Walking through the dark road, under the moonlight is Tiao Reinshun strolling the path towards her sect, with an untamed smile as she still clearly remembers those two birds that doing the courtship dance.

Her new job now is to make her xiong spills out the truth of his shamelessness, and she will not gonna stop until she gets an answer.

Tiao Reinshun's smiles soon turns into thin straight line, before halting and turning around and just as she expected there are people who are bold enough to follow her. The pair of hazelnut color eyes stares at her stalkers, her mouth opens but there's no words come out, instead a heavy sigh that comes out. She closes her eyes, bitten her bottom lip, and turns at the sky, her eyes glance at bright full moon.

"Bye bye..." she bid in her silent voice.

~~~000~~~

Wei Wuxian is blinking his eyes in question, while seeing his sect sister Tiao Reinshun walking on the hall of Liu's House.

There's nothing wrong-has should be if today is not the start of Tiao Reinshun's yearly seclusion in Zhuque Mountain, Tiao Reinshun always goes to seclusion for a week, and no one's allow no matter the circumstances might be, should come to her, even a glimpse is forbidden. Everyone in Zhuque Sect knew about this, so is the Sect Leaders of Wen, Nie, Jiang, and Lan. Lan Wangji and Nie Huaisang are also aware of this.

During this time, Wei Wuxian and their siblings thinking of any kind of gifts that they could give to Tiao Reinshun, since her birthday always fall on fourth day of her seclusion.

So?

So why?

Why is she here?

"Sis Rein!" he calls out, but she didn't seem to hear him; Wei Wuxian finds it weird. He jogs towards her, she just striding slowly so he knew that he could reach her easily, and he aren't wrong. "Sis Rein!" but even with close distance Tiao Reinshun still not registering his presence.

Wei Wuxian frowns, and finally he stretches his hand and grab her shoulder, while calling for her again, turning her around.

It's funny, really, for Wei Wuxian.

Turning Tiao Reinshun so easily, which never happen before. Tiao Reinshun has inherited her father, Tiao Liujuan's monstrous strength, that no one could par them of it. But just now, did he just turn her without pulling so much strength?

"Ouch! How could you treat the lady of House of Liu with such rudeness!" Tiao Reinshun whines, slapping Wei Wuxian's hands, frowning at him. "Don't you know who I am? I'm the only lady that is going to marry the next Sect Leader of Zhuque Sect! I am Tiao Reinshun, you moron!"

Wei Wuxian's eyes widen in shock and disbelief.

Just what happen to his sect sister?!

MDZS Fanfic

Red Strings of Connections

ARC 3 Chapter 44

You Will Never Be the Same

After that shocking encounter, a nasty rumor goes around the Zhuque Sect, that making everyone's skins shivers.

"Ying shixiong~" The called young master of Zhuque Sect is one of the people that feeling this sensation, and he truly doesn't like it, even so he halted upon hearing that sweet voice coming from behind. He turns to confirm his caller, and just as he expected and to his disappointment, he sees his "shimei" from House of Liu, smiling sweetly to him and walking fast towards him.

"You..." Wei Wuxian's eyes narrow, secretly biting his tongue. "Do you need anything Lin-meimei?" Without answering first, Lin-meimei hooked her arm to his arm which the lad quickly removed.

She made an "O" shape on her mouth, and seems to be confused, "What's wrong, Ying-shixiong?"

"Just what do you want Lin-meimei?"

"Nothing. I was just thinking if I could be with you today."

"You are supposedly with Yu-er at Nie Sect."

"But I want to be with Shixiong. Where are you going?"

Wei Wuxian's face shows disgust at his Shimei that acts all cute and showing off her feminine figures, but he made no comment instead put some distance between him and her.

"Lin-meimei we have different priorities, so please just don't bother yourself with me." Wei Wuxian literally says, "don't bother me", but he is being nice, nice enough to not speak of it directly, but he is showing signs of it, but it seems to be that this Shimei who has the same face as his sister doesn't get it or maybe just ignoring it, she even smiles sweetly,

"Awe! But I want to be with Shixiong." Really, using sweet words and voice with that face makes Wei Wuxian wants to vomit; it is a very bad move.

