The Lan Clan desperately tried finding their 2nd jade brother, and the monster he rescued. Lan Qiren was agitated, many of the clans grew angry and tried to abolish the Lan Clan for having Lan Wangji as a member in their clan. Especially the Jin clan, Jin Guangshan fought Lan Wangji and somehow had him slip by his fingers, including Wei Wuxian. Jin Guangshan berated Lan Qiren for not raising his young nephew, claiming "You have spoiled that disciple too much, he has become a menace to the cultivation world for protecting the Yiling Lazou!"
However, Lan Qiren had faith in his nephew, he knew his nephew wouldn't fall into evil's hands so easily. Lan Xichen however, had faith that he did fall into evil's hands, but not in the way everyone had originally expected. Lan Xichen knew his little brother well, and while he did think that this new behavior of his little brother was shocking, at the same time it wasn't too. Lan Xichen wanted to find his brother quickly, before the cultivation world did and before they could harm Lan Wangji.
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Lan Xichen visited Yunmeng for once, hoping to find a clue of Wei Wuxian that Lan Wangji would visit. Instead, he found Jiang Ehuang leaving Yunmeng with someone helping her out. Lan Xichen brought a few other disciples and noticed one of them staring at Jiang Ehuang, Lan Xichen then noticed that Jiang Ehuang's hair that is usually tied up, is now let down with a bun on the back of her hair. Not only that, she's discarded her lotus pier dress, seeing her now was like a whole different person, Jiang Ehuang was even yelling and screaming at someone! It was until they noticed that there was one other person on the dock talking to Jiang Ehuang, it was Sect Leader Jiang! Jiang Ehuang was yelling at her younger brother for something... Lan Xichen could tell a disciple he brought a long kept staring too long at the scene.
"Lan Qiang, it's rude to stare."
Lan Xichen pointed out, in response Lan Qiang coughed out turning his head around, apologizing to the Sect Leader.
"Ah, I got distracted, I apologize."
"It's alright, just make sure not to stare too often."
Lan Xichen gave Lan Qiang a comforting smile, turning his head towards the docks again to hear Jiang Ehuang slap her own brother. All the Lan disciples were dumbfounded and now they all stared in disbelief at the sight of Jiang Wanyin being slapped clean across the face by his own 2nd oldest sister! Lan Xichen wasn't sure how to process the situation, nor was he sure if he should help Jiang Wanyin or not because this wasn't his business but it'd be rude to also ignore a poor man who just got slapped. Just then, their boat made it to the dock, and Jiang Ehuang was ready to slap the shit out of Jiang Wanyin again for some reason. Just as Lan Xichen was ready to shield Jiang Wanyin or stop Jiang Ehuang, Lan Qiang leaped forward and grabbed Jiang Ehuang's hand. Jiang Ehuang was startled by the Lan member and violently kicked him away, asking "What do you want?" Her voice was no longer sweet and quiet as it used to be when she spoke to a cultivator.
Lan Qiang raised his hands in defense saying "Madam Jiang, please refrain yourself from hitting your brothe-"
"HE IS NOT MY BROTHER!"
She yelled and pushed Lan Qiang away, Jiang Wanyin looked towards the ground in shame. Lan Xichen stepped beside Jiang Wanyin and whispered, "Will you be alright with the Lan clan here?" Jiang Wanyin closed his eyes, clenching his teeth, and he snapped "Do what you want!" As he walked away.
Lan Xichen turned his head back to Jiang Ehuang and the Lan disciple, he calmly spoke to Jiang Ehuang hoping to calm her down, when she saw Lan Xichen she sighed and turned away. The white clad member watched as Jiang Ehuang's boat drifted away from Lotus Pier, her home. Now, the Lan clan began to walk around Lotus Pier, hoping to find Jiang Wanyin. Lan Xichen needed to speak on the matters of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, and because Jiang Wanyin knew Wei Wuxian the best (beside Jiang Ehuang) He decided to see through him first.
