Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 71 - Drunk Bathing

"Why are you moving further away from me?" Lan Wangji asked.

"I am ashamed of what is to come. I feel better over here," Wuxian said sitting alone.

"But Wei Ying?"

"Please, just let me sit here," Wuxian told him.

Lan Wangji nodded but hated that Wei Wuxian was being this way. Why was he ashamed? What did he do?

...

One of Wei Wuxian's fingers was already caught within his mouth.

"..." Wei Wuxian, "Open your mouth."

Lan Wangji held his head high, maintaining a cold gaze. Leaning forward slightly, he moved his teeth from the first knuckle to the second. He bit down even harder.

Wei Wuxian, "Ow!"

Lan Wangji finally relaxed somewhat. Wei Wuxian took this opportunity to pull his finger back and roll to the side. The bite made his hair rise. Anything that bit made him think of dogs, and his hair rose whenever he thought of dogs. Yet, before he was even able to roll far enough away, Lan Wangji tore Bichen out of its scabbard and stabbed it hard into the sitting mat, nailing a corner of Wei Wuxian's robe onto the ground. Both of them changed into the clothes they were wearing currently at Lotus Pier. They were made of a special fabric and didn't tear easily. Being held back by the corner of his robe, he couldn't roll any farther.

Wei Wuxian, "Lan Zhan, look at you. You poked a hole in the inn's floor and sitting mat. You're gonna have to pay..."

Before he even finished his sentence, he felt someone seize the back of his collar and drag him back. Wei Wuxian's back collided hard with the person's chest.

Lan Wangji 's low voice immediately thundered beside his ear, "Pay!"

As he finished, he yanked Bichen from the ground as if he wanted to stab a few more times.

Wei Wuxian threw himself back and stopped him, "Stop! What's wrong with you? Why are you like this after just a cup of wine? Look at what bad things you're doing."

His tone was reproachful. Lan Wangji looked at him, then at his hand, and then at the hole in the floor. As though he suddenly realized, he threw his sword away at once. Bichen crashed onto the ground with a dull 'clang' before it rolled away. Wei Wuxian grabbed the sheath with his left hand and used his foot to kick it into the air. Steady and precise, Bichen plunged right into its sheath.

Wei Wuxian scolded, "Don't throw such a dangerous thing around."

Hearing this, Lan Wangji sat even more properly. He looked down, almost as if he knew he did wrong and was willing to improve. It had always been Lan Wangji who scolded him so seriously. Only after they drank was he able to turn the tables. Holding Bichen in his folded arms, Wei Wuxian looked at him with a tilted head, trembling as he tried to hold back his laughter.

...

"Looks like Wei Wuxian has his work cut out for him," Wen Ruohan said.

"As naughty as Wangji is being, I have to admit I'm finding it a bit cute like Wuxian on screen," Xichen said as he too, was holding back some laughter, "who knew Wangji could be like this when drunk."

"Try dealing with him," Wuxian said.

"Sorry," Wangji said.

"Don't apologize to me, remember?" Wuxian told him.

Wangji looked at him for a moment and responded to him with a single nod.

...

He genuinely loved the drunken Lan Wangji. Now that he was drunk, Wei Wuxian's past dilemma had completely disappeared. It was as if all the wildness in him that had nowhere to go finally found an exit out of his body. Walking a few circles around Lan Wangji, who was still sitting all prim and proper, Wei Wuxian turned around and sat down beside him, holding up his ragged robe for him to see.