The sweet spring was residing in the air with all her grace, and two handsome figures walked along the flower bedded path.

The two cultivators walked side by side, with the slender one almost leaning over the other, with a smile plastered on both of their faces. One's smile was brightly conspicuous, while the other's one was concealed. But of them were pleased - relishing the fresh scent of the spring Zephyr in the mirth of each other's companion.

" Wei Ying, are you worried about something? " The jade asked in a weary tone, as he noticed the perplexity in his other half's eyes since this morning. He wanted to give the other some space, so he didn't pester him. Though he seemed perplexed, but a sudden happiness was also rippling through his brown eyes, and so Lan Wangji let the other man spend some time in his own whims.

" No Lan Zhan, I am... Just excited... " Wei Wuxian replied in a meek voice.

Though meek, the voice had sudden jeer that was as fragile as a glass, and as concealed as the bright stars that reside hundreds of light years apart.

" Hmm. " The jade hummed.

" Lan Zhan, I am very happy. "

" Why? "

" You will see. " Saying this, Wei Wuxian giggled.

Lan Wangji didn't question further, as he didn't want to break this fragile mirth that rarely appears in the other man's eyes. Wei Wuxian might be a jumpy ebullient youth - always full of cheer, but this kind of happiness rarely ripples in his eyes - the kind that erupts from the core of his heart and mind - tinted with self-love. Lan Wangji loves it when the other man smiles out of his own happiness, and not always for others.

They walked languidly, basking the refreshing atmosphere of Gusu - crossing a linn, a flower smeared path, a lonely bridge, youthful forest path gleamed by soft sunshine, and finally, they reached the city area.

It was a beautiful city.

The tranquility of this city was unparalleled, as the there were no street vendors, but only refined shops, where the shopkeepers were selling goods to the customers in the most peaceful way possible. The city was scarcely populated, and judging from the lavish houses and elite aura from the city, it was conspicuous that the city was inhabited by gentry classes. The shops too were lavish, and sold luxury goods.

Since Gusu was surrounded by waterfalls, and was embraced by rivers, there was no place where water body could not be found; a water-filled canal was flowing under the overpass, and the floating-boat market were selling red lanterns and beautiful crafted showpieces; a quite picturesque scene was created to be stared at. Wei Wuxian loves to buy things from these floating markets. It feels different to shop while floating on water along with the swift water stream.

" Wei Ying, it's Chengling city. Why are we here? "

" Mm hmm... You will see. Just keep walking with me. Won't you? "

" Hmm"

And, they kept on walking along the streets of the beautiful city, with the smaller man looking here and there, and the taller man asking everytime if the other wanted anything; answer was no each time - for the first time in these days.

Walking for quite a long while, they reached a comparatively lowkey and underdeveloped area which looked contrasting with the luxurious city life. This place was mainly scattered with houses that seemed to belong to mediocre people, and the vendors and the shabby shops left the clue of mediocre lifestyle of the people inhabiting this part of the city.

Lan Wangji seemed a bit confused now. Being brought to such a shadowed place by the man who loves to roam in vibrant markets and places with food stalls, was confusing indeed. But since the former Yiling Patriarch is the master of adventure and experiment, so without pondering much, he walked along with the other.

Soon, they reached an abandoned narrowly lane, where there were no trace of any person, and suddenly, Wei Wuxian was pushed against the wall of an abandoned house that was standing alone beside the lane.

" What are you doing Lan Zhan? " Wei Wuxian asked in an amused tone while giggling with mirth.

But without answering, Lan Wangji attacked the other's neck, and started started kissing him. Wei Wuxian melted into the heart warming kiss, and wrapped his hands around the other's shoulder, basking his mollifying scent.

After a long time did they part their lips, and both were panting, one visibly taking deep breathes open mouthedly with closed eyes, while the other took in small breathes almost invisibly; only Wei Wuxian could pick up the breathelessness in the other's demeanor, judging from the short ragged breathes he was inhaling and exhaling.

But both were glued to each other, their lips just at the distance of breadth of a leaf. The two pair of eyes gazed darkly into the deep orbs of brown and golden inks, and a red blush visibly crept through both of their faces.

" I see. The godly Hanguang-Jun could not control himself even in public. What an effect the Yiling Patriarch had on the esteemed light bearing Lord. " He whispered, while tempting the other by biting his lower lips and rubbing his body against the other.

A wave of arousal washed over both the bodies and the legendary tension was building with all its might, as the two pair of eyes bore through each other's body, Adam's apple bobbing up and down intermittently.

The two were about to touch their lips again when...

" DON'T LET HIM GO! "

A rough voice of a man thundered and hurried footsteps started rustling towards them. Immediately, the two parted, and stood three feet away from each other - face flustered, and the arousal stinging under the clothes.

