Rhythm of his fingers swiftly produced a melody. The notes bounced between his lips and clefs jumped through his breath. The light hit the black Chenqing and made it flare. The long red ribbon flitted with his murky hair. It looked as if a sorcerer was conjuring new tricks. it left them breathless. 

Literally breathless when they saw the man being possessed by thousands of evil spirits and bleeding from Qiqao. Hanguang-Jun would kill them for sure!

 The melody he was playing turned into discord. His hands were trembling and his breath was shaky. The holes of Chenqing filled the blood. Soon it became like the blood dance.

it was terrifying to see a man, bleeding all over playing a deathly music while standing on a bloody array. He definitely looked like the Yiling Patriarch of the rumors.

"Baba!" 

"Wei Qianbei!"

"Senior!"

"Shushu!" 

They  screamed on top of their lungs . The short amount they spent together was fun. They were quite fond of their new moma. They were definitely not ready to part ways.

They started to think, have they made a mistake? They shouldn't have bitten more than they could chew. They are still so weak! they can't do a thing to support the man fighting for all of them. 

And that was the real Yiling Patriarch, sacrificing himself for others. How the world treated him.

The array that was drawn started to burn as the cinders of Yanling Daoran dissipated. The melody he played and the blood he offered appeased and with the loud thud, the man collapsed.

The curse of Lihua was lifted.

[Remember this term, it will be explained in the future.]

        . . .

The first thing he saw was the pair of golden eyes.

"Shijie..." 

when his vision cleared he saw those golden eyes again but they didn't belong to his Shijie instead to his nephew.

Wei Wuxian was brought inside the cave. They got worried that he might not wake up when Wen Ning who had been keeping watch, (if Hanguang Jun suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain looking for Wei Ying) decided to take charge. He cooked up a medicine from herbs and shrubs to give  Wei Gongzi. It was not best like his Jiejie but he did study under the best physician the Cultivation world could  offer ; Wen Qing. So he knew a thing or two himself.

Lan Shizui was helping Wen Ning to make the medicine while Lan Jingyi and Ouyang Zizhen escorted the Zao Clan back to their village. Jin Ling was left to serve as human cushion to Wei Wuxian. There was no room to complain. 

"...Ah..Jin..Ling.." Wei Wuxian opened his eyes slowly but he was too weak to form complete sentence. 

"Here, this Soup is from Ghost General, it will give you strength." 

Jin Ling supported the Man as he got up. He (WWX) rubbed his temples and after a whole minute he picked up the Soup. 

How much he missed Shijie. 

He wanted to hug Jin Ling but he was aware that he (JL) wouldn't let him nor he (WWX) had the energy to move any muscles. He gulped up soup and he coughed it out when he heard Jin Ling speak,

"Will you.. tell me about her?" Jin Ling narrowed his eyes and clenched the robes with his hands.

Wei Wuxian gazed at the younger men who curled up like the little kid. He sighed softly and patted his head. Jin Ling gritted his teeth but didn't brush him off.

 " I don't know where to start, I'm pretty sure Jiang Cheng has told you everything-" 

he was abruptly cut off

"He didn't... Jiujiu cries whenever I mentioned them, so I never asked." 

Wei Wuxian felt his body going numb, like the pain was no longer enough to justify his broken heart. He let out a silent sob. Wei Wuxian pulled the man in tight embrace, 

"I'm so sorry!"

He said again and again when tears hit his (JL) cheeks. 

He kept saying it like a broken Machine on loop but each word he spoke was full of sincerity. And Jin Ling felt that. Jin Ling  couldn't break free of his embrace. This warmth, he longed it.

"A -Ling, you're mother was the most beautiful  and the most kind women I've ever  known." Wei Wuxian broke the hug and wiped his tears. He  started  to ramble about his Shijie, he told him (JL) everything. How they made Lotus pork soup together, how Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian would fight over it and Shijie had to make new batch every time. How they would play dead and prank Uncle Jiang. How they steal Lotus pods and killed water ghouls. How Shijie saved them from Madam Yu's wrath time and time again. How they shot kites and ate water melons under the scorching heat. Those fun memories they had together.

Jin Ling was so surprised, he knew his mother would be perfect in every way but he was not expecting to hear about his uncle's mischiefs. And how they got along so well, it was  almost impossible to think Jiujiu hated Wei Wuxian. Did he really though?

