"What?" Wei Wuxian asked in disbelief.

"A-niang." Sizhui said again.

"You are my son?" asked Wei Wuxian.

Lan Sizhui nodded his head.

"With Lan Zhan?" Wei Wuxian asked again.

"Mn." asnswered Sizhui.

'I have a son with Wei Ying' thought Lan Zhan over and over again.

"How?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Lan Zhan we have a son?" he asked but the man was busy on his own thoughts.

"Are you dumb? How would Lan Wangji know?" asked Jiang Cheng with an eye roll.

"How did that happen?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"A-niang and a-die love each other and have me." said Sizhui hugging his mother.

"Lan Zhan love me? I love Lan Zhan?" Wei Wuxian asked.

The juniors face palmed themselves including Jiang Cheng.

"Lan Zhan?" he asked the man.

"Mn. I love Wei Ying." Lan Wangji confessed.

Wei Wuxian was speechless.

"This is the reason why I said that he is oblivious and dense." said Jiang Cheng.

And Lan Qiren finally loses his consciousness.

"So I married Lan Zhan?" asked Wei Wuxian after finding his words.

"Mn and I am now the Sect Leader of Lan Sect." said Sizhui.

"How great my son is." teased Wei Wuxian.

"What about xiongzhang?" asked Lan Wangji.

"Bofu retired from the position and decided to live in Yunmeng." answered Sizhui.

"I live with my Wanyin." exclaimed Lan Xichen making the man blushed.

"What a great son-in-laws I have." said Qingheng-jun.

After a few minutes Lan Qiren finally recover his consciousness back and they focused on the screen again.

At a later time, Wei WuXian pondered upon the reason why his relationship with Lan WangJi wasn’t good. Getting to the root of the matter, everything started when he was fifteen, coming to the GusuLan Sect with Jiang Cheng to study for three months.

"So we are going to see our timeline." said Nie Huaisang.

"Yes!" the juniors exclaimed happily.

There was a virtuous and prestigious elder in the GusuLan Sect—Lan QiRen. Everyone in the cultivation world accepted three characteristics which described him: pedantic, stubborn, and a strict teacher who produced outstanding students. Although the first two points kept a lot of people at a respective distance to him, some even to the point of secret dislike, the last one made them try everything they could to send their children to study under him. He had brought up quite a number of excellent disciples of the Lan Sect. As long as they stayed a few years in his classroom, no matter how pathetically useless they were when they first entered, they would at least seem to be decent when they depart, especially in terms of appearance and etiquette. There were plenty of parents who were so excited that tears flowed down their cheeks when they picked up their sons.

Lan Qiren was quite proud of himself.

"You did great, Qiren." said Qingheng-jun.

To this matter, Wei WuXian declared, “Do I not seem decent enough as of right now?”

Jiang Cheng replied with a great deal of foresight, “You’d definitely be a mark of shame in his entire teaching career.”

"ChengCheng you're so mean." whined Wei Wuxian.

"What I said is true." said Jiang Cheng.

Lan Qiren nodded his head at Jiang Cheng words.

In that year, aside from the YunmengJiang Sect, there were also the young masters from other clans, sent to study here from parents who heard of the reputation. The young masters were all around fifteen or sixteen. Because the sects all knew the others, although they weren’t close, they had seen others’ faces before. It was widely known that, although Wei WuXian’s surname was not Jiang, he was the leading disciple of the sect leader of the YunmengJiang Sect—Jiang FengMian, and also the son of his friend who had passed away. In fact, the sect leader regarded him as his own child. This, along with how youths were not as concerned with status and ancestry as elders, they were soon friends. Only a few sentences passed, and everyone started to call others older brothers or younger brothers. Somebody asked, “The Lotus Pier of the Jiang Clan is much more fun than here, right?”

"Of course our lotus pier is more fun." said a Jiang disciple with pride.

"Who would be enjoying their stay in Gusu Lan when it is full of rules." said Jiang Cheng.

"Aren't you married to their sect Leader?" asked Jin Zixun.

"I live in Yunmeng." said Jiang Cheng.

Wei WuXian laughed, “Fun or not fun depends on how fun you make it to be. There’s definitely less rules than here, and no need to wake up so early.”