A little boy ran towards them, merely four years old. A plastic covered bun was dangling in his hand. He ran frantically, as a man in his mid forties chased after him.

As soon as the boy reached the boundary of 1 feet from the two venerated cultivators, his little feet gave up, and he clashed against the ground pathetically, and dust and dirt awashed his little frame.

" Haha got you. " The man exclaimed loudly, and with a thick stick in his hand, rushed towards the boy. But as soon as he raised his hand to hit the little boy, his whole body stiffed, and the hand remained floating, or better to say frozen in the air. He stared at the two elite figures with widened eyes.

Both Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian rushed towards the boy at the same time, and helped him get up from the dusty ground.

" Are you hurt? " They asked at the same time; their eyes smeared with concern, as they searched for any injury or wounds on the boy's body while dusting off the dirt from his already dirty hanging ragged robes.

The boy however, shrunk into a shell and turned into a stiff log. His bright innocent eyes were scrutinizing the two beautiful males with anticipation, and suspicion. His little hands holding the bun found their way behind his back as if it was utterly scared to be snatched away from the little boy's hands.

" Don't worry. We are not going to scold you neither take away your bun. " Wei Wuxian assured with a bright smile. Lan Wangji just stood near the boy, observing him closely.

Hearing the other's assuring voice, the boy finally seemed to calm down, and the tightness and tension on his face loosened a little, and he distanced himself a little from the two elder men, and stood there quietly.

" Mind telling us the backstory? "

Wei Wuxian inquired the man who seemed extremely relieved to be finally paid with the attention he has been seeking for - being frozen into a living statue for an entire 10 minutes. He stared pleadingly at the two cultivators, and it worked. With a flash of white sparkles, he was again able to move his limbs and the lardy body cladded in low quality robes.

" Gongzis. " The man hurried to bow before the two, with wildered eyes and ultimate consciousness, as he was apparently dreaded by the thought of having crossed the periphery of wrath-circle of these two apparently wealthy and powerful cultivators.

Common people were always remained circumspect around the cultivators, specially the venerated ones, as the power and deeds of these cultivators are known far and wide - both the cruel ones and the blissful ones; either way, the cultivators and the cultivation sect matters were beyond the common man's topic of understanding, and they always tried to remain under goodwill of the sects, and most of the time tried to distance themselves from those intricate political issues, and focus on their daily breads.

" I am sorry if I had offended you masters. " He apologized with all due respect and veneration, that is considered to be compulsory to be shown to any cultivator, as the latter one are holy men, and they are responsible for moderating the eternal imbalance of turmoil and peace; be it the case of managing a ghost volley, or scraming away rampaging resentful monster, or a clutter of corpses.

" Relax. " A cold voice laden with instructive tone, commanded calmly, and the man immediately relaxed, as if it was really a command from the white robed cultivator.

" Young Masters, this lad is a brat. He steals food everyday. I am not owner of any palace, I have to work hard to earn my living. I don't have the condition to distribute free food among those orphans. We are all middle class people and struggle to even sell one item since this is a shadowed region. Or else why would I deprive a child from just a piece of bun? " The man explained in a guilty voice, as if he too is regretting his actions of thrashing a little child.

He gazed at the boy with softer eyes; but the latter was still intimidated from the earlier dread, and hid behind Lan Wangji like a scared kitten. Rent helpless, Lan Wangji caressed the boy's back and head soothingly in quest of calming him down and make him feel safe; it worked.

" He is another unfortunate from that orphanage young Masters. You know the condition of these lowkey orphanages. They hardly has the ability to provide food to every child in adequate amount, and the result is that the children end of stealing food and begging; and the owners are least bothered about them. "

Wei Wuxian, " You mean Lijiang Orphanage? "

" Yes yes that one. It's over there, just few feet away from here. " The man replied hurriedly.

" I know I know. Okay. Off you go, and take this. " Wei Wuxian handed the man few coins, and the man seemed ever grateful. Offering last bow of respect, he left.

" Little man. Come with us. " The boy complied; with cautious steps, he started following the two venerable men with ducked head.

Till now, Lan Wangji didn't ask any further question like - why are we here? How did you know about the orphanage? Where exactly are we going.. Etc etc.. He silently followed Wei Wuxian.

After few turns and bends along the forsaken street, they are standing in front of a shabby orphanage, with bustling noises rippling inside the scruffy walls.

The boy ran inside the orphanage, and Lan Wangji looked at Wei Wuxian with questioning eyes.

" Shh no question. You will know soon. " Wei Wuxian said with many traces of smile adorning his face.

