Arranged Marriage - WangXian 1

Chapt 8 - Tan Zhou

Bump. Wei Ying rolled off the bed. "Ow..." he groaned. Opening his eyes, he looked at the window and it was only dawn. He was about to go back to his sleep when his hand was pulled by something. He saw Lan Zhan standing at the door, trying to walk away, dragging Wei Ying and thought to himself 'Hehe, you can't break my golden thread.'

WWX: "Hey, the sky isn't even bright. What are you doing?"

Lan Zhan lifted his hand up and said with a cold face, "Remove it."

Wei Ying jokingly placed his hands over his chest and said "We just met... you can't ask me to remove my clothes so quickly, old fashioned boy."

Lan Zhan widened his eyes. With that joke and being called "Old Fashioned Boy", he wasn't sure of how to react. "Shameless!"

Lan Zhan then turned around and walked out, not caring that he was dragging Wei Ying. Wei Ying felt a little more awake and energized after seeing Lan Zhan's reaction to his teasing, getting up and chasing after Lan Zhan. "Wait up! I'm coming with you!"

WWX: "Where are we going?"

LWJ: "..."

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After walking a distance, Wei Ying got bored and decided to tease Lan Zhan again. Walking backwards while facing Lan Zhan, he started "Bringing me into the mountains, could it be... you prefer doing unspeakable things to me in the mountains?"

Lan Zhan widened his eyes "You... Shameless!"

Wei Ying, satisfied that he managed to change Lan Zhan's expressions, whistled as he skipped alongside Lan Zhan.

***

After a week of travelling Northwest, they reached a small city near Qinghe, called Tan Zhou. Wei Ying, finally seeing a place with people and things other than Lan Zhan and mountains, excitedly jumped about, looking from one store to another. He was used to the fresh air and the scent of sandalwood Lan Zhan gave off. When he smelled the strong fragrance of perfume, he immediately shouted in a shock "What kind of smell is your store giving off?"

The store owner immediately introduced his items and said "Here we sell face powder. Your woman will be happy if you buy one for her!"

"Hmmm," Wei Ying said, which caught Lan Zhan's attention.

"Don't bother others if you're not buying it." Lan Zhan said, wanting to walk off.

Wei Ying immediately pounced on Lan Zhan and patted around his chest. Being with Wei Ying for a week, Lan Zhan has almost gotten used to Wei Ying suddenly doing some absurd things like grabbing onto Lan Zhan's leg when he didn't want to walk anymore. Lan Zhan thought that it was a wonder how he managed to get "used to it".

"Ahah! I found your money pouch! Who said I don't want to buy it" Wei Ying grinned as he walked back to the store owner. "Give me 3 please"

Lan Zhan froze for a second and sneaked a glance at Wei Ying, "He has a woman? Wait... it's none of my business.."

Wei Ying when buying the face powders, thought 'Wow, he has way more money in here than I expected. This can last me a year!'

After buying, he hopped to Lan Zhan's side and reached out his hand. "Old Fashioned Boy! I'll give you one to celebrate our one week wedding anniversary!"

Lan Zhan widened his eyes in surprise. "What wedding anniversary?!" He blurted out. Realising that he blurted out his thoughts, he got flustered and said "Ridiculous!" before walking quicker.

Wei Ying laughed so badly he knocked into someone while catching up to Lan Zhan. He reached his hand out, dangling Lan Zhan's money purse in front of his face. "Old fashioned boy, you forgot something"

Lan Zhan reached out to grab his money purse when Wei Ying took back his hand. Lan Zhan shot him a '?' look. "Hehe, it's too late. I have decided to control your spending! I'll be in charge of your finance!" Wei Ying said while thinking 'He will have to think twice before leaving me behind'.

Lan Zhan walked on ahead. A thought flashed passed Wei Ying's mind 'He's not afraid I'll run away with his money? Maybe he's going to take it back when he can.'

Soon, they slowed down their steps as they saw a crowd gathering around a board. Wei Ying was curious and said "Let's go, let's go"

Seeing that Lan Zhan didn't move a single step, Wei Ying asked "What's wrong? Why aren't you moving?"

Lan Zhan replied "Crowded." Wei Ying grabbed his wrist and said "It's not crowded, not crowded at all!" while dragging Lan Zhan towards the board.

When they got near, Wei Ying let go of Lan Zhan's wrist and tried to see the board but there were too many people in front. Lan Zhan took a step backwards. Wei Ying curiously asked the person in front, "Sir, what's going on?"

"Have you not seen the board? It said that the owner would pay anyone who could get rid of a fierce corpse trying to enter their house at night!"

***NOTES***
WWX = Wei Ying
LWJ = Lan Zhan