WangXian: Reunited ✔

Chapter 21: Passion Burns Bright

"...sleep love. sleep now."

~WEI YING'S POV~

Wei Ying woke to the clean, crisp smell of sandalwood. His vision blurred as he struggled upright. A cough rattled out of his bloodied lips, and he felt a faint sting from his abdomen. Wei Ying looked down at the rows of bandages wrapped around his middle, and sighed. "Lan Zhan?" he called, rolling his eyes. Lan Zhan was clearly overreacting. It's not like Wei Ying hadn't been stabbed before, just that his current body was too weak. Had it been his old body, even getting stabbed in the gut wouldn't have posed a problem for the Yiling Patriarch. 

"Wei Ying?" came Lan Zhan's faint reply as he pushed open the doors of the Jingshi. In his left hand, he held Suibian- in his right, he held a snow white rabbit. 

Wei Ying eyes darted back and forth as his mouth dropped in shock. He wasn't sure whether he should ask where Lan Zhan had found Suibian, or why on earth a bunny was curled up in his hand.  

Actually, the better question was probably, where had Lan Zhan even FOUND a rabbit. Didn't the Cloud Recesses prohibit raising animals as pets? Wei Ying spluttered, "L-Lan Zhan?" 

"Mn?" Lan Zhan gave him a confused look, unsure of his intentions. 

"W-When the fuck did you get a rabbit?" 

Lan Zhan frowned at his crass words, "It's mine," he replied. "My pet." 

Wei Ying's jaw was trying to unhinge itself from his skull. "W-What the fuck!" he exclaimed, sounding uncannily like Jiang Cheng. 

Lan Zhan's frown deepened, his brows twitching in irritation, "Is there a problem?" 

"You can't do that!" Wei Ying said in a strangled voice. "That's against the rules!" 

Lan Zhan's mouth twitched as he took in Wei Ying's flustered expression. "Cute." he muttered, before his eyes widened when he realized that he had just said that aloud. A deep flush crawled up his neck and his ears turned a bright red. 

Wei Ying nearly fainted. 'How many surprises can one take?' he thought as he looked at Lan Zhan incredulously. 'First Suibian, then the rabbit, and now Lan Zhan was calling him cute?!'  Wei Ying let out an involuntary shudder. There had to be a catch. 

"So..." he muttered, "Explain." 

"There's nothing to explain." Lan Zhan replied stoically. 

Wei Ying's eyes bulged. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NOTHING TO EXPLAIN?! YOU COME IN HERE HOLDING MY SWORD- THAT I HAVEN'T USED IN GOD KNOWS HOW LONG! AND YOU HAVE A RABBIT. LAN ZHAN YOU'RE HOLDING A RABBIT! YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? IT MEANS YOU BROKE A RULE. YOU'RE TELLING ME THE GREAT HAN-GUANG JUN JUST WALTZES ON IN HERE, A RABBIT IN HAND, COMPLETELY IGNORING HIS FAMILIES VALUES?!" he screeched, struggling to make sense of the situation at hand. "AND NOT ONLY THAT. YOU COME IN AND YOU CALL ME 'CUTE!' CUTE?! CUTE?! NO. I'M NOT CUTE. I'M THE TERRIFYING YILING PATRIARCH. THE BIG BAD WOLF THAT EATS YOU LITTLE WHITE SHEEPS! HOW DARE YO-" 

Wei Ying was abruptly cut off when Lan Zhan leaned forward, and curtly muffled his mouth with his. 'Ah shit,' he thought, grumbling to hi. 'I really don't want to stop... but I probably should. I need to know what happened.'

"Mm-" Wei Ying groaned, reluctantly pulling away. "Lan Zhan! Answer me!" 

Lan Zhan stared at him, a look of displeasure on his face. He looked like he had just seen something extremely unpleasant, his stoic features twisting. 

He narrowed his eyes, grabbing Wei Ying hands and quickly tying them with his forehead ribbon. Wei Ying gaped at him, mouth opened like a fish. "Lan Zhan?!" he squeaked, very much alarmed. Wei Ying didn't know what exactly the ribbon meant, but he knew it was something important. The last time he had touched Lan Zhan's forehead ribbon, the latter had glared at Wei Ying and stalked away, sulking.