𝐷𝑒́𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡「LCF x MDZS」

Chapter 16 -『To Befriend A Redhead』

"I'll go into a thirty day seclusion to reflect on the atrocious things I've done."

Cale furrows his eyebrows, confused at the Elder's words.

"I see?" The redhead says, still confused on why Lan Qiren was telling him this.

"I also apologize for throwing a book on your face. I didn't know you have a weak constitution to the point you'll faint."

Cale doesn't know if the elder was ridiculing him or pitying him, so he just frowned instead.

"It is alright, Elder Lan. I have always been a frail one since I was a kid. Though if I may ask, what did you do to go into seclusion?"

If Lan Qiren was guilty at throwing a book on his face, it was quite alright for Cale to experience that pain since he learned something about his previous life.

"As I have said, I am deeply sorry for throwing a book on your face. If your head still aches, please tell Xichen here."

So Lan Qiren was really going into seclusion because of a simple incident.

Cale chuckles lightly, since being overly happy is forbidden in Cloud Recesses.

"Elder Lan, you don't have to go into seclusion. Instead, I should be thanking you since I remembered something I have long forgotten."

The redhead then looks outside the window, his eyes unknowingly turns somber.

Curiosity. Lan Qiren and Lan Xichen is curious about Wei Xun and how his mind works behind that unreal demeanor of his.

"And besides, who will teach us guest disciples but you, Elder Lan?" Cale flatters.

Lan Qiren just scoffs, hiding a smile by caressing his goatee.

"If you say so."

Cale then stretches his arms before yawning, he then looks at the uncle and nephew pair once again.

"If I may ask again, where is my little brother?"

The redhead knew that Wei Ying should be beside him worrying on why he won't wake up just like Hong would, he knew that Jiang Cheng should be somewhere threatening the physician like Raon would, and Jiang Yanli would calm her two brothers just like Ohn would.

Now that Cale ponders about it, their similarity was really uncanny when it comes to him.

"He is with Wangji, currently writing Gusu Lan's rules for one month as a punishment from shushu."

Cale once again furrows his eyebrows.

"Then I will go now. I have another class to teach." Lan Qiren says before leaving the two alone.

"What did he do now?"

Lan Xichen just smiles, finding the Wei brothers amusing.

"He angered my uncle, saying there's a fourth path which is controlling an undead."

Cale frowns before asking, "Demonic cultivation? He really said that in front of a Lan Elder?"

Lan Xichen simply nods, clearly amused at the redhead's expression.

The older man then teases, "What about you? What is your take on your brother's opinion?"

Cale held out his hand before wearing a stoic face, "No, I'd rather not bother myself with such things."

He would rather live in ignorance than put his nose around something prohibited in the cultivation world.

Lan Xichen smiles again, his curiosity still unanswered with the way Cale was replying.