A Way to Heal

Part 86

Long chapter ahead... 

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Now that they were in the ancestral hall, for the sake of courtesy, of course he had to show his respect as well. Lan WangJi also took three sticks of incense. Sweeping his sleeve to the side, and ignited them using one of the red candles. His movements were proper, and his expression was grave.

"WangJi", Lan QiRen called out in astonishment. "So you do know to be aware of your surroundings??"

Lan WangJi was already red due to the earlier comment from his big brother. "Uncle...", his desperate plea never reached his uncle's ears. Lan QiRen continued enjoying the newfound pleasure in teasing his nephew.

"You never cared about the sanity of us living around you and now you are mindful of the dead ones?"

"Serves you right", SiZhui smirked at his embarrassed father, remembering the numerous times he had to flee from the doorstep of Jingshi to escape from the sinful sounds.

Wei WuXian tilted his head to look at him, his lips curving upward almost uncontrollably. Lan WangJi glanced at him and reminded, "The ashes."

The three sticks of incense that Wei WuXian held had been burning for quite a while. A bit of ashes had already accumulated at the top, close to falling off. However, he still refused to insert them into the tripod, instead saying, "Let's do it together."

"Uncle", SiZhui looked at XiChen with wide eyes, who was equally shocked, "Isn't this the same ritual to get married??"

"WangJii", Lan Xichen coughed, "I was just joking earlier"

"No...", Lan WangJi defended himself while looking at his person who was snuggling and was absolutely silent. The unusual quietness didn't fail to start a fire in Lan WangJi's heart. "No Xiongzhang we didn't"

"Why are you even surprised? ", JingYi asked, unable to contain his excitement to watch further. "They are already eloped. That too more than once"

"That's right", HuiSang supported smirking at his friend who was now hiding himself. "On the brighter side Er-ge, you and Master Lan can sleep now knowing they at least got married before doing the deeds"

Sweat forming on his forehead, Now Lan WangJi reminded himself of their first time. "What if they show it?". Wei WuXian's earlier concern ringed in his mind at this point. He couldn't say anything to defend himself anymore. But at the same time Wei WuXian's abnormal silence concerned him more. By this time, He should have made one or two shameless comments but why is his Wei Ying acting deaf ? They actually didn't get married that day, so why is their comments affecting him more than it should?? Unknown to him, Wei WuXian was wrecking his mind to find a way from the impending fluttering. He was very sure the company he got with him now, wouldn't let it go without teasing him.

Lan WangJi didn't object. And so, each with three sticks of incense, the two of them kneeled among rows of tablets and bowed down to Jiang FengMian and Yu ZiYuan's names together.

As the number of times Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi bowed down to the tablets increased, Lan QiRen's heartbeat fastened it's pace. He could feel the pressure in his blood vessels and a metallic taste making way to his mouth.

Once. Twice. The movements were exactly the same.

Wei WuXian, "That's it."