Come Back To Gusu. Please

Tranquility

Walking back to Gusu the next day, you stand beside Lan Zhan. Expression and body calm, until you can loudly hear Wei Ying's cries, "I'm not going in! I'm not going in!" Does he still have the fear of being shamed? Having his powers taken away?...

You turn around, while Lan Zhan simply doesn't wait up. Wei Ying holds onto a donkey, "Why are you crying?" Jingyi asks, putting his hands on his hips, "You said you liked Hanguang-Jun and T/N! He brought you all the way here! Why are you crying about?"
"I also like my dear Apple! But I don't live in a donkey shed!" This boy... is difficult like the past. "What are you going on about!? You need to keep it down here." Lan Jingyi points to the wall nearby, "The rules are all written on that wall. Settle down, or you'll regret it!"

"Mo-Gongzi" Lan Sizhui slightly smiles, Hanguang-Jun and T/N are doing this for your own sake." Luckily he was able to try to reason with Wei Ying, "Otherwise Jiang-Gongzi wouldn't have let you go."

You frown, before turning around, "Fine, let him me" You place a cold expression on your face, as Lan Zhan keeps walking over to Gusu. If Wei Ying wants to be free, then he can be free
"Don't bother with him" Lan Zhan says, turning around, "Let him cry. When he's done, drag him in."
"Yes." Sizhui says at the order, as Wei Ying was about to head back to the village, the donkey only seems to go to where you and Lan Zhan stood, because Lan Zhan was holding an apple, simply throwing it up in the air

"Apple! You traitor!!!"

"A-Zhan, don't give me that look." As you and Lan Zhan walk back up to Gusu, Wei Ying was struggling with the little donkey, Apple, "Hm?" He mutters, "You do want A-Ying to come back to Gusu, don't you?" Your question makes your close friend silent, and he slowly nods, "Mn."
"But it'll take time for the man.."

He doesn't say anything, and it makes you silently chuckle. But you're not mocking him, it was full of fondness and care

You sit under a blossom tree, meditating until you hear a commotion, and looking to your left, you are quite surprised. The donkey, Apple was in Gusu?? And chasing a bunny? To your right, once you turn around, Lan Zhan is still here, and he picks up the little rabbit, staring down at the donkey that backs down, strutting away. You smile slightly, standing up and walking over to Lan Zhan, your index finger petting the rabbit's ears, "Hanguang-Jun! T/N!" The two disciples run towards both of you, in a haste

You hear a laugh leaving from another's lips. And it was Wei Ying, he must've woken up from his nap, "Apple! You've had it today! You can't mess with him, right?" He smiles widely, watching the poor donkey walk away. Wei Ying turns to you and Lan Zhan, then he smiles softly. Watching you take the rabbit from Lan Zhan's arm, and gently petting the small animal. Flower petals from the large trees falling down like they were falling down the blue sky

You hand the rabbit back to Lan Zhan, who walks away to leave it back to where it belongs. Turning back to the kids, you raise your hand, "Hanguang-Jun, Mo-Gongzi, and I will meet you all at the dining hall very soon. Carry on" The two disciples listen, walking off to leave you and Wei Ying alone

"A-Ying.. you're looking much more different." A small smile places on your lips, looking at the details of him, "Like.. your height" Something dumb to say, but Mo Xuanyu's body did look a little shorter than those decades ago, "H-hey! I quite like this new body, but the man is short?!" He whines, when can he finally grow and be tall?

"No matter, even though you're in a different body, appearance or height, anything- you're still the same A-Ying to me." You've gotten better at your words, to make them more affectionate and sincere. His face almost turns bright, remembering all the times you've had together, "You're still that silly boy I remembered from the past. Like when you were telling A-Zhan about making rabbit soup...? He was very well upset."
He laughs awkwardly at that one time, scratching the back of his head, "Aha... uhm- that was in the past!" "Sure, or when you talked about Yunmeng and all the pretty girls out there." He then recollects that memory, even remembering that he bathed with you and Lan Zhan, "Hey, A-Y/N! Let's not talk about that one..!" His face nearly turns pink like a peach, poking your forehead, just under your headband