat, after all, and he loves his freedom. He loves the feel of the dirt under his paws, loves following the scents in the wind, going wherever his nose and his heart take him. The landscape stretches away, the days go on, and so does he. He only knows three things for certain — that he is part of the majestic Cat Tribe, that he had a master once, and that he will see them again one day. The rest is just fish, and sunlight, and life.

Da Qing's subjects are having problems, so he magnanimously decides to help them out.

Four Dragon City University students have a conversation in the student lounge, and the world changes.

Guo Changcheng believes that something is very wrong with him. He's constantly in a sweat, his hands shake, and his heart always feels like it's being crushed in a trash compactor. Maybe his job at the SID is getting to him, but he started to think that he was coming down with something serious soon after he walked through the office doors on his first day. Whatever it was, he's very, very certain it will kill him one day, and soon. So he seeks the help of local biology professor and Dixingian expert Shen Wei. Shen Wei's diagnosis isn't what he expects.

“Statement from—oh. That’s, interesting? It’s not as long as I expected. Statement from Ye Zun regarding a city in the dark."

Da Qing considers the implications of having Shen Wei in his territory.

It's not exactly surprising or unexpected that it happens. Shen Wei should have expected it, all things considered. He supposes he just didn't expect Zhao Yunlan to get so impatient that he'd bike over on his lunch break and corner Shen Wei at his desk.

Zhao Yunlan stops by Shen Wei's office for lunch.

Then the dust settles, and it’s like they have no reason to touch each other. There are no injuries, no near death experiences. No Hallows for Zhao Yunlan to impulsively grab and have Shen Wei come sweeping in to grip at him and scold him.

It's time for Zhao Yunlan to learn how to not fall to the ground.

Podfic of Not Falling by tinypinkmouse.

Da Qing exacts revenge on the miracle doctor for refusing to treat Zhao Yunlan. Shen Wei approves.

It's time for Zhao Yunlan to learn how to not fall to the ground.

And that name — Kunlun. There is something unmistakably familiar about it. Something that should be as easy and intimate as the shape of his paws, the feel of sunlight on his fur.

Da Qing curls in on the sofa and chases that feeling. That feeling of bone-deep knowing, as sure as the ground below his paws, requiring only a quick sweep of dirt to reveal the solidity underneath. Except no matter how far Da Qing tries to dig, it escapes him.

Instead, his mind skitters and turns, landing on an altogether different memory. A day in the SID over a decade ago, crouched in his cat form in a corner, away from Old Chief Zhao's sharp eyes. The day he first met Zhao Yunlan.

Shen Wei overworked and collapsed. Zhao Yunlan blamed himself. Prequel to On Wings of Song (ref. chapter 6). A follow up to Part 5 of ‘Baobei, I love you’ series.

Sometimes finding a comfortable place to sleep is fraught with peril.

Podfic of cat accidentally locked in room all day by tinypinkmouse.

Sometimes finding a comfortable place to sleep is fraught with peril.

Zhao Yunlan gets a job offer he's a bit too curious to say no to, even if he never really planned on working for the government. Mostly because he never saw why the government would want a mostly useless historian. He didn't expect his new job to involve quite so much actual time travel.