"What about my father?" 

This was the first time anyone has ever answered his questions, Jin Ling got excited  and  wanted to know everything  about his parents, how they met, fell in love and how they went about their lives?

"He was a cocky peacock."

Wait What?

"I swear, me and Jiang cheng would have killed him many times."

Jin Ling was dumbfounded. Wei Wuxian kept blabbering all the nonsense about his father. and Jin Ling was not processing it at all. 

"But. "

with the pause he (WWX) said, 

"He truly loved Shijie." 

Those golden eyes were so deep that it could sink the whole ocean. It was the first time Jin Ling's eyes shimmered exactly like his mother. 

The time they had was short but the love they had lived on. And it would continue to do so until Jin ling was alive.

The Junior Square , wrapped up their night hunt which was anything but usual and bid good bye to Zao Clan.

                                                                                   . . .

"Lan Jingyi! tell me why are you mad at me? What did I do? Tell me so I can fix it!" 

Lan Shizui was desperate now, it had been going on for quite few days. Jin Ling and Zizhen wanted them to make up and they locked the two in the old cottage they found during night hunt so they could clear out their misunderstanding. 

Lan Jingyi didn't want to fight either, it just got this way and he didn't know how to get out of it.

"We promised to keep no secrets between us." 

"Jingyi what are you implying here?" Lan Shizui knew where it was going but still bet on the slight chance of his dumb brain.

  "I don't know, why don't you tell me, Wen Yuan?"

Ouyang Zizhen and Jin Ling were listening outside the cottage, both of their jaw dropped when they looked at each other in disbelief. They did not mishear, did they?

Lan Yuan is Wen Yuan. 

Wen Remnants, Wen Dogs? 

 Lan Shizui was silent, he looked straight into Lan Jingyi's eyes. There was no room to say anything, everything was all in air.

"Aren't you gonna tell me, Wen Yuan?" Lan Jingyi was determined to let everything out. He didn't want to lose his brother nor his friends just because he was a wen.

The truth of the matter was, he really didn't bother much thinking about Wens. The greatest his mind could think was, how to avoid getting punished or how to sneak Chicken wings without getting caught.

What really upset him was that Wen Yuan was ready to face the world without him (LGY) by his side. It made him feel terribly alone. Did they promise to go throw everything together?

"Jingyi, I am a Lan as I'm adopted into Lan family. My parents are Hanguang-Jun and Yiling Laozu. But all in all... "

Before continuing he called out to the others, so they could really talk out in open. Lan Shizui was determined than ever.

"Jingyi, Jin Ling, Zizhen... "

The two hiding outside, made their way in and Wen Yuan continued,

"I am Wen Yuan- the sole  survivor of Qishan Wen sect, the one you refer as Wen Dogs."

Jin Ling and Zizhen couldn't believe their ears. They grew to like Ghost General and they figured if Yiling Patriarch protected Wens, he would probably have a reason behind it. But what about all the horrible things they had said about Wens and right in front of him?

"As long as I'm alive I will continue to change the image of Wens in our minds. If you wish to unfriend me ,I will not stop you but it is now my life goal to live for my dying family while retaining my pride as a Lan. "

Lan Shizui stood there, in front of them. He was sturdy like the waves and bright like the sun.
He braced himself for the worst and clenched his fits tight enough to leave nail prints on his palm.

"Aren't you suppose to be the brains, Shizui?" Lan Jingyi hugged the silent figure in front of him, shocking him.
Ouyang Zizhen followed him,
"We just want you to be yourself, you don't have to hide it anymore. Wen or not, we don't care."

Jin Ling was still standing unable to make a decision, he was the one who bad mouthed Wens the most. But just because Lan Shizui was a Wen, didn't mean he had to like Wens now.

But why though? Why was it that when he had seriously hoped for love, it was given in form of Karma?

Will it continue forever?

Jin Ling was once again filled with fear, but this time he decided to face it.
Jin Ling joined his friends which he swore to stay loyal to.

Wen Yuan, who was ready to be rejected by each and every one of them , couldn't believe his eyes. His vision got blurry as the tears begun to roam in his eyes. He wasn't alone anymore!

And this was the start of his goal.

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[FLASH BACK ends.]

Sorry for grammatical errors and thank you for reading.