The GusuLan Sect wakes as five in the morning and rests at nine in the evening, not allowing any delay. Somebody else asked, “When do you guys wake up? What do you do during the day?”

"We woke up late." exclaimed a lot of cultivators.

"Who wants to wake up that early? I can't do that." exclaimed a younger disciple.

Jiang Cheng humphed, “Him? He wakes at nine in the morning and sleeps at one during the night. When he wakes up, he doesn’t practice his sword or meditate; he goes boating, swims around, picks lotus seedpods, and hunts for pheasants.”

Wei WuXian replied, “No matter how much pheasants I hunt, I’m still number one.”

"That's sounds fun." said Jingyi.

"Why don't we try that when we get back." asked Zizhen to his friends.

"I'm sure it will be exciting." said Jingyi.

"Like a date?" asked Nie Huaisang making the two blush.

"They're still young to think about dating." said Jiang Cheng.

"How old did your parents started dating?" asked Nie Huaisang to Jingyi.

"Around 16 or 17." answered Jingyi.

"And how old are you now?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"I am 19." he answered.

"See, Jiang-xiong. It is okay to date." said Nie Huaisang with a tease.

"And I can accompany you guys when you want to hunt." insert Wei Wuxian.

"And what? Put them to danger?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Chill ChengCheng." teased Wei Wuxian.

One youth spoke, “Next year, I’m going to Yunmeng to study! Nobody can hold me back!”

A bucket of cold water was thrown on him, “Nobody would hold you back. Your older brother would just break your legs.”

The youth drooped at once. This was the second young master of the QingheNie Sect—Nie HuaiSang. His brother, Nie MingJue, was extremely resolute when carrying out orders, quite renowned in the cultivation world. Although the brothers were not born from the same mother, their relationship was quite solid. Nie MingJue had always taught his younger brother with extreme harshness, particularly caring for his studies. This was why, even though Nie HuaiSang respected his older brother, he was the most scared of Nie MingJue mentioning his schoolwork.

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng laughed at Nie Huaisang.

'I'm not that harsh to him.' thought Nie Mingjue.

"Didn't know you're scared of your own brother, Nie-xiong." said Wei Wuxian with a tease.

Wei WuXian spoke, “To be honest, Gusu is quite fun as well.”

Nie HuaiSang spoke, “Wei-xiong, listen to a sincere advice of mine. The Cloud Recesses is nothing like Lotus Pier. On this trip to Gusu, remember that there’s one person whom you shouldn’t provoke.”

"Lan Qiren/Old Man Lan." said Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng at the same time.

"You two!" exclaimed Lan Qiren.

Wei WuXian asked, “Who? Lan QiRen?”

Nie HuaiSang replied, “Not that old man. The one you need to be careful of is his proudest disciple, named Lan Zhan.”

"He he he Wangji-xiong." said Nie Huaisang getting scared by the glare that was sent to him by Lan Wangji.

"This happened before we got transported here." said Jiang Cheng.

Wei WuXian spoke, “The Lan Zhan from the Two Jades of Lan? Lan WangJi?”

The respectable title of the Two Jades of Lan were given to the two sons of the GusuLan Sect’s current sect leader—Lan Huan and Lan Zhan. Just after they passed fourteen, they were deemed by the elders of each sect as exemplary models to compare with their own disciples. They were exceptionally famous among the juniors, so it was only natural that everyone recognized the names. Nie HuaiSang spoke, “What other Lan Zhan is there? Yes, it’s that one. Oh gosh, he’s the same age as you and I, but he has none of the energy of a teen. He’s stiff and strict, even worse than his uncle.”

"When did you started calling him by his birth name?" asked Lan Qiren.

Nie Huaisang was just fanning himself.

"Huaisang is right." said Jiang Cheng.

Wei WuXian made the sound of an oh and asked, “Is he a lad who looks quite pretty?”

"Someone is having a crush." said the juniors.

'Wei Ying said I'm pretty." thought Lan Wangji not minding anything.

"What are you guys saying?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Someone is having an internal chaos." muttered Lan Xichen smiling at his brother.

