Multiple Water Ghouls climbed up onto the boat, their weight slightly tipping it over. Before Lan Wangji could think to force them off with bichen, they were all eradicated in one fell swoop. Lan Wangji turned around, only to see Wei Wuxian sheathing his sword with a click. There was an uncanny silence.
"What is the name of this sword?" Lan Wangji asked, staring at said sword.
"Suibian (Whatever)," Wei Wuxian replied, placing it on his back.
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Those who understood stifled a laugh. Others simply watched, gawking at the disrespectfulness.
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"..." Lan Wangji stared with an indecipherable expression.
Wei Wuxian frowned, 'Did he not hear me?'
"Suibian (Whatever)," He repeated.
Lan Wangji pursed his lips, "The sword is spiritual. It is disrespectful to name it as one pleases."
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"Exactly!"
"It's disrespectful!"
"Extremely disrespectful!"
"As much as I love you Wei Wuxian, I have to be on Lan Wangji's side this time."
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"Ugh," Wei Wuxian sighed, "You don't get the joke? I didn't mean that you could call it whatever you wanted to. It's just that my sword's name really is Suibian (Whatever)."
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Jingyi snorted, "Sorry to disrupt the silence, but that is so Baba."
Jin Ling huffed, "You're right, it sounds like something he'd do."
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He took the sword and held it out to show Lan Wangji, "Here, take a look."
Lan Wangji held the sword and stared at the sheath with a blank expression.
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Many mirrored his expression.
"So it really wasn't a joke?"
"I assumed the Yiling Patriarch would have cooler name for his sword like Sect Leader Jiang's Sandu."
"I suppose it's unique.."
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Taking it that he understood, Wei Wuxian retrieved the sword, "You want to ask me why it's called this, don't you? Everyone asks if there's a special meaning behind it. In reality, there's no special meaning at all. When uncle Jiang gave me the sword and asked me what I was calling it, I came up with more than twenty names, but I wasn't pleased with any of them. I decided that I could let Uncle Jiang name it for me, so I answered 'Whatever'."
"But who could've known that after the sword was casted. these were the two characters engraved on it, "Wei Wuxian smiled, reminiscing at the memory, "Uncle Jiang said 'If this is the case, why not let the sword be called Suibian?"
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"So Jiang Fengmian was in on it as well.."
"Actually, the name's kind of neat, isn't it?"
"It's a fine name, I suppose."
"Uniqueness can be beautiful."
Wen Ruohan chuckled, "Lan Wangji is not amused."
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FanfictionWei Ying has died once. Twice if you count the day he was dropped into the burial mounds. He was someone who fought for what was right, but was wronged for it and his life was the cost. Now, a few years after everything had ended, With Jin Guangyao...
