Fateful Turn

I love you

Jiang Cheng prayed to heavens that he would be bestowed with patience. A lot of patience. Because right now, in front of him, is a pair of shameless men who couldn't seem to take their hands off each other since they arrived in Lotus Pier and he was on the verge of having a severe eye spasm due to the amount of eyerolling he did along the way!

He didn't know how he ended up agreeing to Wei Wuxian request to let Lan Wangji come with them to Yunmeng. Perhaps it was dangerous looking glare from the frosty ice prince himself or the equally dangerous looking unrelenting stare from his Yiling Patriarch of a martial brother. Long story, he was kind of forced to approve the request.

Anyway, it was also a good move politically. He just ascended to a position of Sect Leader and Lotus Pier was still rebuilding, so he needed a good relationship with other prominent clans and Gusu Lan is one of it.

(Lan Xichen, on one hand, happily approved his younger brother's request to go to Lotus Pier with Wei Wuxian when he saw the two of them together, eyes locked onto each other. He immediately could guess what had transpired between the pair and he wasn't even surprise when he learned that the two of them decided to be in a relationship. Their uncle almost had a stroke when Lan Wangji stubbornly refused to go back to Gusu but there was nothing he could say to change his favourite nephew's mind. In the end, he just huffed and reluctantly let Lan Wangji do whatever he wanted.)

"Would you two please stop?" Jiang Cheng hisses through gritted teeth as he glares at them, "Have some sense of shame! My eyes are going to rot!"

Wei Wuxian was leaning his head on Lan Wangji's shoulder like it was the most normal thing to do in public, looking at Lan Wangji with those bright eyes, like there were galaxies there that no one else could see. If that wasn't bad enough, Lan Wangji had his arm wrapped around Wei Wuxian's waist, holding him firmly. As if he were afraid Wei Wuxian might disappear.

"Why? Are you jealous?" Wei Wuxian looks at him with mischief dancing in his gaze. His smile so wide that it shows his perfect teeth. That damnable dimple showing too much. He is always like this, even when the sun doesn't shine. Wei Wuxian never shuts up and always finds something that annoys someone out of sheer joy of being able to do so.

Lan Wangji, however, was too smitten to notice or care about all of that, he simply got lost in that smile that seemed to be etched into his soul from birth.

Jiang Cheng groaned internally before he looked at Jiang Yanli , "Jie, could you please tell these two to behave themselves?"

Jiang Yanli gave him a pitying smile before she turned towards the couple, "A-xian, why don't you show Hanguang-jun around?"

Wei Wuxian happily obliged, dragging Lan Wangji along with him as he lead them both outside and towards the lotus pond .

Lan Wangji watched Wei Wuxian talk animatedly about everything in his mind, the way he moved his hands as he talked made his eyes sparkle with every gesture, every smile that accompanied his words. It wasn't an uncommon sight for Lan Wangji to watch him speak but after getting into an actual relationship with him, he found himself watching Wei Wuxian all the time. Every word he said felt like the first snowfall after the first spring thaw. His every movement was breathtaking, like watching an angel descend from heaven. He felt like he was falling for the man, just a little more each day.

"Lan Zhan! Lan Zhan!" Wei Wuxian's voice brought him out of his thoughts, he turns around, seeing Wei Wuxian waving at him, smiling brightly, "Come and see the lotuses! They bloom today."

Lan Wangji nodded, following Wei Wuxian closely as the two of them went closer to the pond where lotus flowers bloomed in beautiful shades of white, pink and purple. The water was clear and the reflection of the sunset was shimmering against its surface. He ran his hand to gently brush over the lotus flower, as if to reassure himself that he really was in Lotus Pier, not on Cloud Recesses. Lan Wangji noticed how Wei Wuxian never strayed far away from him since the beginning of their newly formed relationship and whenever he did , his hand was there to hold, and keep close.