"We're both busy. Bother yourself with your duty." It's quite harsh words coming from him, but he no longer care.

Wanting to make sure she won't refute, Wei Wuxian was quick on his feet and left her alone, that he failed to see her eyes roll, dropping all the sweet facade she had been wearing.

"What the fuck is wrong with him? I am already throwing myself at him, but he keeps dodging it. Doesn't he have balls? Never touch a woman before?! Pathetic! Hmp!"

After complaining, "Tiao Reinshun" walks away, clearly unhappy, and unsatisfied with today's result.

"Lin-meimei" is what they have been calling this inverted "Tiao Reinshun" for three days already.

Normally it should be one on this list:

"Sis Rein"

"Lady Rein"

"Rein-jiejie"

or "Rein-meimei"

Basically, she only been called "Rein" since she was bestowed with a courtesy name. So, why it all changed?

The answer is lies three days ago...

Everyone noticed something amiss to the young lady from House of Liu. The way she walks, the way she ignores the greetings, the way she talks; the way she takes the cultivation lessons "dull and inappropriate for a lady like her"; the way she changes her tone as soon as she gets reminded that the other head disciples are all adopted; and finally, how she clings to Wei Wuxian.

All of this is not what the normal Tiao Reinshun.

All of it contradicts the one they knew.

Yes, she still has her beautiful face, slender feminine figure, yet the elegance and grace of the normal Tiao Reinshun are all gone. Now they have a prideful attitude; beautiful elegance and grace are both off, one could compare it to someone to be taught how to seduce a young master, and once, Ko Shun'U claims that the prostitutes at Red Light District are far more beautiful, elegant, and graceful. With this kind of comment that was made in front of Wei Wuxian and his siblings Ko Shun'U is expected to be hit by Tiao Liujuan, but that never came.

He just quietly observes his daughter's demeanor, and anxiety was evident in his eyes. After that, Tiao Liujuan disappeared in Zhuque Sect.

From what Wei Wuxian and the others perspective, their Uncle Liu might have an idea and make a move to see if his ideas were true.

Soon, one by one, the heads of Zhuque Sect each left on their own without a word to anyone, while the head disciples continue observing this "Tiao Reinshun". They would catch Wei Wuxian narrowing his eyes from time to time, but he nor them says a word.

"Wen? You all are from Wen Clan? What are you doing here? Infesting our Sect?" To Myo Qing. Eyebrow twitch.

"Why a weakling like you become a head disciple?" To Myo Ning. Head tilted.

"Yuck! An abandoned young master?!" To Cong Zhuliu. Head up, look down, with fierce glare.

"A son of prostitute?! Just what did you sell to make the Sect Leader accept you?!" To O Zhangyao, blinks eyes, and forced a smile.

"You don't have the foundation, so you relied on the demonic path? Filthy brat!" To Li Yang, frowns.

"Ying-shixiong~ this maiden thinks that it is time for us to plan our wedding." To Wei Wuxian, had gagged in disgust, felt his stomach overturned with her words, without any words and while covering his mouth as he really felt like vomiting, he ran away from her.

"Why should I be partnered up with you huh? You are maybe handsome, but you cannot be compared to Ying-shixiong!" To Xingxiu Xuanyu. Narrows his eyes.

These are what "Tiao Reinshun" told them once, and with their own different ways of expressing annoyance and frustrations, all of them turns their heels and left her behind.

They all thought that it is much better to leave her as they have something more important to do.

But everyone has limit, and even them doesn't have that much of patience, and eventually it'll reach its limits; especially with a thought that if there's fake "Tiao Reinshun" right in front of them, then the real one must be somewhere, and who knows what's happening to her at this time.

