Wang Zheng's personal history brought Yunlan to the North-West at the same time Shen Wei went there looking for the Hallows.

Neither of them was expecting to meet the other there, and Wei smiled when Yunlan joked, "are you following me?"

"It seems to me you're the one following me" he joked back, trying to hide the emotions inside him.

Wei's original plan to go alone on this dangerous mission was turned upside down by Yunlan insisting to go together, and he scolded himself for letting it happen. He didn't resist much, did he? No, Wei found it too hard to say no to him, and when Yunlan gave him his jacket to protect him from the cold, he was completely won by Yunlan's care, and he cherished it like the most precious gift.

Yunlan had so quickly become the center of his world, the one thought that shadowed everything else.

~~~

Yunlan went alone looking for Wang Zheng when she disappeared, not knowing what he would find there, but Wei knew and couldn't stay still knowing that he was in danger.
He was so worried that as soon as he could he sneaked out and turned into the Black Envoy just in time to save him from those spirit beasts.

Yunlan watched him amazed, feeling again a sense of deja vu, as if he was expecting this black figure to save him when he needed it.

Yunlan's only thought when he got back was to make sure that Wei was there, safe.

When he happened to touch the jacket he had given him, recognizing the smell of the spirit beasts, Wei's secret was out. Everyone else would have been shocked, but Yunlan wasn't. Actually things started to finally make sense, the way he had felt being rescued by the Envoy had been pretty much the same as when Shen Wei had taken care of his injured arm: comfortable and safe.

Yunlan thought for a long time about this, what should he do now, how should he behave, what did that man mean to him.
Da Qing's casual joke when they were discussing the Envoy helped him reach a decision.

Yunlan had been wondering where could the Envoy be and Da Qing had said that he had no reason to stay here, "why should he come here,to meet his lover?"

Yunlan felt irritated at the thought that there could be someone Wei cared for, and felt something tugging at his soul, something that he should know already but that once again eluded him.

He wasn't stupid, by now he was sure that there was something in his past that he couldn't seem to remember, so he asked Da Qing's help in retrieving his memory.

The two of them trusted each other completely and would always be there for one another.

Now they approached this matter working together. Da Qing helped him with the meditation required, and helped his mind go back to when it all started...
The first time he met Shen Wei he didn't know his name but knew the face already, so back before that...
When he saw Da Qing's human form he had felt the same thing, of knowing it already...

Yunlan focused on his meditation and let his mind go back before all that, to the first time he had a feeling of not remembering something, a weird feeling of not being able to grasp an important memory, where was he? He was coming out of an empty house.
He was still a kid, so why was he there? Because he had seen someone and had gone to check. Who had he seen? There was a woman, she had told him that she could make him see his future, and he had seen...
Shen Wei, lots and lots of images of Shen Wei.

Yunlan came out of his meditation gasping when he remembered the last image, Wei's body protecting him and falling down, spitting blood, while he watched powerless...

He remembered everything now. The woman had said that what he had seen could not be changed, so that heartbreaking scene was really who-knows-how-far-ahead in his future?

Why hadn't he seen anything after that? Was he going to die as well? Was this some kind of perverted joke from Fate?

But Yunlan wasn't the kind of man to get discouraged, he spent many hours thinking about it, impressing every single image in his mind, trying to find a solution, something that he could do to avoid that outcome.

~~~~~

The case of the little girl gave him the idea of how he could bring Shen Wei to openly disclose his identity to him.

When they took Tan Xiao to Sid, he recognised the place. He had seen it already in his vision. Sooner or later he would find himself in there, in the hands of the enemy, under Wei's worried look.

Yunlan needed to be in that room when Wei would come looking for Tan Xiao, so that's probably when Zhu Jiu was going to appear. Knowing that, he put a devise in his ears so that he wouldn't be affected by that power.

It wasn't easy to keep pretending under Wei's worried expression, his heart ached when Wei suggested taking his place, exposing his true face.

Pretending to shoot him was not a difficult thing, the two of them seemed to understand each other so well.

He just hoped Wei wouldn't be angry at this deception, but he had a feeling that he wouldn't, after all there were still many images of them together that hadn't happened yet.

He was right of course, Wei forgave him without hesitation, and now his secret was officially out.

Both of them knew that they needed to talk about that, and Yunlan remembered an image of them inside Wei's apartment, with Wei handing him a cup of tea without looking at him.

Was there a chance that what he had seen could be changed? There was nothing wrong in trying, so he reached home and looked at Wei's door before knocking and asking him to join him in his own apartment for a chat.

Wei couldn't even look at him, but he moved aside holding the door open.
"There's no need. Come in, and we can talk"

He had no other choice but to enter, and he sat exactly where he sat the last time he was there.

Without a word, Wei went to make tea before joining him, handing him the cup.
Yunlan smiled, basically living that moment for the second time.

~~

Shen Wei had always been sure of himself, of what he had to do, but what now? He had tried to keep his real identity hidden, wishing he could enjoy some normal life with this man, but now Yunlan knew. Would he reject him before things even started between them, would he still want to be his friend knowing what he knew now?

Yunlan's voice brought him back to reality, stating in plain words that there was no more need for pretence now, "unless you know how to erase my memory"

"What makes you think that I can't?" Wei smiled despite himself, he could actually do that but it wouldn't be right, and it would probably be pointless, Yunlan would find out again sooner or later.

Yunlan sipped his tea and spared a moment considering his next action. What if he pushed him away? Would that work, and save Wei's life?
What he had tried before hadn't worked, but maybe... but then he shrugged off those thoughts, he could push Wei out of his life, but he couldn't push the Envoy out of that battle.

He believed the woman's words that what he had seen could not be changed, so he just had to go on with his life hoping that a solution would present itself at the right time.

It was useless to think about it now anyway, so he let it go for the moment.
He smiled playfully and teased the Black Envoy in a way that would have made his team cringe in horror had they known.

"You lied to me, you hurt me, you must make it up to me"

He saw Wei gulping, and smiled thinking of what might be going on in his mind now.

"What do you want?"

Yunlan said that he had to promise him that he would join Sid and work with him, and watched with somehow perverted satisfaction the expression on Wei's face.
Was that disappointment?

He grinned and before Wei could think of an excuse to refuse he added, "and there's another thing.."
He moved closer and kissed him.

Wei tried to keep his mind focused, "what are you doing? You know I'm..." but Yunlan silenced him with another kiss.

"You look good in black, but you're even sexier in your professor's clothes, I bet you would look even better without them..."

Wei seemed about to say something else, but Yunlan's kissing was shattering all his defences, and he could no longer resist kissing him back. They kept kising for a long time until Yunlan moved closer bumping his knee on the coffee table, making him broke the kiss and let out an "ouch" that kind of ruined their moment.

Wei looked down and murmured "see you tomorrow, I'll go to Sid with you" and Yunlan reluctantly retreated to his own apartment.

~~~

The next day, when the minister asked how Yunlan had managed to convince Shen Wei to join Sid, they both thought back at their moment: Yunlan's inebriating kisses that defeated Wei's barriers, the way he moaned inside his mouth, his tongue playing seductively with his own, Wei had wanted more, so much more, he couldn't resist him, and his aroused mind barely registered the words when Yunlan murmured against his mouth, "so, will you join me?" before licking his lips. Yunlan had put his hands on his face and Wei had looked at him through burning eyes, his vision unfocused, replying "yes" before that sinful mouth descended on his again.

He had agreed to be Sid's official consultant.