[[忘羡 | WangXian 3]] : Our Flesh And Bones

[130.] Loss.

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Bai Li had fallen back as the exploding light blinded her and she screamed. Lan Sizhui rushed towards her as he saw the bright light, but in the next second he heard a scream coming from the chamber of the Mistress  –  a scream so heart-breaking that he stopped dead in his footsteps, wondering which way to go. 

There came a second scream  –  another woman was howling now in Miao Lu's room, and he turned around and ran towards it.

Bai Li shook her head and got up, not giving up on her Masters – whatever was happening in the Mistress's chamber, she could not help, she was sure of it, but her Masters needed her; she felt it instinctively. She tried the doors again with all her strength, but they opened without a problem, and she bulged in, stumbling in and ready to apologize. 

What she saw left her stunned and speechless.

The Masters were standing in the middle of the room, absolutely naked, and all their scars were gone. 

Their skin shone, and their faces were serene, and they looked truly majestic. They were gazing at each other, touching each other as if they couldn't believe who they were. 

The strangest thing, though, was Master Wei. 

He looked different, taller, his chest broader, his hair longer, his limbs more muscular. 

He was smiling, touching Master Lan's face, and Hanguang-Jun's palms were on his husband's chest and he was crying, shaking his head and whispering:

- You came back to me, my love... My only love...

She fell to her knees, it was some sort of miracle. 

Finally, she managed to stutter:

- M-Masters... the baby... I...

- We met him. He is gorgeous.  –  Wei Wuxian turned to her and smiled again.

She blinked; her Master suddenly had become even more handsome, more magnificent. She heard a noise behind her back and Lan Sizhui barged in too, and now he was speechless too, gaping, unable to even blink.

Bai Li was the first one to come to her senses, and she stood up and brought robes to her Masters; both robes were Hanguang-Jun's, as now both Masters were equally tall and strong, broad-shouldered.

- Dad...Papa???  –  A-Yuan finally muttered too.  –  The baby... The baby... He...

They said nothing, but walked together to Miao Lu's chamber. 

The midwife was kneeling, bowing low and babbling, scared to death:

- Masters, I am so sorry... I was just about to wash him... But there was a flash, and he... he was... gone... Masters, I don't know... Please... Please, spare my life... Please...

Miao Lu was lying in the blood-soaked bed, weeping mournfully, wailing at her loss. She had been the second one to scream minutes ago.

- Masters... I lost him... Your son... Forgive me, Masters...

Wei Wuxian sat on the bed next to her and took her face in his hands. She looked at him scared, speechless too, blinking tears away, recognizing him.

- It will be fine, Flower girl.  –  he murmured, kissing her cheek. – Bai Li...  –  he turned towards the small crowd of people who were now watching them, amazed and cowering.  –  Please, pay this kind woman triple of what was promised to her. She delivered our son, and he is safe now.

He then turned to the midwife:

- All is fine, but you must swear to me not to tell anyone about what happened here today. Not before the time is right. If you do  –  we will know. None of my servants will break their vows to me. If you do  –  please rest assured that the Emperor's soldiers will find you and kill you the same day.  –  he smiled sweetly at her.

She nodded quickly, pale and terrified, swearing on anything, not sure how Wei Qianbei looked the way he did. Everybody in the room, and also outside it, looked mildly terrified too, except Lan Wangji; his heart was melting with happiness to hear Wei Wuxian refer to the servants as his.

- Everybody out. The Mistress needs rest.  -  Hanguang-Jun's voice thundered and the room got empty too quickly.