After Wei Ying let himself fall from the cliff, everyone assumed he had died and and didn't go searching for his body. Lan Zhan locked himself in his room, he didn't do anything anymore and his cold expression seemed to have gotten even colder. That...
Wei Ying watched as everyone fought, sad. He had no other choice in his opinion, so he walked to the edge of the cliff, preparing to fall off it when he heard a voice from behind him." Wei Ying". He turned around and saw Lan Zhan walking towards him." Lan Zhan, it's over". He replied despair in his voice." I can help". Said Lan Zhan, coming closer to Wei Ying. The younger just smiled sadly, looking at Lan Zhan in the eyes, gently shaking his head no, tears streaming down his face." Thank you for being my friend Lan Zhan". He said quietly, trying to not burst out crying, he knew that this was the best choice, for himself and everyone else.
Lan Zhan was sad as he too knew that this was for the best, but he didn't want to accept it, he didn't want to accept that there was no other way of helping Wei Ying, so when he saw him let himself fall he ran to him and caught his arm, not willing to let him go." Lan Zhan, let go". Said Wei Ying." No, i can help you". Replied Lan Zhan as a tear streamed down his face." How?". He said, his question sounding more like a statement that a question. Lan Zhan couldn't reply, he didn't know how to reply. In the corner of Wei Ying's eyes, he could see Jiang Cheng approach them, and then Lan Zhan noticed him too, but before any of them could say or do anything, Jiang Cheng used his sword to unstablize the edge of the cliff and make Lan Zhan struggle to keep himself from falling and holding Wei Ying's hand at the same time so that he doesn't fall.
Seeing this, Wei Ying immediately shook his hand as hard as he could and fell into the smoke, down the cliff." Wei Ying!". Screamed Lan Zhan, eyes wide as he couldn't believe that the other had done that. Just then, the edge on wich he was standing on started to move, as a reflex he quickly backed out and moved back, the edge falling seconds later. He sat there, letting his tears fall as he didn't know what to do, he knew that Wei Ying had fallen but he couldn't help but feel that this wasn't the end. He could feel his brother come from behind him, who kneeled down next to him and hugged him." I'm so sorry Wangji". Not being able to contain his emotions, be hugged his brother back and cried, his brother comforting him.
A couple of days had passed since that day, Lan Zhan had not left his room, not to eat, not to talk to his brother, not to do anything. He would just stay there, barely getting enough sleep and he was also quite dihydrated and hungry, but he still wouldn't leave his room. That is until Lan Xichen had had enough of his brother. He knew that he had lost someone very dear to him, but he was not taking care of his health whatsoever, and it started to worry the older. He decided to go to Lan Zhan's room and help him eat or drink or at least get out of his room. He walked up to the room's door and knocked. After not hearing an answer, he decided to come in. Although he knew his brother didn't like it when people came in his room but he didn't want to just leave and let his brother go another day like this, so he came in and saw his brother laying on his bed, probably sleeping, and it saddened him that he had become so slim and pale.
He kneeled down next to him and gently to wake him. The latter slightly moved before waking up, he sat up and looked at his brother confused as to why he was in his room." Wangji, i know that you are sad but you have to get out of your room, you have been in here for a week". He said as he watched his little brother with worry in his eyes. Knowing that his brother was probably not going to give up on this matter, he stood up and followed his brother out of the room." You have to eat and drink". He said as he went inside of the dinning hall and saw that there was food that was prepared and on the table. Xichen sat down on a seat, gesturing to his brother to sit down on the seat infront of him.
They silently started eating, the younger jade brother eating slowly, not wanting to eat but forcing himself to do so. The older jade felt bad for his younger brother but he knew that he had to eat or else he could get malnourished, and that would be a problem considering his position in the Lan clan." I'm sorry Wangji, but you know that you that you have to eat". Said Lan Xichen as he felt bad for his brother. Lan Zhan didn't say anything back, just nodded, as always staying silent. But he felt sad, everything reminded him of Wei Ying, and he missed him so much. He missed the younger boy every day, thought about him everyday, dreamed about him every night, he never stopped thinking about the other. It didn't help that he felt weird, like he could feel someone's presence, he wanted to say that it was Wei Ying but he knew that that was unlikely, although he believed that unlikely didn't mean impossible.He always daydreamed about meeting the younger one day, but it always saddened him that it was near impossible to ever even speel to him again.
