Wei Wuxian's POV

While we were away, Jiang Cheng had asked for a basket to keep our food warm and two trays. He suspected that I would like to have dinner with Lan Zhan.

SiZhui and Jin Ling served us. We had moved the work table to the center of the room to be together.

After dinner was over, I turned to the table.

"Which one of you goes first?"

Everyone turned to SiZhui, it meant everything !!!! Jiang Cheng and Wen Ning knew that I couldn't get angry at my son, and neither could Lan Zhan.

"When you were attacked, Uncle Xichen was coming to meet you! He just saw Xue Yang send some kind of probably poisonous dart at you Father and in the same movement he wounded you Die. You were at the door of YunShen Buzhi and you were not on your guard since you were back home.

Uncle Xichen saw Xue Yang taking father and you followed them holding your side Die. He called you, but you didn't hear him. You went after them... head down. Uncle Xichen commandeered the guards who were a little further away and they followed you ... but they just had time to see you disappear in a big white light.

I was at cousin Wen Ning's house, Uncle Xichen called me immediately and we sent a message to Lianhua Wu and Jinlintai. Uncle Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling arrived within a few hours. We didn't understand what Uncle Xichen had seen. So Wen Ning sent a message to Uncle Baochen. He explained to us that there are as many different worlds as there are different choices that can be made. He showed us an artifact that allows us to travel through these worlds. We went to the place where you had disappeared Die and the artifact set itself on the last passage that had been opened in that place. We decided to rescue you. The problem is that the passage can only be opened from the place of origin and only every 28 days! We arrived 5 days ago." SiZhui turned to Lan Zhan.

"Father, for safety's sake, we didn't tell anyone that both of you disappeared. ....

SiZhui looked embarrassed.

"What if someone was looking for us?" I asked.

"He looked at his uncle.

"Xichen is instructed to say that you kidnapped Han GuangJun for a romantic getaway because you were feeling cramped in YunShen Buzhi!!!" threw out Jiang Cheng all at once.

I laughed mockingly. That was just like me!

"Always slip a truth into a lie to make it seem true!!! And how did you justify, evaporating 2 clan leaders for a period of 28 days?"

"Special training with Uncle Jiang for 14 days for me and then study with Uncle Xichen to complete my education as a clan leader!"

"Training my nephew for 14 days then travel to our remote lands to check that everything is okay, I do this every year. I said I was moving up the inspection!

"Me, I am on a mission by order of Uncle Xichen for an indefinite period of time," concluded SiZhui

"And you Die, what happened?"

"When I arrived, I immediately realized that my other self must be a very bad person, even more than the Patriarch of Yiling! But especially that I was supposed to be dead. I managed to follow Xue Yang to QingDao, but alone, I could not act. I was lucky to find some members of the Wen resistance and I could spy on them. When they decided the attack, I took advantage of it, and managed to get Lan Zhan back!"

"Father?"

"My powers were sealed before I woke up. Little or no memories! Just one question: where was the piece of Iron Yin entrusted to Lan."

"And you didn't say anything," I said.

"You know me!"

"Well, we will leave you. We'll see you tomorrow morning," said Jiang Cheng.

"Father, I'll play for you again after breakfast. Good night to both of you."

"Good night Uncle Wei and you too Uncle Lan"

"Master Lan, I would like to put on this new preparation I made for your back. Do you mind?" said Wen Ning.

After Jiang Cheng, Jin Ling and SiZhui went out, I helped Lan Zhan take off his tunic and lay down on his stomach. Wen Ning took care of his wound and withdrew after applying a new bandage.

We were finally alone. I wanted to help him to put back his tunic but he refused.

"Help me to lie down.

I put my arm behind his back and laid his head gently on the pillow. With a wave of my hand I extinguished all the candles and undressed. I slipped into bed and stuck my body to my soul mate's. My face was close to his.  I put my arm around his waist and his hand came to rest on it, intertwining our fingers.

