27. Rabbits

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After Lan QiRen left Qinghe and returned to Gusu, he didn’t make Wei WuXian go to the Library Pavilion to copy the Lan Sect’s sect rules again, but simply gave him a harsh scolding in front of everyone. Without the parts where he quoted ancient scriptures, it all boiled down to how he had never seen someone so unruly and shameless before, so please get lost, as soon and as far as possible. Please don’t go near the other pupils, and especially refrain from tainting his favorite one—Lan WangJi.

"It's already too late." said Wei Wuxian with a laugh.

"I won't make the same mistake again." said Lan Qiren.

"But Lan Zhan is already mine." said Wei Wuxian, teasing the old man.

As he scolded, Wei WuXian only grinned while listening, feeling no humiliation or anger at all. Immediately after Lan QiRen left, Wei WuXian sat down and spoke to Jiang Cheng, “Don’t you think that it’s a bit too late, telling me to get lost now? He only told me to get lost after I finished tainting his person. It’s too late!”

"You're really the same to your future self." said Jin Zixuan.

"Because he is my future self." said Wei Wuxian.

The waterborne abyss in Caiyi Town created a great deal of trouble for the GusuLan Sect. It was impossible to completely destroy it, and the Lan Sect couldn’t chase it to somewhere else like the Wen Sect did. The sect leader of the Lan Sect was in secluded meditation most of the time, so Lan QiRen used all of his energy on this matter. With the lessons becoming shorter and shorter, Wei WuXian’s time spent with his friends in the mountains became longer and longer.

"I will continue my responsibilities when we get back." said Qingheng-jun.

"That way, my sons can do whatever they want without being tied in the sect's responsibilities." he added.

"But Xichen is the sect heir." said Lan Qiren.

"He can still do whatever he wants." said Qingheng-jun.

"Then I'll stay with Wanyin." said Lan Xichen.

Today, Wei WuXian intended on going outside with a group of seven or eight people again. As they passed the Lan Sect’s Library Pavilion, he looked through the drape of magnolia branches, and he could just about see Lan WangJi sitting alone by the window.

Nie HuaiSang spoke in a puzzled tone, “Is he looking at us? That’s strange. We didn’t make too much noise, so why does he still look at us like that?”

"He's just looking at his crush." said Lan Xichen grinning at his brother.

"Oh Lan Zhan." said Wei Wuxian hugging the man.

Wei WuXian, “He’s probably thinking of how to find faults with us.”

Jiang Cheng interrupted, “Wrong. Not ‘us’, but ‘me’. I think the only person he’s watching is you.”

"My Wanyin is right." said Lan Xichen.

"How I wish I am wrong." said Jiang Cheng.

Wei WuXian, “Heh. Just let him wait. I’ll deal with him after I get back.”

Jiang Cheng, “Don’t you dislike how he’s boring and how he’s not fun? Then, you should stop teasing him. This is like pulling whiskers from a tiger’s mouth—stop looking for your own death.”

Wei WuXian replied, “No. It’s exceptionally fun, precisely because of how a living person can be so not fun.”

"You're really that interested in him?" asked Jin Zixuan.

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