Jiang Cheng sneered, “Is there anyone who looks ugly in the GusuLan Sect? His sect doesn’t even accept disciples with unclean features. If you can, find me one who has an average face.”

"I can find one, a-niang." exclaimed Jingyi.

"Really? Who?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Su She." said the juniors.

"That man who is talking bad about Wei Wuxian ever since the start?" asked Jaing Cheng and the juniors nodded.

Wei WuXian emphasized, “Very pretty.” He pointed at his head, “White from top to bottom, wearing a forehead ribbon, and carrying a silver sword on his back. He looked rather handsome, but with his straight face, he looked like he was mourning.”

"You always said that he was mourning." said Jin Zixuan.

"He is right though." Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang agreed.

Lan Xichen wants to defend his brother but can't since his husband was one of them.

“…” Nie HuaiSang spoke assuredly, “That’s him!” After a pause, he spoke again, “But he had been doing secluded meditation for the past few days. You just came yesterday; when did you have the chance to see him?

“Yesterday night”

"A-xian, what did you do?" asked Jiang Yanli.

"He made trouble in his first day." said Jin Zixuan.

"Shijie." said Wei Wuxian trying to hide himself.

“Yesterday… Yesterday night?!” Jiang Cheng was stunned, “There’s a curfew in the Cloud Recesses. Where did you see him? Why don’t I know about this?”

Wei WuXian pointed, “There.”

He pointed to a the top of a very tall wall.

The others were out of speech. Jiang Cheng even felt his head growing larger and clenched his teeth, “We just came and you got into trouble! What’s the matter about?”

"Look how you make your brother worried, a-xian." said Jiang Yanli.

"I am not." exclaimed Jiang Cheng.

"You shouldn't lie, ChengCheng. Your husband is the Sect Leader of Lan Sect, isn't that bad that you're breaking their rule." said Wei Wuxian.

"Shut up!" yelled Jiang Cheng hiding his face.

Wei WuXian replied with a grin, “There really isn’t much. When we came, we passed that liquor shop called ‘Emperor’s Smile’, right? Yesterday at night, I was tossing and turning, and couldn’t stand it any longer, so I went down the mountain, into the city, and brought back two jars. Mind you, we don’t have the chance to drink this in Yunmeng.”

Jiang Cheng, “Then, where’s the liquor?”

"Just because of a f*cking liquor he broke a rule." said Jiang Cheng.

"And your first concern is the liquor." said Wei Wuxian.

Wei WuXian, “Well, when I just flipped over the top of the wall, before I even had one leg inside, I was caught by him.”

One youth remarked, “Wei-xiong, you must have struck gold. He probably just got out of seclusion and went on night patrol, and caught you red-handed.”

"Why do I don't know about these?" asked Lan Qiren looking at Lan Wangji.

Jiang Cheng spoke, “Those who return at night won’t be let in before seven in the morning. How come he let inside?”

Wei WuXian threw up his hands, “So, he didn’t let me in. He wanted me to move back the leg that had already stepped in. You tell me—how would I do that? And then, he came up, as light as a feather, and asked me what I had in my hands.”

Jiang Cheng felt his head start to ache, indicating a foreboding feeling, “What did you say?”

"Jiang-xiong knows you too well, Wei-xiong." said Nie Huaisang.

"Being with him for a long time, you will always have that foreboding feeling that he made a trouble." said Jiang Cheng.

Wei WuXian spoke, “‘It’s Emperor’s Smile! If I share a jar with you, can you pretend that you never saw me?’”

Jiang Cheng sighed, “… Alcohol is forbidden in the Cloud Recesses. That’s a worse crime.”

"Wanyin knows our rules." said Lan Xichen happily.

"In order for me not to break them." said Jiang Cheng.

"It's not like a-xian won't rope you on breaking them." said Jaing Yanli.

"And that's the problem." said Jiang Cheng.

Wei WuXian spoke, “He said the same thing to me. And I asked, ‘Why don’t you tell me what exactly is not forbidden in your sect?’ He seemed like he was a bit angry and wanted me to look at the Wall of Rules in front of the mountain. Honestly, there were over three thousand, and everything was written in seal script. Who would read them? Did you read them? Anyways, I didn’t. What’s angering about this?”

