𝐷𝑒́𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡「LCF x MDZS」

Chapter 101 -『Let Us Meet Again, For The First Time』

Something feels wrong.

He couldn't point or say the exact word of what it is exactly, but something is wrong.

He stares outside to see snow falling from the sky in a continuous manner, the freezing cold making itself known as he puffs out a breath of white smoke.

He wonders who opened the window to his room.

"Hah..."

He couldn't still think what is the unsettling feeling he have even after a long while.

He just sat there on his bed while staring at the gray skies.

Long after, he hears someone open the door to his room. When he turned to look who it is, he felt like he was looking on a mirror.

He and the person looked at each other for a long time before he sees the latter's eyes tremble slightly.

He found himself surprised at how easy he could read the other's miniscule expressions.

"...Brother?"

Hmm? That is surprising, to say the least. But at the same time, it isn't.

After all, what hope could he have when he couldn't even remember a single thing?

"...Hello?" He says in a hesitant and hoarse voice, making him cough from his throat being itchy.

The latter immediately walks near him and pats his back to sooth his coughing fit. Albeit he could feel how awkward the other is, he is still thankful for his kind act.

After a while, the latter spoke then when he sees him calming down.

"I will call father."

Before the latter could leave, he held his hand unconsciously.

"Uhm...may I...ask your name...?"

Even when his voice is hoarse, he tried his best to deliver his intention.

He could see how the other stills at his words, as if he said something wrong.

"...Lan Zhan...courtesy name, Lan Wangji. I'm your...younger brother."

He could only nod at Lan Wangji's words, staring blankly for a while before he sees blood on the younger's back.

"Are...you injured? You're bleeding..."

Lan Wangji seemed surprised when he said those words, making the younger try to hide the bleeding as he cleared his throat.

"It's fine. It doesn't hurt at all."

Liar. He could see how the younger would flinch discreetly with every movement.

Lan Wangji didn't wait for him to utter another word before he left his brother's room. He knows it's rude, but he still does not have the emotional capacity to speak wholly to his brother who have possibly lost his memories.

When Lan Xichen was left all alone in his room, he let out a forlorn sigh.

All he could remember right now was his birth name and courtesy name. And along with it, was the color red.

Lan Xichen wonders what is the significance of the color red in his life.

"Xichen."

He didn't even notice that a lot of time had already passed after Wangji left. When his brother came back, he was accompanied by a man with goatee and another man that looks the splitting image of Wangji and him.

Lan Xichen doesn't know what to do so he bowed his head in greeting.

"...Hello."

When the two older men turned to look at Wangji, he shook his head softly at them.