"Lan Zhan told me if I hurt you during the night. Don't hesitate to wake me up.

"Mnnnn"

"Lan Zhan, I missed you so much, you'll laugh, but when you're not near me I can't sleep..."

"I'm here, sleeping. It's late."

I nestled my face into his neck. His thumb caressed the top of my hand. I heard his voice start to hum our song. I smiled. Even wounded and bruised, his concern was for my well-being.

My heart overflowed with love for this exceptional man who had chosen me as his culture partner. He was perfection and righteousness, I was fallible and uncontrollable. He was the light and I was the darkness. He was the ice and I was the fire. He was yang and I was yin. We were opposites and yet complementary. An inseparable whole. I fell asleep in my place in the arms of my soul mate.

The next morning, when I woke up, the warmth of the body I had fallen asleep against reassured me. When I opened my eyes Lan Zhan was looking at me. It was not yet daylight. He caressed my cheek and said.

"This is the first night we've spent together and we've been so good!

"You're not really in the state...

"To make you mine no, but ...."

His hand caressed my cheek again. His thumb flew over my lips and he brought my face close to his. His eager lips took hold of mine. His other hand slipped between the bed and my hip to reach my back. He tilted me halfway over him.

"Lan Zhan, your back!

"Mnnn...it's okay."

His hands continued to caress me. He knew all my sensitive spots and was having fun exciting them one after the other. The sensation went down my back to my buttocks. One of his fingers found the opening there and entered.

"Lan Zhan, it's not worth it you know, I can wait for you!" I closed my eyes in pleasure.

"I dust!"

What was he talking about? Dusting? And then I remembered. Yesterday morning I had joked while he was unconscious, telling him that if he was slow to wake up, there would be cobwebs in my privacy and he would have to dust before he could get in again!!! So he had heard me right!

I laughed a little and let him do it. After all, if he felt capable of it .... to me that did not hurt, quite the contrary! We gave each other pleasure until the first light of dawn.

"Lan Zhan, I'm going to transfer you to the other bed and change the sheets on this one.

"Why?"

"Uh... in this world, relationships like ours are forbidden!"

"You're my husband, and I wouldn't change my behavior for them!"

"I know but... let's be discreet, well as usual! Okay?"

"Mnnn..."

I transferred Lan Zhan as I had said. I took the opportunity to give him a basin so that he could wash himself and I helped him to put on a clean tunic. The sheets were changed in no time. When SiZhui and Wen Ning arrived a little later, nobody could have imagined what had happened in the bed!

Except that Wen Ning hesitated for a while when he noticed the change... SiZhui didn't comment and sat down at the work table to play Qin.

Meanwhile, Wen Ning prepared the ointment for Lan Zhan's wound and I was working on how to extract the Iron Yin energy from the children. I was scribbling notes, incantations.... Something was beginning to take shape in my head. But I would surely need my love and my son.

When SiZhui finished his piece, Wen Ning applied his ointment. I helped Lan Zhan get dressed.

"Wei Ying! Help me!"

"Yes, what do you want?"

"Help me to get up."

"Lan Zhan, it's still too early! Wen Ning!!!"

"Master Wei, Master Lan knows what he's doing! Besides, none of us are capable of stopping him, Master Wei, not even you!"

He was right !!!! When Lan Zhan decided something, nothing could stop him... and I was like him!

I helped him to sit on the edge of the bed. His feet landed on the floor. I put my arm over his belt and let him lean on me. He slowly sat up on his legs. He grabbed my shoulders. I could see him clenching his teeth. He had to suffer the martyrdom! His Chang had warned me of the pain felt because of the location of the wound.

Not a complaint came out of his mouth.

He moved one foot forward, then the second. As I had said it to the doctor of Lan. My love was not hindered by any obstacle! I knew he was capable of overcoming fate. Once again, he had just proved it, by taking his first steps when he was not supposed to be able to walk anymore!

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