Wei Ying wakes in Lan Zhan's arms ... like every morning.

However, this morning Wei Ying wakes to Lan Zhan sitting on the side of the bed and lifting his upper body into his arms to hold.

Wei Ying understood Lan Zhan must have already left their home and returned as he could tell he was a little .... anxious about something. His arms held him tighter than normal, his breath on his neck was a little faster as if trying to calm down, and the kiss he placed there was somehow filled with possessive intent.

'My wife.' Lan Zhan whispered into his neck as he tried to calm his heart.

'Mnn.' Wei Ying snuggled into his husbands arm as he was lifted onto Lan Zhan's lap without even opening his eyes. 'Good morning Lan Zhan.'

'Hmn.'

This time the sound of that voice made Wei Ying sleepily open his eyes and look at Lan Zhan's face ... only to see fury and this made him wake up properly in an instant. The light from the newly risen sun shone onto Lan Zhan's eyes from the open window making those golden eyes seem to shine. 'Lan Zhan, what's happened? Is anything wrong?' he realised at this moment in time; Lan Zhan was in full protection mode so all those signs he had been interpreting were too shallow for what ever was happening. Out the corner of his eye, he noticed that Bichen was even lying on the bed beside them. Lan Zhan has broken his own rule of no weapon in bed ... something is wrong, very wrong................ Wei Ying thought to himself as his heart began to race.

'Just had a meeting with Uncle.'

'Yes? .... And?'

'.........................'

'Lan Zhan, I can not understand if you don't say it aloud for me, not something like this.'

'Uncle thinks he will marry me off to some woman.'

Those words sunk in very quickly even as anger rose in Wei Ying's heart. 'No!' he all but yelled. 'You are my husband. I will never allow it to happen.' he tried to struggle from Lan Zhan's arms so he could confront Lan QiRen himself, but the arms around him were stronger than ever and he soon gave up.

'He told me just then that he has already sent off the letter of acceptance to her father.. I would swear that he waited until brother was away to try this.' He kept Wei Ying in his arms even after he stopped trying to get away, only to feel him trembling and when he looked into his eyes, he found tears building. 'I will never marry her. I am yours only.'

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With that rude, loud, insistent banging on the door, they both knew who was on the other side of the door and refused to even stand up, let alone open the door.

'I told you uncle; I will not marry that woman. I am life partners with Wei Ying.'

The door rattled as if someone was trying to open it but was not able to ..... it went silent on the other side for a few moments.

'Open this door right now.'

'No.'

'Stop being so childish and open this door right now! We all know you need to produce children for the sect to survive.'

'We already have a child . SiZhui is our son, how dare you look over him.' Wei Ying yelled in disgust at the man on the other side of the door who over looked their child. Now he understood Lan Zhan's fury when he first woke. That man outside held no respect for them or their son.

Lan Zhan came to a conclusion after seeing the fear and anger building in his wife for what might happen if he did nothing. He raised his voice for his uncle to hear him clearly. 'Wei Ying and I will be leaving first thing tomorrow and not returning until brother give us his word that we are a married couple.' He didn't dare say to his uncle that he and Wei Ying had already had a private ceremony in the middle of their first night living together, they were married. He then lowered his voice to the point that he knew only Wei Ying would hear his words. 'Send a butterfly message to brother, tell him what uncle is up to ... beg him to return fast or I will kill uncle.'

'Okay.' He placed his finger to his temple and proceeded. XiChen, your uncle is trying to force Zhan to marry some woman. If you do not hurry back, I think your uncle will be dead before you arrive. Also, if for some reason he tells you I willingly left by my own choice ... it's a lie. I will never leave my husband or our son ... please XiChen ... be quick. He then watched as a blue and black butterfly flew from the room. 'Your uncle will not even detect it as I used Demonic Cultivation covered in my golden core.'

'Good.' He knew XiChen was as least six hours, maybe a day away by sword at the moment and they only had to wait out his return. Thankfully he had already had food delivered so if his brother is further away than he thinks, they could last for many days, maybe even a few weeks if needed. 'We will stay in our home until brother arrives ... but Wei Ying, if I go missing somehow, you must search for me no matter what he tells you.'

'Like I would let you go now I have you.' He again lowered his voice so if anyone outside was using cultivation to listen in on their plans, they would not hear a word. 'Remember, we have already written out oaths to each other. We promised if one of us is leaving the other, we will cross out our names. That way we will know if the other is ....' He was kissed by Lan Zhan.

'I give you my word, if you leave or go missing, I will never give up looking for you. You will have to tell me to my face that you no longer love me. Remember, the next thousand years are yours, and the next thousand after that are mine.' Lan Zhan just adored that loving smile that came to his wife's lips. Since the first time he had seen that smile, he thought it incredibly sexy and again his heartrate picked up at the sight of it.

'Then let's just say that for eternity, we are only to love each other.'

Somehow, hearing Wei Ying say those words calmed Lan Zhan's heart. There was a guarantee to his words as if the gods agreed.

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LAN ZHAN'S ATTACK ON WEI YING

*Authors Note: Hello dear readers, I hope you like this so far (Okay so all I've done is have QiRen try to force his nephew into a marriage, locked Lan Zhan and Wei Ying in their home ..... but all the fun is yet to come).

I look forwards to any comments on what you think will happen to each of the people in the story ..... not many will go unscathed .... maybe!