Perseverance (Wangxian)

Chapter 2 - The Truth

It has been about two days since Wei Ying got stabbed by his nephew, Jin Ling. Since he was stabbed, the rumors going around that Lan Wangji had been corrupted by the Yiling Patriarch, or had fallen under a spell, was spreading like wildfire. He was never corrupted, they just never knew that Lan Wangji actually had loved Wei Wuxian since they day he met him. He might not have realized it then, but when Wei Ying went missing during that three months he was in the burial mounds, that was when he knew his true feeling.

He has always wanted to act upon them, but Wei Ying had always told him he wasn't into men, and he was afraid of rejection. So, Lan Zhan loved him in silence and stayed beside him. With the misunderstandings they had, it made things worse for Wei Ying's thought about Wangji.

Could Lan Zhan blame him for that though?

Lan Zhan had been trapped and brainwashed into following his sects principles. His uncle fed him with the rules every day and did not let Wangji free of them. He wanted to rebel back then but he was afraid.

Now, he was no longer afraid. He will take on the world for Wei Wuxian. He will stand beside him and fight with him, for him, about him, and everything in between. He still cowers a bit under his uncle's harsh tone but he is willing to stand against him. He had already been whipped thirty-three times by the discipline whip, so he no longer cared about punishments. He would get whipped again if he had to, he will never turn his back on Wei Ying again. Or that is what was on his mind at the moment. What truth did he mean?

"Ah!" Wei Ying whinced as he tried to sit up.

Lan Zhan's eyes shot open and looked at his love. He stood up quickly and made his way over to help Wei Ying sit up. Once he was comfortable enough, Lan Zhan sat down beside him facing him.

"Your wound?" He asked.

"Oh, it's fine," Wei Ying said throwing a fake smile his way.

That fake smile was obvious to Lan Wangji now. He knows the real smile compared to the fake one. He sighed and opened his undershirt to check the he bandages. They seemed fine. Then he grabbed Wei Ying's arm and pushed back his sleeve revealing the cut from the summon. Wei Ying froze for a second before pulling his arm back and hiding the cut under his sleeve before his other hand moved above it. He looked almost afraid to talk about the summoning or ashamed of it.

"It was caused by the Sacrifice Summon?" Lan Zhan said more as a question. Wei Ying nodded, "how to remove it?"

Wei Ying shook his head, "I at least know Mo Xuanyu's last enemy. Once he is dead, the curse will life naturally," he told Lan Zhan.

"It's Jin Guangyao," Lan Zhan stated.

Wei Ying nodded, "I now believe that he was not kicked out for harassing Jin Guangyao and Qin Su. I think Jin Guangyao knew that Mo knew of his secrets, that was why he was kicked out."

"How sure are you?" Lan Zhan asked.

"Enough to believe that it wasn't because of harassment. Why would there be a letter left to Qin Su otherwise? What ever was on that letter, disgusted her to the point she was sick to her stomach and threw up," Wei Ying explained.

Lan Zhan nodded and looked at Suibian. He grabbed it from the sword and handed it over to Wei Ying.

"Your sword," he said.

"Thanks..." Wei Ying said taking it pulled it from its sheathe, looked into his eyes on the blade, then put it back in the sheathe and handed it back to Lan Zhan, "I want you to hold on to it. I cannot use it."

Lan Zhan shifted his eyebrows into a look of concern, "why?" He asked taking Suibian back into his hands.

"If I tell you, I have a feeling you will kick me out of Gusu and throw me to the wolves...I have a feeling if I ask you not to get mad, you will anyway," Wei Ying said.