Fic Rec: may we all be so lucky (The Untamed, Meng Shi)

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I can't remember who recced this to me, but I really loved it. It's 10k and does a great job of really fleshing out Meng Shi as a person, both her flaws and strengths, how her choice of keeping Meng Yao made her life worse but also gave her something to live for (beyond survival alone). It does a great job of showing Jin Guangshan at his charismatic best, showing the appeal of his confidence, rather than painting Meng Shi as naive and easily fooled. (And it was an interesting insight into Meng Yao, and has me thinking about the edges I file off his character when I write him.)

may we all be so lucky (9724 words) by umbrellabirds
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Modao Zushi - Moxiang Tongxiu & Related Fandoms
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Meng Shi & Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao
Characters: Meng Shi (Modao Zushi), Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Jin Guangshan, Sisi (Modao Zushi), Anxin (Modao Zushi)
Additional Tags: One Shot, Period-Typical Sexism, Backstory, slight intimations of a lesbian love triangle
Summary:

At birth, and for the next fifteen years of her life, Meng Shi enjoyed a gift of incredible good fortune. She spent the rest of her life atoning for it.