Wei Clan of Yiling

Chapter 8- Ah-Yuan

  The next morning a knock came at the door, "Wei Wuxian! Wake up! It's already late-" Xue Yang stopped and looked at the scene in front of him. He smiled softly before carefully closing the door and walking away.
   Wei Ying, however, had already woken up. He looked down and saw Wangji hugging his waist, face in his chest, and smiled.
  He gently shook the man's shoulders, "Lan Zhan, wake up."
  Wangji's eyes opened and saw him, he looked around and saw how bright it was. He sat up quickly, "Where am I?"
  "You're at Winter Mansion," Wei Ying said, "do you remember anything?"
  The man stood still for a minute before slowly nodding.
  "Okay, do you want to eat breakfast?" Wei Ying asked.
  "Mn," Wangji replied.
  "Great! Let's get you a fresh set of clothes and then we can go eat," Wei Ying said. He walked outside and found a maid, "Ah, Li Mei. Could you get me some robes? They should be slightly bigger than mine, maybe Song Lan's size."
   "Of course," Li Mei bowed and walked away.
   Wei Ying closed the door and went back to Wangji who was looking around a bit. "It's nice isn't it?"
  "Mn, very nice," Wangji said.
  Wei Ying smiled widely, "Woah! Even you think it's nice!"
  A knock came at the door, "Sect Leader Wei."
Wei Ying rushed over and opened the door, "Thanks Li Mei!" He took the clothes and closed the door. "Here, Lan Zhan, these should be your size."
   He handed the clothes to the man before turning away, "I'm going to go see where the others are, come out when your ready and ask the servants where the dining hall is." He walked out the door and shut it behind him.
  Wangji looked at the door and then at the clothes, he smiled a bit before changing.
   Wei Ying was in the dining hall where he found Xingchen, Xue Yang, and Song Lan all eating.
  "Wei Wuxian, you're late," Xue Yang said nonchalantly.
  "I know, I know," Wei Ying sighed.
  "Come sit down," Xingchen said, "breakfast is ready. We also got a plate for Hanguang Jun."
"How did you know he was here?" Wei Ying asked.
  "Ah-Yang told us," Song Lan said, taking a sip of his drink.
  Xue Yang nodded, "That's right, he's getting ready I assume."
  "Mhm," Wei Ying nodded. He began eating when he heard footsteps, "Ah, Lan Zhan. Are you-" he froze when he saw the man.
  Wangji was wearing a black attire with a red tassel on his waist. His hair was nicely done, nothing major, just tied on the back.
   "Wei Wuxian!" Xue Yang called out, "Are you okay?"
  Wei Ying broke out of his trance, "Huh? I'm fine!" He chuckled nervously and had a dark blush crawl up his neck to his cheeks.
  Wangji sat down next to Wei Ying and calmly began eating.
  Wei Ying couldn't help but look at the man again, he looked so handsome. Wangji turned to him causing Wei Ying to open his eyes wide and turn away.
   Xue Yang saw this and nudged Xingchen, "Look," he whispered before nudging Song Lan as well.
   They heard a sudden yell, "Baba!"
  All of them turned around and saw their kids running towards them.
  Wei Ying smiled widely, "Ah-Yuan!" The small boy ran into his father's arms with a small giggle.
  The two parted and Wangji looked at the boy fondly.
  "Baba, who is he?" Yuan asked.
  "He's a really close friend of baba," Wei Ying said, "you can call him whatever you want."
  "Mmmm Ah-Die!" Yuan exclaimed joyfully.
  Wangji nodded, "Mn."
   Wei Ying smiled sheepishly, "Ah Lan Zhan, this is Ah-Yuan."
   Wangji looked at the boy, "Hello, Ah-Yuan."
  "Ah-Die!" Yuan ran to the man and climbed up to his lap.
  "Hey! Ah-Yuan, let him eat!" Wei Ying scolded, reaching an arm out that was stopped by Wangji.
  "Let him sit," he said.
  Wei Ying sighed but nodded, "Okay, make sure he doesn't leave a mess."
  "Mn," Wangji replied.
  "Ah-Qing, Ah-Liang, have you finished eating?" Xingchen asked his children.
"Mhm," Liang said, "we're all done!"
"Good, where's Auntie Wen?" He asked.
Qing replied this time, "She's with Bingwen, also she said to call Uncle Wei. Something about her brother..."
Wei Ying shot up, "What? Where is she?"
"In his room," Liang pointing to the left.
Wei Ying ran away, Xue Yang hot on his heel. Xingchen and Song Lan turned to Wangji who looked concerned, "Don't worry, they both know how to handle this," Song Lan said.
Wangji nodded before asking, "Do you all use demonic cultivation?"
Xingchen nodded, "Yes, the doctors are the only ones who don't really use it. The rest of us do."
"What about a golden core?"
"We still have golden cores, we learned to manage both at the same time," Song Lan said.
Wangji nodded, "I see." He looked down at his plate and continued eating in silence, Yuan still on his lap.
After a few minutes Wei Ying and Xue Yang came back. The two sighed in relief, "Glad that's over with," Xue Yang said.
  "Did he go back to sleep?" Xingchen asked.
  "No, he actually woke up," Wei Ying said with a wide grin.
"That's great!" Xingchen exclaimed, "Is he doing well?"
"Yep! We let him and Wen Qing catch up," Wei Ying replied as he sat down.
  They all continued eating while talking to their children, "Ah-Yuan, do you want to show Ah-Die your room?" Wei Ying asked the boy.
  "Yeah!" Yuan stood up and grabbed Wangji's hand, pulling him away. "Follow me, Ah-Die!"
Wangji smiled a bit before standing up and letting himself be led to a room by the boy, Wei Ying following close behind.
   Yuan showed Wangji a box full of toys and wooden swords. "Look! I can fight now!" He picked up two swords and gave on to Wangji, before playfully fighting with him.
  Wangji blocked all his blows gently with fond eyes. He let Yuan win in the end, "Good job."
  "Thanks Ah-Die!"
  Wei Ying watched the two interact and smiled, maybe things won't be so bad after all.