This "Tiao Reinshun" is also different from other Tiao Reinshun that helped them at Night Snow Village, which they almost really mistaken as their real Tiao Reinshun, but this one? Fuck the hell! This girl will never be the same as their Tiao Reinshun.

They knew, they knew that the adults have already on the move to find the real Tiao Reinshun, and so they're willing to wait.

But not for too long...

And as expected someone has already reached his limits.

On the fourth day, seeing there's no news about their Tiao Reinshun's, the anxiety has finally enraged one of them.

"Show respect to your lady! How dare you spoke so casually to me!"

""Show respect", "How dare you"? Hah! Reinshun never spoke of those words! And she never spoke ill towards her siblings! She would never hurt any members of Zhuque Sect! Nor even claim that she will marry Ying-xiong! Tell me now! Who are you?! And where is the real Tiao Reinshun?! Answer me you bitch!"

"Tiao Reinshun" gasps in disbelief, and her face turns into red in fury. "You bastard! How dare you call me like that?! No matter what you claim, I am the one and only real Tiao Reinshun!"

"Could you please stop lying! Even you have same face as her, you will never be the same!"

"Tiao Reinshun" lowers her head and mutter, "Will never be the same... you say?" she scoffs, turning up to him, her eyes are lace with menace, but that wasn't enough to make him feel threaten. "Hey, who say I want to be her?"

Xingxiu Xuanyu stares at this girl who finally removing her mask, waiting to expose her real identity by her own.

"Who wants to be her?! I just bring myself to the place that's belong to me!"

He frowns, and suddenly felt confused to her claims. As far he is aware of, Tiao Reinshun is the one that is belong in Zhuque Sect.

"Everything she has, it's all prepared for me! From her position here, to her courtesy name, the marriage with Ying-shixiong, it was all mine! Tiao Shun is just a thief who stole everything that's mine! I am the real TIAO REINSHUN!!! I'M NOT KANGLIN!!! THE COURTESY NAME TIAO REINSHUN IS MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE!!! MINE ALONE!!!"

After her outburst that Xingxiu Xuanyu sure every single person in their sect have heard, he couldn't help but to smirk.

She totally fell on his trap.

"EVERYTHING IS MINEEEEEE!!!" she panted, that's probably the first time she outburst that much.

Xingxiu Xuanyu sigh, and the smirk reappears, "Everything is belongs to Tiao Shun alone."

"NO! IT'S ALL MINE!!!!" Pseudo Tiao Reinshun heaved another breath before screaming again but this time the things she screams made Xingxiu Xuanyu wants to laugh at her madness, "HELP!!!!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!'

No idiot would come with that screeching scream from her, as everyone knows that never once Tiao Reinshun would screams those words.

It is quite a realization on Xingxiu Xuanyu part, that took a note of it on his head to ask Wei Wuxian or maybe directly ask Tiao Reinshun about it.

Still, no idiot would come with that kind of scream of help.

"What's going on here?"

Pseudo Tiao Reinshun, now exposed to be named Kanglin, turns to see the newcomer, a wide smile appears on her face, eyes shone in great anticipation of victory against Xingxiu Xuanyu.

"Save me Ying-shixiong!"

Wei Wuxian glance at Xingxiu Xuanyu who only shrugs his shoulder, and both shook their heads, unbelievable is what they think.

She literally gone mad, that she forgotten that she screams the truth letting every single person within their sect have heard. What's more amazing is that Xingxiu Xuanyu actually spread out a spell in their sect, covering every corner with amplifying spells that make it more possible.

"Save you on what?"

Right choice of words, Xingxiu Xuanyu wants to applause his brother for it.

"He!" Pseudo Tiao Reinshun points a finger on Xingxiu Xuanyu, "He is forcing me!"

"Forcing you on what?"

"He... he... he wants to claim me!"

Wei Wuxian keeps his cool while secretly biting his lips, while Xingxiu Xuanyu covers his mouth with a hand and turn away.

"Claim... you?"

"YES!"

