The resemblance is certainly uncanny. She's a little shorter with feminine assets and curves but she could easily pass for an identical twin sister. If possible, her facial features are even softer and prettier. And the robes she's wearing certainly mark her as Nie cultivator and one of high rank at that,
After a few minutes of sputtering and coughing up water, she manages to sit up, pushing her dripping hair out of her eyes. Once she's able to speak, she turns grateful puppy eyes to her savior. Then stops with a start.
"...Jiang-xiong? What happened to you!? You look old."
Even if physically, she probably doesn't look much younger than the Nie Huaisang that already exists in this timeline does given the man maintains his youth very well to begin with. They both likely look firmly in their twenties.
There's truly only one person who would call him that. With a closer look,
she truly...as if Huaisang had been born a woman instead of a man. Jiang
Cheng can't help himself with staring at her as she gathers her bearings.
Those puppy eyes. His eyes widen when it clicks into place.
"...Huaisang?" he ventures carefully.
There's so many questions: how? What? Why did she call him old?!
His gaze sweeps over her body again and looks back up at her eyes.
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Date: 2023-07-27 09:40 pm (UTC)After a few minutes of sputtering and coughing up water, she manages to sit up, pushing her dripping hair out of her eyes. Once she's able to speak, she turns grateful puppy eyes to her savior. Then stops with a start.
"...Jiang-xiong? What happened to you!? You look old."
Even if physically, she probably doesn't look much younger than the Nie Huaisang that already exists in this timeline does given the man maintains his youth very well to begin with. They both likely look firmly in their twenties.
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Date: 2023-08-06 09:37 pm (UTC)There's truly only one person who would call him that. With a closer look, she truly...as if Huaisang had been born a woman instead of a man. Jiang Cheng can't help himself with staring at her as she gathers her bearings. Those puppy eyes. His eyes widen when it clicks into place.
"...Huaisang?" he ventures carefully.
There's so many questions: how? What? Why did she call him old?!
His gaze sweeps over her body again and looks back up at her eyes.
"...Did Wei Wuxian put you up to this?"