"Of course a-niang doesn't have to follow the rules." said Sizhui.

"Really? That's great." exclaimed Wei Wuxian.

"You guys spoiled him." said Jiang Cheng.

"You also doesn't have to follow them, a-niang." said Jingyi.

"That's good then." said Jiang Cheng.

“That’s right!” Everyone felt the same way, and all started to complain about the strange, outdated conventions in the Cloud Recesses, regretting that they didn’t meet sooner, “Whose sect rules are over three thousand in number, and don’t even repeat? Things like ‘killing livestock within the area is prohibited, fighting without permission is prohibited, promiscuity is prohibited, venturing at night is prohibited, causing noise is prohibited, running is prohibited’ are tolerable, but there’re even ones like ‘sneering for no reason is prohibited, sitting improperly is prohibited, eating more than three bowls is prohibited’…” Wei WuXian suddenly added, “What? Fighting without permission is also prohibited?”

"Don't tell the two of them fought." said Lan Xichen looking at his brother who is having a blank face.

"Exactly." said Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng, “… Yes. Don’t tell me you fought with him.”

Wei WuXian, “I did. And we broke a jar of Emperor’s Smile.”

"I want to see their fight." exclaimed Jingyi.

"Out of all things that is what you want to see." commented Nie Huaisang in disbelief.

Everyone slapped their legs and exclaimed in regret.

In any case, the situation couldn’t have been any worse, causing Jiang Cheng’s focus to switch, “Didn’t you bring back two jars?Where’s the other one?”

“I drank it.”

"See, that's the proof that Jiang Cheng is more concern about the alcohol than me." said Wei Wuxian.

Jiang Cheng, “Where did you drink it?”

“In front of him. I said, ‘Okay, if alcohol is prohibited in the Cloud Recesses, then I won’t go in. I’ll drink it standing on the wall. That wouldn’t count as violating the rules, would it?’ Then I drank everything in one gulp, right in front of him.”

"That was so bold of you, Wei-gongzi." said Lan Xichen.

"Oh just call me Wuxian or a-xian, brother in law." said Wei Wuxian.

"Okay then, Wuxian." said Lan Xichen.

“… And then?”

“And then we started fighting.”

“Wei-xiong.” Nie HuaiSang blurted out, “You’re so smug.”

Wei WuXian lifted his brows, “Lan Zhan’s skills were quite good.”

"You're the only one who can say that because you are par with him." said Zizhen.

"It's nice to have a fight with him." said Wei Wuxian.

“You’re gonna die, Wei-xiong! Lan Zhan had never been at such a loss before. He’s probably after you. You should be careful. Although Lan Zhan doesn’t go to classes with us, he’s in charge of punishments in the Lan Sect!”

"I'm sorry for calling you Wangji-xiong by your birth name, I didn't mean it." said Nie Huaisang seeing the glare of the man.

"It's okay Nie-gongzi." said Qingheng-jun making Nie Huaisang sigh in relief.

Wei WuXian was not frightened at all, waving his hand, “What’s there to be scared of? Didn’t everyone say that Lan Zhan had been a prodigy since he was very young? If he’s so smart from such an early age, then he probably finished learning everything his uncle taught and do secluded meditation all the time. How would he have time to come after me? I…”

"That's were you've wrong." said Jiang Cheng.

Before his sentence was finished, as the group walked around a wall with a hollowed out window, they saw a white-clothed boy sitting in a rigidly upright position in the room, with long hair tied up and wearing a forehead ribbon, emitting an aura of ice and frost. He swept a cold look at them.

"You shouldn't be like that to your peers, Wangji or else you won't have any friends." said Qibgheng-jun.

"I will try, fuqin." said Lan Wangji.

"I doubt he will do that." said Jiang Cheng.

At once, it was as if the ten-or-so mouths were silenced. They quietly entered the room, quietly picked their seats to sit, and quietly avoided the desks around Lan WangJi.

Jiang Cheng patted Wei WuXian’s shoulder and whispered, “He’s after you. Hope for the best.”

"Wanyin is right, Wangji is really after him." said Lan Xichen.

"What do you mean?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"You'll know it." he said in which received a glare from the man.