To close my QiJiuWeek, here’s my last work. Fluffy duffy bois being happy together after. ♥

AO3

For months Xiao Jiu wondered how it would be when Qi-ge finally went back for him. Usually, he imagined he would receive a secret note or hear an unexpected whisper from out of nowhere telling him to wait for him in the courtyard by midnight. Then they would escape gliding through the roofs, flying on swords or clumsily jumping to the other side of the fence. Other times he imagined it would be while he walked behind Qiu Haitang on the market. Qi-ge would take advantage of the crowd and would take his hand as soon as the girl and her other servants went out of sight. Very rarely he imagined Qi-ge would come back for him through the front door. He would demand Xiao Jiu be freed and then they would walk together hand in hand as Qiu Jianluo watched helplessly. Yet, he never imagined he would bring other cultivators with him.

Xiao Jiu never thought anyone besides Qi-ge would be interested in helping him.