Chapter. 8
"My name's Qian TaiFeng, its nice to meet you all."
"All?" The three simultaneously asked.
At that moment three Lanling Jin disiples awkwardly peered round the door frame.
"We , um ,well we wanted to know where the nice music was coming from." MianMian shyly said.
"I didn't know that FeiHong Long would be attending the lectures."
She said as she bowed to TaiFeng.
"You're FeiHong Long?" Jin Zixuan said suprisedly.
"The one and only." She said, gently folding her fan and placing it in her sleeves.
"But are the Wens really attending?"
Another disciple asked.
"I bet you five silver that they will." She smirked.
"You're on." Jin Zixuan smirked back.
Timeskip to the the clans presenting their gifts because I am once again being lazy.
'If things went to plan, Wuxian should have met the love of his life last night.
I just hope I can take the brunt force of Wen Chao's anger.'
She thought as they made their way to the hall.
The gift presenting ceremony went on just like in the drama.
As Jin Zixuan went to his seat he whispered over to TaiFeng.
"Looks like you're going to be five silver short."
"It's not over yet. Yunmeng hasn't presented their gifts." She replied.
"What do you two mean five silver?" Nie Huaisang said from behind them slightly bowing at the pair.
"I'm Nie Huaisang by the way. And you are?" He said looking over at TaiFeng.
"That's Young Lady Qian also known as FeiHong Long. We made a bet yesterday that the Wen Sect will show up. I bet against her." He said, this had intrigued Huaisang greatly.
"I'm sure the Wens will show up. In fact I bet one of Clan Leader Wen's sons will probably show up. And knowing the Wens they'll try and cause some sort of scene." She said as she flicked open her fan, which earned a gasp from Huaisang.
"That's an exquisite fan. Simple yet complex, with calm mountains and lush trees, it a work of art." He said admiring it.
"Thank you. It's so hard to find anyone that appreciates a good fan."
She replied.
Their little conversation had earned quite a few whispers among the disiples and a glare from Lan Qiren who stroked his beard.
"Yunemeng Jiang please come forth and present your gift." Lan Qiren said.
Wuxian stepped forward to present the gift smiling at TaiFeng in the process. She could see Lan Wangji glare out the corner of her eye.
'This early on, huh. I need to find a man who's that whipped. It's a shame Ouyang Zizhen doesn't exist yet, he's my ideal type!' She thought.
And right on time the door burst open to reveal a sneering Wen Chao, an apologetic looking Wen Qing and a nervous Wen Ning.
'Well, its time for me to make a scene.'
She thought ,while half the class looked at her like she had just grown two heads.
"So this is Gusu Lans sect? It's not that big a deal." He said sneering.
'His whole aura is annoying.'
"Second Young Master Wen, we weren't expecting your arrival." Lan Xichen said.
'Well, most of us weren't.' He thought, catching a glimpse at the girl they called FeiHong Long.
"I didn't expect to come either but Great Sect Leader Wen said that we should grace Gusu with our presence."
'Bless? More like curse'
"Hey, Second Young Master Wen, can't you see that I was in the middle of giving my gift?"
Wuxian said staring him down.
Next thing you know both sides have got their swords drawn.
'My time to shine!'
Before Zewu-Jun could take out Leibiang and pull a Wingardium Leviosa on them, TaiFeng took Xingguang and strummed a chord imobalizing Wen Chao completely.
"Aiya, I thought there was a rule about drawing weapons indoors." She said, zither still in hand.
"Did Second Young Master Wen not read the rules? Or did you just forget them?"
The whole class was stunned, especially Zewu-Jun and Lan Qiren.
"FeiHong Long is right." Zewu-Jun intervened, coming back to his senses, while Lan Qiren stared so hard at TaiFeng she thought he was going to burn a whole through her head.
"I'm sure Young Lady Qian will remove the spell so long as you don't draw your weapons again." She politely nodded at this and removed the spell with another strum of her zither.
Wen Chao stormed off saying things like 'I won't forget this' and 'My Father will hear about this'.
"How on earth did you know?! There's no way anyone could have predicted that the Wens would come!"
Jin Zixuan shouted from across the room.
"I, uh, um, well." She nervously said.
'When in doubt, Nie Huaisang your way out!'
"I don't know, I really don't know." She meekly said as she hid behind her fan.
"It looks like Young Master Nie has a twin." One of the Qinghe Nie disiples laughed, removing all the attention off of how she knew the things she did.
"Young Lady Qian, I was not aware you played a zither. Does it have a name?" Zewu-Jun said with sparkles in his eyes. It seemed he was very exited about meeting a fellow musical cultivator.
"It's name is Xingguang." She replied.
"What was that move? As far as I'm concerned only our Gusu Lan Sect has a spiritual move played on a zither."
Lan Qiren question, stroking his beard once again.
"It's a move that A'Hong made herself,
It's called Freeze Note." Wuxian said proudly.
"Intriguing."
The ceremony went off without a hitch, and afterwards it seems like she had made friends with Jin Zixuan.
Friends? Acquaintances? Frenemies?
Well, whatever it was it was definitely a step in the right direction.
It's been a week since the whole Wen ordeal, and everyone was on their way to class.
"I still think you must have known in advance somehow." Jin Zixuan said as he walked alongside TaiFeng with MianMian and Meng Yao.
Yep, that's right. After the ceremony she managed to make friends with Meng Yao. Turns out they both like flowers. Who knew?
Honestly she felt pretty bad for him when watching the drama. He was just a boy who had lived through hardships and wanted nothing more than to be acknowledged by that manwhore of a father.
She knew what that felt like.
So she dicided that she would shower him with love and affection in an attempt to ,hopefully, overturn the evil in his heart. In the process she also befriended MianMian, and for the first time in her life she belonged to a friend group.
"Young Master Jin, just let it go. There's no way she could have known." MianMian chuckled.
"Hey, peacock, when are you get to admit that you like my JieJie?" TaiFeng bluntly stated.
"What?! I do not!" He blushingly defended,while MianMian and Meng Yao snickered under their breaths.
"Look, I get that this was a marriage arranged by your father and that you didn't have a say in it, but neither did my JieJie. If you see things from her perspective you'll find that the both of you are actually in the same predicament. The only difference between her and you is that she's willing to give this marriage a shot." She continued.
"My JieJie is a wonderful person, and if you take the time to get to know her you'll realize it too. So stop beating around the bush and tell her how you feel!" She said hitting his arm with her fan.
"Buy her a hairpin or something! Just get your feelings out in the open before she misunderstands you, and starts to think that you hate her."
"Oww!" He said rubbing his arm.
".....Does she really think that I hate her?" He whispered.
"She's going to, if you don't say anything." Meng Yao said.
Since he started hanging out with TaiFeng he's become a lot more confident. Jin Zixuan even knows that their half brothers, and are currently trying to start what looks like the beginning of a sibling relationship.
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