[ Xicheng ] - My Human

Chapter 8

[ JIANG CHENG'S POV ]

It was early morning when Jiang Cheng woke up. His tail had not gotten much better, but it was better than yesterday. From what Jiang Cheng could make out, it was around 5. No one would be awake at this time. Only certain servants would be allowed to roam the house at this time.

Jiang Cheng sighed.

It was too late to go back to sleep. He was already awake enough to not sleep. 

He slowly got up from bed, careful not to make any sort of noise that would alert the others. Then, he silently leaves his room and swims toward Wei Wuxian's room. 

Now, Wei Wuxian isn't exactly lazy. (Actually, he sorta is-) But when it comes to sleep, Wei Wuxian might as well wrap himself up in a silk cocoon with some alcohol and sleep for a few thousand years before waking up. Nothing could wake the guy up except for a certain soup that a certain sister makes.

So when Jiang Cheng slowly peeks into Wei Wuxian's room, he was quite surprised to see Wei Wuxian sitting up in bed, looking through the window with a solemn expression. He slowly swam to Wei Wuxian's bed, and was startled to see that he had been crying.

"What the fck got you up at 5? Aren't you supposed to be dead asleep?" 

"..."

"Well?? Are you going to answer??

"...Lan Zhan."

"... What?"

".. I miss Lan Zhan."

"I miss his golden eyes that shine brighter than the sun."

"I miss his firm protective arms."

"I miss his soft, gentle hands."

"I miss hugging him."

" I miss him.. "

A tear fell from Wei Wuxian's eyes which just confused and shocked Jiang Cheng even more. Wei Wuxian rarely cried. He was a very energetic person, and never cried about not seeing someone. If anything, he would just find another person to talk to and annoy. Thus, Jiang Cheng had no clue how to stop Wei Wuxian from crying.

"... Well, I can't sleep. I'm going to the surface."

Wei Wuxian's head snapped towards him. "Now?"

"Yes now so if you don't get your stupid tail out of bed, I'm going to leave without you!" 

A familiar smile reappeared on Wei Wuxian's face as he suddenly leapt out of bed and shot towards the door. "Let's go!"

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As they made their way towards the surface, a shell that hung from Wei Wuxian's robes started tingling. Wei Wuxian gave it a surprised glance before smiling. "Lan Zhan is here!"

Jiang Cheng frowned. "Already?"

Wei Wuxian nodded eagerly. "The shell vibrated, which means Lan Zhan has responded to my summoning!"

Jiang Cheng just rolled his eyes. "Where did you get the shell from?" 

Wei Wuxian stopped for a minute and tilted his head as if pondering Jiang Cheng's question. "I didn't find it. Lan Zhan gave it to me. He said something about soil and a radish. I don't really know."

Jiang Cheng just rolled his eyes again. 

"You can go find your husbando now. I'm going to see if I can find Lan Xichen."