Fic Update Thread: 56th edition

[Mamorien]

Also too, Threads of Destiny (xianxia) 415-Taming Winter 4.

"You could say that I follow our patriarch's school of thought. Wealth built in haste is a castle of sticks. Wealth built in patience, a fortress of adamant."

"Oh, your patriarch gives lessons?"

"Only for the very top earners. This type of thought is central to us, the parts of the house which sided with the Duchess."

"Not exactly a plodding decision."

"And isn't that the fun of platitudes?" Bao Qian shook the skillet, evening the distribution of the now carved nuts.

"You missed one."

"Ah, that one is on purpose. Without the cut, it will pop from the pressure, and that will tell us when the others are done roasting."

Ling Qi straightened up in her chair, resting her chin on the back of her hands as she leaned toward the fire, taking in the smoky scent.

"I don't think I can agree. I understand that I can't run forward at full speed all the time, but neither can I settle in place. I don't want to."

"I could tell," Bao Qian acknowledged.

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