Lan Wangji could tried to open his eyes. He felt numb all over. There was some sort of pain in his body. He was feeling so sick and just wanted to rest a little more but he couldn't.

Lan Wangji slowly opened his eyes and tried to take in the surroundings. This was not cave where he used to sleep with the uncles. This cave looked a little different. Lan Wangji slowly turned his head to the other side. Light hit him right on the face and he clenched his eyes shut which resulted in, him being awake noticed.

"You are awake." Came a female voice, Lan Wangji turned around to see Wen Wing standing by him.

Lan Wangji tried to make a sound but his throat felt dry. He tried to waje up to have some water.

"Don't move much. Your body is very weak."

Wen Qing helped him sit straight on the bed, and he signed for water. Wen Qing handed over him a cup of water and he nodded showing his gratitude.

"You have not even had a sip of water and had been using your spiritual energy to keep you conscious, now that your spiritual energy is drained, you fell unconscious. Nothing else to worry." Wen Qing stated.

"For how long?" Lan Wangji sounded hoarse.

"Four days, you have been unconscious for four days." Wen Qing replied in her doctor voice.

Lan Wangji looked stunned that he had been unconscious for four days. He felt weak all over.

"Don't move your body much and rest here. I will see you later. I will send Xue Yang over for any emergency, and keep in mind, don't you dare move!" Wen Qing commanded and soon she was out of sight.

Lan Wangji rested his head on the bed rest and sighed. He had been unconscious for four days.

 "What has happened during these four days? Did Wei Ying come to see me?" Lan Wangji asked himself.

He closed his eyes and tried to regulate his breathing for he was feeling uncomfortable. He did not know how long it has passed before Xue Yang came in asking,

"You are awake? How do you feel?"

Lan Wangji opened his eyes and sat straight with Xue Yang's help, and then he replied,

"Better."

"Better?" Xue Yang scoffed. "This is what you call better?"

Lan Wangji looked confused.

"Let me tell you, you look worse and I know that you feel worse too. Why did you starve yourself, Lan Wangji? How will that help you in anyway?"

Lan Wangji kept quiet. He did not know what to say. He thought that if he got sick, Wei Wuxian would care for him. But...... There was no sign of Wei Wuxian here!

"Lan Wangji, I am talking to you, are you even listening?"

"Wei Ying....?" Lan Wangji asked hardly making any sound fearing for the answer he was going to receive.

"Ah.....?"

"Wei Ying....?" Lan Wangji asked a little more louder.

Lan Wangji was looking at Xue Yang so clearly saw the facial change of him. Lan Wangji sighed, and rested his head on the bed rest, closing his eyes and trying to ease the pain on his heart.

Xue Yang was silent for he did not want to say anything that has happened in these four days. So he tried to change the topic,

"Lan Wangji, let me go bring you something to eat. I do not want to add another number to the corpses available here." With that he left.

Lan Wangji was trying to calm himself down. He was weak and now his heart was broken too.

"How could i be so foolish to think that Wei Ying would cone to see me?" Lan Wangji asked himself on mind.

Until now, Lan Wangji knew that Wei Wuxian loved him but was hiding his feeling for some reasons he did not know. But now, he thought that he was wrong. His heart was screaming that he should not be wrong but he could no longer believe in what his heart says because his eyes were seeing the truth. The truth that he could not accept. The truth that he wish he could change. The truth that....

A tear made its way down his cheeks.

Lan Wangji knew how much Wei Wuxian cared for him and it came to him as a surprise when he understood that Wei Wuxian had not come to take care of him when he was unconscious. Knowing that your soulmate is in danger is enough for anyone who has feelings for his soulmate to get rid of the whole world if that was the only option to save his beloved. But, Wei Wuxian......

"Wei Ying," Lan Wangji thought in heart, "do you really no longer care for me?"

Lan Wangji was lost in his thoughts that he did not notice Xue Yang had returned with a plate of food.

"Wangji," Xue Yang shook him to get him out of his own sad world.

"This was the only thing I could ask to prepare for there was nothing else left. Eat this for now, I will get you something light and healthy from the town later."

Lan Wangji was in no mood to eat. He just wanted to know everything that has happened when he had been unconscious.

"What happened when I was unconscious?" he asked.

"You eat first."

"Say... " Lan Wangji requested.

"Alright I will tell you. But you have to eat first."

Lan Wangji glared at Xue Yang. But Xue Yang said,

"Those looks don't work on me."

Lan Wangji gave in. He took the plate of food and began eating hastily.

"Slow down, can you?" Xue Yang asked.

Lan Wangji chose to ignore him and looked at him pointy demanding for answers.

"Well..... Actually," Xue Yang tried to think of words that could hurt Lan Wangji less.

"Talk."Lan Wangji requested.

"Well, first of all, I am sorry if what I am going to tell you, hurt you but you leave me with no other options."

"Mn." Lan Wangji prepared himself to hear the worse.

"Eh.... When you fell unconscious and Wing Jie examined you, she said that your spiritual energy has drained and it was because you have been staving yourself without even a sip of water and had been using your spiritual energy to keep you going, we tried to wake you up. But you wouldn't wake up no matter what. I ran to brother and tolf him about your condition and he hurried here. I thought, may be, finally, he exposed how much he care for you. But..."

Xue Yang hesitated.

"But what....?" Lan Wangji asked sucking a deep breath in, trying to compose himself.

"He... He just asked casually from Qing Jie about your condition and she replied that it was not life threatening but if you have continued it some more, then your life would have been in danger. I thought that would make Ying Ge realize how much you care for him and that he would accept you back but.... But he just turned around to me and asked,

"If something had happened to Second Master Lan, are you ready to take responsibility for it?"

I was more than shocked. I did not understand what was running on his mind. He did not look worried at all. He was just.... doing good."

Lan Wangji tried to control the tears that were threatening to fall.

"Continue....." He managed to get it out.

"He then left saying to take good care of you and that if anything happened to you, then I should answer to your clan."

"O...oh..." Lan Wangji could no longer hide his tears. "Go on..." he said.

"Well, nothing else happened other than him sending a message to your clan that if something or anything happened to you, the Second Master Lan of Gusu, he will not be responsible and that they shouldn't blame him for anything. He had also sent them a message asking them to come, pick you up from here."

"Where is he now?" Lan Wangji asked in between tears.

"He had gone to have lunch with one of his old friend."

Lan Wangji was taken aback.

"Is that person more important to him than me?" He asked Xue Yang and broke down in tears.