They entered the orphanage, and Lan Wangji just followed Wei Wuxian. The condition was really miserable; the inside was untidy, casually maintained; the children seemed to be malnourished; hygiene seemed to be long ago forgotten. The children were screaming, and chaos and hullabaloo bustled everywhere.

It was quite a pitiful sight.

On seeing Wei Wuxian, the owner hurried towards them with a smiling face.

" Young Master you came! " He exclaimed.

However, Wei Wuxian ignored him, and continued to walk. He seemed to not like the owner at all, or else he smiles almost at everyone without thinking twice.

" Hmm. " The former Yiling Patriarch just hummed with unamused face, and ignored the owner completely.

It didn't take time for Lan Wangji to conclude why Wei Wuxian hated the owner. The conditions of the children say it all. The owner has taken the orphanage just as a lucrative source, and doesn't give a fuck about the well being of the children.

Meandering through the rusty pavilions, they reached a relatively cleaner room, that seemed to be well furnished with comparatively expensive furnitures and necessary items. The room was more than clean; it was glitzing clean, and decorated beautifully. The bedsheets were clean and of good quality, and there were even wooden toys scattered here and there. It seemed like a rich family dwells here along with their child.

Wei Wuxian entered the room and Lan Wangji followed. Upon entering, he noticed that there was a beautiful wooden cot, placed at comparatively corner side of the room, and a little bundle was residing inside it, moving and shuffling from time to time.

Wei Wuxian stared in the direction of the cot and his eyes were sparking with an additional glitz of burnished glee, as his face broke into a sheening smile. Lan Wangji too followed his gaze and stared at the direction of the cot with confused eyes, and then looked at Wei Wuxian with equal confusion.

" Wei Ying? "

But Wei Wuxian didn't answer, and instead sprinted towards the cot; his entire demeanor shining from a rippling mirth.

" Lan Zhan, come here. "

For some reason, Lan Wangji's heart was thumping loudly like rolling drums, and his feet hesitated to advance from the spot for an unknown reason. A sudden impending realisation was knocking at his heart, and his throat went a bit dry.

He gulped.

Though his face was as expressionless as ever, it took a millisecond for Wei Wuxian to pick up the hesitancy.

" Lan Zhan..... Come here. Please. " His tone was utterly gentle.

So without further ado, Lan Wangji reached beside the cot, beside Wei Wuxian. His heart still rumbling.

His eyes were glued to Wei Wuxian's face, and the latter just offered a hearty laughter.

" Haha.. Lan Zhan... Look down. "

He complied with the same rumbling heart. As soon as his eyes fell over the cot, his eye balls ceased its motion, and got stuck on the little figure that was wrapped inside soft cute layer blanket.

A little child, a little angel was lying amid the softness of cotton blanket; eyes closed and lips wobbling from time to time. Lan Wangji couldn't move his eyes.

" Baobei, wake up. " Wei Wuxian sing songed in a low voice, almost into a whisper, as if he wants to wake up the child, but is afraid to wake up the angel at the same time.

As soon as his voice rang, the little body inside the cot moved, as if it has recognised his voice.

The angel opened her eyes; Lan Wangji's world stopped.

She has grey eyes; she has a pair of grey eyes that were shinning like burnished pearl, the dull hue seemed to be smeared with colorful hues of joy, as if that same dull color was made to be engraved in her eyes, so that it could gain colors from the touch of her soul.

The grey eyes, that Lan Wangji had longed to forever stare into; those same large long-lashed eyes, that Lan Wangji longed to forever stare into his; those same bright eyes, that Lan Wangji longed to forever be lost into; these are the same eyes that Lan Wangji had hoped to never see again after he lost them seventeen years ago.

Those same eyes.

Lan Wangji's own eyes got soaked into a pool of water, and he stared right into those mesmerizing eyes.

As if she had been waiting for him, the angel started wriggling her little hands and feet frenzily, and her face broke into an eternally beautiful cherubic smile. She giggled, and made grabby hands towards Wei Wuxian, as if she had been longing for him since a long time.

Wei Wuxian grinned so brightly, that even the sun would grovel before its glitz. Lan Wangji stared at the scene with mystified eyes; it seemed like his mind had long ago fathomed the situation, but his heart was feeling shy to absorb it.

Wei Wuxian picked the angel up, and brought her close to his chest, engulfing her in his warm embrace. Lan Wangji couldn't move his eyes from them. It looked so ethereal, so fragile.

Wei Wuxian finally looked up at him; eyes perplexed. But a strange emotion was rippling through them, as if they are waiting for something and they know that they shall attain it; but still they are a little unsure.

Lan Wangji couldn't move a limb. He wanted to wipe off those insecurities from his other half's eyes and scream to him that....

Scream to him that....

He got lost again.

