22. Picture Book

During his stay at Gusu, he left his sword all around the place, and was never seen carrying it properly. Yet, he took it with him today, loudly slamming it onto the desk. He even went as far as to start writing without a word, contrasting his usual behavior of relentlessly harassing Lan WangJi in every way possible. He was so obedient that it was strange.

"Strange. I can feel something unexpected will happen." said Jin Zixuan.

"When it comes to Wei Wuxian, nothing is unexpected at all." said Jiang Cheng.

"Now when you found out that you married shijie in the future, you always team up with my friends to make fun of me." said Wei Wuxian glaring at Jin Zixuan.

"What I said is right that Lan-er-gongzi even said that it's strange." said Jin Zixuan.

Lan WangJi didn’t have a reason to silence him, so he took a few more glances at him, as if he didn’t believe that Wei WuXian was finally willing to behave himself. As he had expected, after a short while of sitting down, Wei WuXian repeated his past conduct again, giving Lan WangJi a piece of paper for him to see.

Lan WangJi originally thought that it was going to be a mess of lame phrases again, but after a coincidental glimpse, he was surprised to find the drawing of a person, sitting upright and reading by the window, with a vividly realistic expression on his face. It was himself.

"Lan Zhan, I drew you so beautifully!" exclaimed Wei Wuxian.

"Mn." Lan Zhan only said feeling something strange in his stomach.

"Next time we should paint together, Wei-xiong." said Nie Huaisang returning to his previous seat.

"Sure sure but, what about Jiang Cheng?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"What about me?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"You don't know how to draw so how can you enjoy with us?" asked Wei Wuxian with a pout.

"Don't worry I'll teach him." said Nie Huaisang.

Jiang Cheng just scoffed.

"I'll teach how to draw Xichen-ge beautifully." teased Nie Huaisang.

"Right, I'll help you with that." Wei Wuxian added making the man blushed so hard.

"Shut up!" yelled Jiang Cheng making his friends laugh more loudly.

Seeing that he didn’t avert his gaze at once, Wei WuXian curled his lips, and raised his eyebrow with a wink. No words were needed, since the meaning was plain to see—Does it look like you? Is it good?

Lan WangJi slowly spoke, “You have spare time, yet you scribble instead of copy the text. In my opinion, the day of your release from this punishment will never come.”

"Just Wangji saying something different from his thoughts." said Lan Xichen.

"Why? What is Lan Zhan's thinking about?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Something like 'Wei Ying draw me, it looks so beautiful. My Wei Ying is very talented'. That's what he is thinking about, Wei-daijiu." said Lan Jingyi.

"He already claimed you as his." teased Nie Huaisang making the female cultivators squealed so loud.

Wei WuXian blew on the ink which hadn’t dried yet and spoke nonchalantly, “I already finished copying, so I won’t be coming tomorrow!”

Lan WangJi’s slender fingers seemed to have paused before flipping over the next yellow-tinted page. Surprisingly, Wei WuXian wasn’t silenced. As he didn’t provoke any reaction, Wei WuXian lightly threw the drawing, “It’s yours.”

"He didn't expect that you finished your punishment already." said MianMian giggling with other female cultivators.

"Oh Lan Zhan." said Wei Wuxian hugging the man more tightly.

The drawing was thrown onto the mat, but Lan WangJi didn’t have any intention of picking it up. During these days, the paper which Wei WuXian wrote on to curse him, cajole him, apologize to him, beg him, and other messy scribbles all ended up this way. He was used to it and didn’t mind. He suddenly added, “I forgot. I need to add something else.”

"Don't worry a-die kept it, a-niang." said Sizhui smiling at his parents.

"Lan Zhan loves me so much." said Wei Wuxian.

"Mn. Love Wei Ying." said Lan Wangji.

After his words, he picked up the paper and his brush, and added a few strokes. He glanced at the drawing, then, the actual person, and fell toward the ground in laughter. Lan WangJi put down the book, and saw that Wei WuXian added a flower onto the drawing, where the side of his head was.

"This is where his plans started." said Jiang and Nie Huaisang at the same time.

"Huh? He didn't do anything?" other asked in confusion.

"Just watch." said Nie Huaisang with a grin.

The corners of his lip seemed to have twitched. Wei WuXian crawled up and spoke before him, “‘Pathetic’, right? I just know that you’re gonna say pathetic. Can’t you switch to something else? Or add another word to it?”

"Wangji smiled." said Lan Xichen in a soft voice.

Lan Qiren and Qingheng-jun was happy seeing him smile even just a little thanks to Wei Wuxian.

Lan WangJi replied coldly, “Extremely pathetic.”

Wei WuXian clapped his hands, “So you really added another word to it. Thank you!”