"Claim you like...? Ripping your clothes? Spread your legs, and put his-"

"Ying-xiong..." Xingxiu Xuanyu calls, "you are enjoying this."

Wei Wuxian scoffs, which confuses Pseudo Tiao Reinshun. She turns her head to Xingxiu Xuanyu then to Wei Wuxian until it finally hits her like rock that Wei Wuxian isn't on her side.

"I'm telling you the truth Ying-shixiong!"

"What's with all these noises?" Cong Zhuliu, the oldest among them, came in.

With his arrival, Pseudo Tiao Reinshun switches her chances to him, since Wei Wuxian is a big no now.

"This bastard here tries to rape me!"

From head to toe, Cong Zhuliu's eyes scans her. He sees no signs of assault, more than so it has more chances that she tries to assault his sect brother rather the other way around. But why would she do that?

Obviously, because he is in her way now.

"Yu-er assaulted you? This brother of ours? Assaulted you?"

"Yes!"

"This brother of ours that keep digging graves for his heart, assaulted you? He chose to assault you rather than confessing to Rein-meimei?"

"Huh?!" that stop the gear on Pseudo Tiao Reinshun's head, she gotten confused.

Cong Zhuliu, "Ah... this is stupid!"

Wei Wuxian, "Thoroughly stupid!"

Li Yang, "Cannot believe she's this mad!"

Myo Qing, "An idiot, I must say."

O Zhangyao, "A stupid idiot that thinks she could fool us."

Xingxiu Xuanyu, "It's like she took all foolishness when it rain."

Myo Ning, "Obviously did not take cover."

"She accepted the rain shower of foolishness all happily." Everyone says in sync, with smiles that's unique to each of them.

"What... what are you all talking about?"

Myo Qing scoffs, "You cannot understand what we just said? You said that you are Tiao Reinshun, but why you cannot understand us?"

"Rein-meimei loves to talk like that. But you Lin-meimei cannot understand it at all?"

O Zhangyao, "Ying-er, I don't think there's a need to call her like that anymore."

"Indeed, after all she never been part of Zhuque Sect, nor us siblings."

Pseudo Tiao Reinshun step back in disbelieve, with question on her head: how come they learn the truth and so fast.

"Bitch let me tell you. True, Ying-er and Rein-meimei is engaged when we were little," Xingxiu Xuanyu stiffen when he hears this, he had no idea the marriage between Tiao Reinshun and Wei Wuxian were actually true. "But Rein-meimei have talk to Sect Leader to make it invalid."

"What? No... that's not true!"

"That's true."

The teens look the entrance and were gone confuse to see all adults blocking the door.

"Baba!" Psuedo Tiao Reinshun recognized her father standing next to the Sect Leader Cangse Sanren.

Tiao Liujuan sighs in disappointment, "I'm so disappointed to you Lin." No lace of adoration or recognition of blood, any child will be hurt by this, but it has to be said.

"You agreed to it Ying-xiong."

Wei Wuxian glance at Xingxiu Xuanyu, and grins, "Of course! It'll be chaos if the Chaos Duo gotten marry! Think what would happen to the world if so."

"Joke aside."

"It's the true."

"That would be real deal yucky!"

Everyone eyes shone in recognition of that familiar playful voice which came from behind the adults. The Sect Leader and Tiao Liujuan make way for that disciple, who soon step out, and went to her doppelganger.

"Hey, have you enjoyed your stay here my dear sister, A-Lin."

"Where have you been?!"

"Well..."

Before she could answer, someone embraces her tightly, and since that person dash towards her, she almost lost balance but thanks to her incredible strength it only needs a step back to keep herself and the person from falling.

Everyone smiles, except Pseudo Tiao Reinshun and Tiao Liujuan.

Of course, just like everyone Tiao Liujuan sees all the signs between these two teens, but he never once imagine that "he'll" have guts to actually jumps in her arms right in front of this many people.

"Xuanyu..."

"I'm so glad... so very glad you're safe Reinshun!" he whispers in her ears alone.