With the baby happily wriggling in his arms, Wei Wuxian walked towards Lan Wangji. The Jade's blood started rushing towards his heart and cheeks, and he felt a strange feeling slashed through his heart; in a sweet way thought.

" Lan Zhan. Meet her, she is; " he paused.

After remaining silent for a moment, he again began.

" Lan Zhan, I am adopting her. " He stated each word, with determination dripping from them. His face contained grit, but his eyes were soft and filled with love while he stared at the smiling baby.

Lan Wangji has never seen a child so charming and sprightly. Smile never left her face since she laid her eyes on Wei Wuxian. He stared at the child with shaking eyes.

Chiseled nose, fair cheeks adorned by pink blush, grey eyes colored with mirth, long lashes almost tracing their shadow on her cheeks, rosy lips adorned by traces of smile, her perfect-length forehead decorated with a black dot in the middle of the sharp black arched eyebrows. She is the most beautiful child Lan Wangji had ever seen.

Those little eyes stared back at him, as if both of them were having a silent conversation.

Wei Wuxian walked nearer Lan Wangji with shaky soft steps, and stopped beside the jade, with his body just few centimeters away from the other man; Lan Yin was still staring at Lan Wangji. Perhaps she is trying to study this new man she is seeing for the first time; her little mind is perhaps trying to measure him. But there was a strange gay in her eyes. Though her face seemed to be grave, as if pondering over something, her eyes still did not looses their sheen.

" She is four months old. She was found near the sewage unprotected, before she was brought to this orphanage. She was only a month old back then. " A cloud of gloom showed Wei Wuxian's face and he gazed at his angel with utmost compassion.

Lan Wangji grabbed Bitchen's hilt and his hold tightened as his blood started to boil from the blow of the menacing news. His heart dropped on the floor with loud infrasonic thumb. Something flashed across his eyes, and in a moment, they were soaked in water.

Wei Wuxian advanced the angel a little bit towards the Jade, and smiled brightly.

" I found this orphanage while roaming around this city. To inspect the conditions of the children, I investigated this place, and I found her a month ago. She was malnourished, and was taken care by an eighty years old woman.

I don't know why, but as soon as I saw her, I knew that she is the bliss that the heavens has sent for us. The moment I saw her, I knew she belongs to us. I don't know and I don't care about her past background; she has already caged my heart. I used to come here and feed her.

After spending with her two weeks, I had that... "

He paused and gazed into Lan Wangji's eyes.

" I am adopting her Lan Zhan. " His eyes were perplexed, and like a shaky candle, a weak flame was burning in them - almost at the verge of blowing off.

" We are adopting her. " Lan Wangji finally stated with unshakable determination; and like an aurora on the frost, he smiled. A bright fragile smile, as tender as the fragrance of hyacinth.

" Lan Zhan.." The name came out of his voice in a choked form, and his face broke into a sobbing grin. His deep brown eyes turned into a pool of tear.

Lan Wangji took the angel from his beloved's arm into his own arms, and gazed at the ethereal face that was beaming at him.

Oh so precious the smile was. Lan Wangji put a kiss on her forehead, and a tear escaped from his eyes. Wei Wuxian hugged him from his side.

Lan Wangji met the angel just few minutes ago, but it felt like they had been bonded a long ago; as if he had been waiting for her, for their angel to shower bliss on them.

Lan Wangji held the angel's hand, and she grabbed his finger tightly.

A laughter rippled through Wei Wuxian's voice, and he made an attempt to separate the two hands. But the angel was swift enough to turn towards her father, tightly holding his finger.

" Hmm. Just met today, and angel is already ignoring me? " Wei Wuxian sing songed in a playful tone. As soon as he said so, angel made her left hand grabby towards Wei Wuxian. Surprised, Wei Wuxian took her hand, and she immediately grabbed one of his fingers.

Wei Wuxian looked at Lan Wangji and both smiled at the same time.

She is going to be the brightest female cultivator from Lan clan.

" Yin. She is going to be as strong and tenace as Yin. " Lan Wangji affirmed.

" Yes, indeed." Wei Wuxian complied. His face was traced with thousand traces of elate. He too held their angel along with his husband and looked lovingly at her.

" Shall we go home?" Lan Wangji asked with gaiety.

" Yes, A-Yin's new home is waiting for her. " Wei Wuxian smiled brightly.

" Her courtesy name? " Wei Wuxian seemed to ponder a little.

" Uncle and brother should be given a chance too. " Lan Wangji's voice was jovial and full of fullness.

" Haha.. Yes I suppose. " Another jovial reply came.

Full. Filled upto the brim. They are finally full. That missing link has been found; that chasm has been filled. They are now blessed with that invaluable gift, for which a concealed and buried portion of their hearts had been longing for. An angel has arrived in their lives, to fill the last blank of their happiness.