Lan WangJi turned his gaze away, picked up the book which he put on the desk, and opened it again. He only took one look at before he hurled the book away, as if he was burnt by fire.

The trio laughed suddenly shocking those who are near them.

"What's wrong with them?" asked Jin Zixuan.

The juniors just shrugged watching the screen intently.

He was initially reading a Buddhist text, but when he had looked at the page flipped open, he was presented with naked, intertwining figures, intolerable to his eye. The book that he was reading was substituted with a pornographic book, its cover disguised as a Buddhist text.

Even someone without a brain would have guessed who had done the deed. It must have been done when when somebody took the opportunity that opened up when his attention turned to the drawing, let alone the fact that Wei WuXian didn’t even bother to cover it up, slapping the table as he laughed hysterically, “Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”

"Good job, Wei-xiong." said Nie Huaisang still laughing that he even rolled on the ground.

"It's not funny." said Lan Qiren glaring at Wei Wuxian.

"That was so bold of you." said Jin Zixuan.

As the book was thrown on the ground, Lan WangJi seemed as if he was escaping from snakes or scorpions, falling back to the corner of the Library Pavilion in less than a second. He roared with rage, “Wei Ying——!”

"Oh Lan Zhan." said Wei Wuxian still laughing so loud.

The people was just watching the trio, not really sure what to react on the situation.

Wei WuXian almost rolled under the desk from laughter, raising a hand with much difficulty, “Here! I’m here!” Lan WangJi swiftly drew his sword, Bichen. Ever since they had met, Wei WuXian had never seen him appear so discomposed. He hastily grabbed his own sword. Drawing his sword so that a third of the blade was out, he reminded Lan WangJi, “Manners! Second Master Lan! Watch your manners! I brought my sword today as well. If we start fighting, would your Library Pavilion be fine?” He knew that Lan WangJi would be shamed into anger, so he went out of his way to carry his sword for self-defence, so that he wouldn’t be accidentally stabbed to death. The blade of Lan WangJi’s sword pointed at him. Fire could almost be seen sprouting from his pair of light-colored eyes, “What sort of person are you?!”

"Oh Wangji was so flustered." said Lan Xichen in amusement.

"He was really mad." said Jin Zixuan.

Wei WuXian responded, “What sort of person could I be? A man!”

Lan WangJi lashed out “You have no shame!”

"You should've known it more sooner, Wangji-xiong." said Nie Huaisang composing himself.

Wei WuXian, “Do I need to be ashamed about this? Don’t tell me you’ve never seen something like this before. I don’t believe you.”

"Of course he didn't, why would he react like that if he have seen one?" asked Jin Zixuan.

The juniors was silent knowing that Lan Wangji is the more shameless one.

Lan WangJi’s weak point was that he didn’t know how to argue. After a moment of silently holding back, he pointed his sword at Wei WuXian. He spoke with a frigid face, “You, go outside. We have fought before.”

"That's against the rule." said Lan Qiren.

"Mn. Sorry shufu." said Lan Wangji.

Wei WuXian shook his head a couple of times, pretending to be docile, “Nope, nope. Didn’t you know, Young Master Lan? Fighting without permission is prohibited in the Cloud Recesses.” He proceeded to pick up the book which was thrown away, but Lan WangJi went before him, snatching it in his hand. Wei WuXian quickly guessed that he was going to use this as evidence to report him. He deliberately spoke, “Why are you grabbing it? I thought that you didn’t want to read it. Now you do? Actually, even if you want to read it, you don’t have to fight for it. I borrowed it exclusively for you, anyways. Now that you’ve seen my porn, you’ve become my friend. We can continue to exchange opinions, and…”

"Now he knows the rules." said Lan Qiren.

"You're making him more mad." said Jin Zixuan.

"It's not like he's going to kill me." said Wei Wuxian.

Nie Huaisang feels a glare was send to him from the man beside him.

Lan WangJi’s whole face turned white. He spoke one word at a time, “I. Will. Not. Read. It.”

Wei WuXian continued to distort the facts, “If you won’t read it, why did you grab it? Secretly keeping it? You can’t do that. I borrowed this from someone else, so I’d have to return it after you read it… Hey, hey, hey, don’t come here. You’re too close; I feel nervous. Let’s talk nicely. You’re not gonna hand this in, are you? Hand it in to whom? Old… Your uncle? Second Young Master Lan, do you think that you can let the elders see this? He’d definitely think that you already read it. With a face as thin as yours, you’d be so ashamed that you’d die…”

"Wei Wuxian!" shouted Lan Qiren.

Lan Wangji was very embarrassed.

The Jiangs were just amused knowing the shamelessness of their da-shixiong.

