Back To the Past

Chapter Thirteen

"Soooo-" Wei Wuxian starts to say but stops due to the glare he gets from Lan QiRen.

"You seem a little too happy for someone who has gone through trauma and depression not to mention you died AND married my holy and pure nephew." Lan Qiren says and Wei Wuxian chokes on thin air.

"Ha! Holy and pure my foot! He's a bea-" Jiang Cheng launches himself on Wei Ying before he finishes the sentence.

"For everyone's especially A-Jie's sake shut up and DON'T complete that sentence!" Jiang Cheng glares at him.

"nenenene... It's true though hmph!" 

Just then Lan Wangji comes in with tea and... Emperor Smile.

"Lan Zhan thank you so much, my pretty cabbage hubby!" Wei Wuxian takes the jar from his husband and starts drinking it "Haaa good stuff!" 

"Wangji! What is this?! You know very well that alcohol is prohibited in Clo-"

"I know Shifu that's why I bought it here in Jingshi." 

Lan Qiren takes a deep breath before sipping on tea. 

"I can't save him. He has gone too far..."

Everyone sits around having refreshments after watching Wei Wuxian's lane of memory. Although they watched it many parts were blurry which Jiang Cheng and Lan Zhan filled in. 

"So What are we going to do now?" Huaisang questions hiding himself behind his fan. 

"Well for starters only we should know about everything. Don't tell anyone. Even by accident. If any information gets leaked, things could worsen, and we must ensure that the timeline doesn't get interfered with too much." Wei Wuxian says thinking hard. 

"But don't worry I won't let anyone die this time, especially you Shijie..." he smiles but everyone knows the pain behind that smile. 

"Do we tell my brother? If we tell him he can deal with Meng Yao and that Xue Yang guy." Huaisang says.

"Hmm... Tell your brother to meet Lan Xichen and Jiang Cheng. Although Xue Yang was bad, maybe we can have him on this side. I think it would benefit us if he were to work with us."

Lan Wangji's POV

I see Wei Ying frown as he thinks. He's clever to think of making Xue Yang our ally. He could potentially help us. I look over to Lady Wen and Wen Ning, both siblings hadn't talked throughout. I stared for a few seconds before Lady Wen glanced in my direction. She sighs and walks towards Wei Ying.

"Wen Qing?" 

"A-Ying..."

Wei Ying stills. I know it must be hard for him. Because of the amount of help the Wen Remnants did for him... even I couldn't do when I was supposed to be by his side. I wasn't.

They were, however, and because of that, I will forever be grateful. 

No One's POV

"A-Ying... I'm sorry but I can't defect from the Wen sect. Yes, it will lead to me dyi-"

"I won't let that happen! Along with you... there were so many innocent Wens who died. They didn't deserve it, so not every Wen will face death this time. I will make sure of that."

"Why not make Lady Wen in charge of the Wen Sect?" Everyone turns to Lan Xichen.

"Mn."

"Lady Wen the sect leader would be beneficial don't you think?"

"Xichen... it's not as easy as said." Uncle says. "To be a sect leader, you need to have the support of your sect, you need power, I am not implying that Lady Wen would not make a good sect leader but there is still the obstruction of people not believing in her as she is a woman."

"My dear uncle did you forget that Madame Yu is also a woman..." Wei Ying questions. "Plus Wen Qing is very scary, especially with those needles and I would know cause she stabbed me with them. I didn't wake up for a week" Wei Ying exaggerates.

"Um Young Master Wei... my sister did that cause you weren't taking care of yourself..." Wen Ning says timidly, hiding behind his sister.

"A-Ying listen to me... I apologise for my behaviour before." Wen Qing says her voice stern but soft at the same time. "After seeing everything I understand why you were so desperate to get me out of the Wen Sect... but... I can't just defect from it. My family is there. I know it won't be a problem to get them out quietly after I speak to Wen Rouhan. But I will stay there... just so I can help you."

"No, it's too dangerous! If they find out they'll kill you!" Jiang Cheng yells. 

Wen Qing stares at Jiang Cheng but soon sifts her attention back to Wei Wuxian. 

"I will gather the information for you even if you know most of it. But I want to leave A-Ning with you-"

"A-Jie!" 

"A-Ning, I'm speaking. I want to leave him here with you because I don't want him to get hurt... again..." 

Sorry everyone for the long wait... I had writer's block and had no idea what to write halfway through the chapter... but I hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you and enjoy.