Past Perplexity ongoing Past Perplexity AUTHOR: vexedstars 
LEAD: Chen
GENRE; SETTING: action, adventure, romance; fantasy
CHAPTERS: 13, as of 21/09/2015
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When Min Jee clears out the attic of her deceased grandmother's house, she finds an ancient ornamental box shrouded with mysteries that go beyond her years. With too much free time on her hands and a thirst for adventure, Min Jee follows the clues left in the box. However, it leads her on a wild goose chase where she finds herself in the arms of a male by the name of Chen who, as it turns out, is closely intertwined with her past.

As she and Chen work together to uncover the secrets, a strange group with cryptic tattoos and a secret language are hot on their heels and they find themselves having to go head on with more than they woudl ever anticipate. With twists and turns that appear at every corner, Min Jee tries to discover the truth and treasures of the past as a simple summer mystery soon turns into something more deadly...

thoughts PLOT: This fic has been on my radar for a while – since before I started this list, actually – but I've only just got round to reading it. And since it's Chen's birthday, here's a Chen fic you should all read. It's not often I find fics about my bias, but this is by some way the best one I've read on this site. There aren't many Chen fics around in the first place, so finding a good one is like finding a diamond.

Min Jee unearths a mysterious box and a bunch of letters in her late grandmother's attic. While she gets her best friend Minseok to decipher an ancient script on the box, she decides to investigate the person on the other end of the () love letters and finds herself tumbling straight out of her depth into something straight out of mythology. Down the rabbit hole with her is Chen, charming grandson of her grandmother's inamoratus, and chasing them both is a mysterious group of followers of Erebus. "Pandora's" Box is also happily opening itself and causing havoc, and Chen and Min Jee are the only ones who stand between the world and absolute Chaos – and they don't even have the first clue what the