Lan WangJi filled his right hand with spiritual energy, and the book broke into thousands of millions of pieces, fluttering downward. As Wei WuXian saw that he successfully provoked Lan WangJi to the point that the evidence was destroyed, he finally felt relieved, and spoke with fake regret, “What a waste!” Then, he picked up a piece of paper which had fallen on his hair, raising it up to show the fuming, pale-faced Lan WangJi, “Lan Zhan, everything about you is great, except that you like to throw things everywhere. Tell me, how many wads of paper have you thrown onto the ground, in these past few days? Today, you aren’t even satisfied with throwing paper wads anymore, and instead ripped paper. You ripped it, so you clean it up yourself. I’m not gonna help.” Of course, he had never helped anyway.

"What a waste of a beautiful treasure." said Nue Huaisang and the Jins agreed at him.

The Lans glared at him.

Lan WangJi tried again and again to put up with him, but he couldn’t do it any more. He thundered, “Get lost!”

The Lans were shocked to the core hearing it.

"Damn his pissed." said Nie Huaisang in low vioce.

Wei WuXian spoke, “Well, well, look at you, Lan Zhan. Everyone says that you’re a gentleman of excellence, a bright pearl in the world, carrying yourself with incomparable courtesy, so it seems that this is all there is. Didn’t you know that causing noise is prohibited in the Cloud Recesses? And, you actually told me to “get lost.” Is this the first time that you used this phrase on somebody…” Lan WangJi drew his sword and went at him. Wei WuXian hurriedly hopped onto the windowsill, “Get lost it is, then. Getting lost is my best skill. It’s not necessary for you to see me out!”

"Are you really going to hurt me, Lan Zhan?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"No." said Lan Wangji

"Not if you stop annoying him." said Su She.

He jumped down the Library Pavilion, laughing like a maniac as he barged into the forest. There was already a group of people waiting for him. Nie HuaiSang asked, “How did it go? Did he read it? What was he like?”

Wei WuXian replied, “What was he like? Ha! Didn’t you guys hear that loud shout he gave?”

"It was fun." said Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang.

"As expected, his friends are there to support his shenanigans." said Jin Zixuan.

Nie HuaiSang was full of admiration, “I heard it—he told you to get lost! Wei-xiong, it was my first time hearing Lan WangJi tell someone to ‘get lost’! How did you do it?”

Satisfaction was plastered all over Wei WuXian’s face, “Good thing that I helped him achieve this ‘first’. You all saw it, didn’t you? The self-restraint and etiquette that Second Young Master Lan was praised so strongly for were all weak and useless against me.”

"And you're proud of that?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Of course." answered Wei Wuxian.

"You enjoyed it too." he added.

Jiang Cheng scolded with a darkened expression, “What are you proud of?! What is there to be proud of with this?! Do you think that it’s a glorious thing to be told by someone to get lost? You bring so much shame upon our sect!”

"The only normal person in the group." said Lan Qiren.

"I think you're the favourite nephew-in-law." said Wei Wuxian to Jaing Cheng.

Jiang Cheng just scoffed.

"That's because Jiang-xiong is more normal than you as what the old man said." Nie Huaisang said.

Wei WuXian spoke, “I really wanted to apologize to him, but he never paid attention to me. He silenced me for so many days, so what’s wrong with me having a little fun with him? I presented him the book with a nice intention. HuaiSang-xiong, what happened to your treasured porn was really a pity. I didn’t even get to finish it; it was so good! Lan Zhan definitely doesn’t understand proper relationships. I gave it to him, yet he was still unhappy. It’s such a waste of that face of his.”

Nie HuaiSang blurted, “It’s not a pity at all! You can have as many as you want.”

"Nie Huaisang!" shouted Nie Mingjue in rage, why was his brother always failed him.

"Aahh da-ge!" yelled Nie Huaisang running away again and decided not to go back for the time being.

"At least it's not yours." said Madam Yu about the picture books.

"You're not mad?" asked Wei Wuxian.

Madam Yu just scoffed at glared at him.

Jiang Cheng sneered, “You’ve seriously offended both Lan WangJi and Lan QiRen. Just wait for your death tomorrow! Nobody’s gonna bury your corpse.”

Wei WuXian waved his hands, putting his arm around Jiang Cheng’s shoulders, “Who cares, as long as I tease him first? You’ve already buried my corpse so many times, so what’s wrong with once more?”

Jiang Cheng responded with a kick, “Shoo, shoo, shoo! Next time, if you do such a thing, don’t let me know! Don’t ask me to watch, either!”

"Yeah a-cheng always said that but he is always with you when you cause troubles." said Jiang Yanli.

The juniors was feeling down seeing the interaction of two on the screen.

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