WangXian Forever 5

Chapter 52 Expedition

Uncle Qiren knocked on the door of the Jingshi, stroking his beard.

The door was opened by a wildly enthusiastic Wei Ying, who managed to throw himself at the old man in delight.

"Uncle Qiren! We were coming to see you next!" Wei Ying grinned, stepped back and bowed, unconsciously doing everything he was supposed to in the wrong order.

Uncle Qiren awkwardly patted his back and entered the Jingshi.

"It was on my way..." his voice faded away into nothing as he glanced around the room, noting the sets of robes haphazardly strewn across various surfaces, travel necessities littering their usually tidy table, and a vast array of talismans piled in the corner of the room, ready to be packed for their trip.

His eye began to twitch.

"Uncle!" Luckily, XiChen came to his rescue.

He and Lan Zhan were just returning from some last minute discussions on tasks still pending at Cloud Recesses, when XiChen had stopped there with him.

"Why don't we have tea at our place?" He asked helpfully, to a grateful looking Wei Ying, who mouthed a 'thank you' at him.

Uncle Qiren was hastily led away, with a nonchalant nephew in bond, hanging onto his husband.

Lan Zhan listened to every word falling from his ruby lips, gazing in wonder at this beautiful man who was all his. He waited until XiChen had led their uncle inside the Hanshi, before pushing Wei Ying out of sight and against the nearest available surface, before kissing him thoroughly.

Wei Ying softened against him, his moans swallowed by the other, lips crashing together again and again. Dizzy with love and the plethora of emotions those lips never failed to bring out in him, mind, body and soul.

Lan Zhan held him while they caught their breath, kissing his forehead instead.

"I so want to do you right now," Wei Ying mumbled against his chest. "What was that for?"

"Wei Ying is adorable. Cute." Lan Zhan kissed his nose and tried to lead him into the Hanshi.

But Wei Ying held back.

"Give me a moment!" He hissed, pointedly looking down.

Lan Zhan followed him gaze and blushed, pink ears and all.

"You'll have to hide me." Wei Ying continued.

Lan Zhan bent down to whisper in his ear, "two, all."

Wei Ying looked up at him in disbelief. "You're not still playing, are you? Lan Zhaaan!" He whined, being pulled into the room.

Both XiChen and Uncle Qiren looked up at the noise, startled, while Wei Ying quickly sat down next to a smirking Lan Zhan.

Lan Zhan took hold of his hand and threaded his fingers through, still quite happy.

"Where do you intend to go?" Uncle asked.

"Straight up North, Uncle." Wei Ying told him. "We are a little too close to the sea, but it should be as straight a path as we can find."

"It gets cold, the further north you will travel." Uncle Qiren said, sipping his tea.

They all looked at him in surprise. XiChen recovered first.

"How does uncle know this?" He asked politely.

A look of pain flashed across his features, but it was gone as soon as it had come.

"I read it somewhere." He said, with difficultly, after a while.

They all could tell he was being sketchy with the truth, but nobody called him out on it.