Tiao Reinshun hears him clearly, and those words makes her smiles fondly, her hands fell on his back, embracing him back but not as tight as his.

"I'm sorry, I made you all worried."

Wei Wuxian pats Tiao Reinshun's head, Myo Qing pinch her cheek, Li Yang embraces her from behind, Cong Zhuliu offers a fist bump, which she returns, Myo Ning, holds that same fisted hand gently and pat it.

Pseudo Tiao Reinshun or Kanglin as what she screams earlier, were completely ignore and forgotten on the back.

Watching these, the words "This supposedly mine" were repeating in her mind. This heartwarming relationship, being in the center of bond, being the center of love, she wants this. So why? Why did their father choose her twin instead of her? Ain't he love her more than that person whom just born together with her and born from same womb? What's the different between them? Lots, for one Tiao Kanglin is much beautiful that Tiao Reinshun, second, she's way smarter, third, she's loved by her grandparents... but no matter what she claims to be her quantities, this won't change the fact in front of her; and no matter what she claims to be her quantities, those who knew both of them will say the other way around.

Each by them, retracted themselves from overwhelm Tiao Reinshun, and the one that has left lastly is Xingxiu Xuanyu who when he realizes what he just done, blushes and quickly let her go; both their hands were raise in surrender.

"I'm sorry I just-"

Tiao Reinshun smiles at him and says in her soft voice a simple, "Right."

While Wei Wuxian and all people in the room repressing themselves from making a comment.

"I'm so gonna tell this to Lan Zhan!"

"He won't be interested, unless if it's about you." Wei Wuxian just shook his head.

Straighten their expressions, they all turn to the person that caused this gather up.

"It is supposed to be mine-"

"So glad~" Wei Wuxian cut off. "Real relief that it is just "supposedly" and not a reality." Tiao Kanglin frowns staring at him, "Rein-ah... Tiao Reinshun is a special existence in this sect. That personality of yours, actually, makes us so much relief that you ended up bedridden all these years."

Yes, Tiao Kanglin has bedridden since she was young, she has mysterious disease that consuming her spiritual energy, preventing her to practice cultivation and develop her spiritual core.

Even so, her grandparents doted her and loved her, spoiling her to the core, and promise the world to her. Completely different to Tiao Reinshun who were abused in Tiao Sect.

"I'll tell you a reality you'll never accept, Tiao Kanglin." Myo Juan spoke up. "The reason you were all healthy right now is because of your sister, who asks Myo Qing to make a medicine for your disease. They have researched it till they get a successful result, and she sent to you immediately upon completion."

"No..."

O Zhangyao, "Wei Ying-shixiong is our savior and Tiao Shun-shijie is the one that welcomes us."

Xingxiu Xuanyu, "Without any of this chaotic problem duo, we won't be here nor even you."

Myo Qing, "Since you replaced Tiao Shun-shijie, you've been looking down on us, going so far as questioning our presence here, right."

The adults are just listening and watching how the teens resolves things.

In the end Tiao Kanglin did not accept her and Tiao Reinshun's fate, even so this doesn't stop Tiao Liujuan to bring her back to his parents sect.

A/N:

The last part must be confused you all.

The part where everyone is calling Wei Ying "shixiong" and Tiao Shun "shijie"

When it comes to ages Wei Wuxian and Tiao Reinshun are younger than to Cong Zhuliu, Myo Qing and O Zhangyao, since they were treating each other siblings, they prefered this set up. But when it comes to who came first in the sect Tiao Reinshun is first, Wei Wuxian is second and others follows, thus it's what I have used during this part.

Okay next!

Name Guide:

Cong Zhuliu: Wen Zhuliu - Hand-Melting Core.

O Zhangyao: Jin Guangyao - Hidden Fragrance Lord.

Li Yang: Xue Yang.

Myo Qing: Wen Qing.

Myo Ning: Wen Ning.

Xingxiu Xuanyu: Mo Xuanyu.