Mo Dao Zu Shi: The Musical

Deceit

It was silent as Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi walked away, the former carried by the latter. Wei Ying's eyes followed them, until they could no longer, the silver orbs dropping to the floor. The silence was heavy with complicated feelings and sensitive questions. Wei Ying could feel the grip of Jiang Yanli, which had tightened with a physical strength the boy was unaware she had. It hurt slightly, but not as much as the pain in his chest. Slowly, his eyes lifted again and he looked towards Jiang Wanyin, who had an expression of pain and deep regret.

It was a wonder how long they all sat in silence, minds running through all they had learned with the song. The muffled yelling was there, the words being heard in the silence of the dreamspace. Wei Ying's ears had picked up on the words that were louder than others.

"-AGAIN?!" Lan WangJi had yelled and Wei Ying felt his sister's grip tighten even harder, despite the group having no context of what 'again' meant.

Though Wei Ying could assume. Jiang Wanyin had told them before that Wei Ying- Wei WuXian, spoke of things to Lan WangJi that he did not to others. And judging by the weakness he kept displaying publicly, Wei Ying could assume the darker thoughts were spoken aloud between the man that he was apparently married to in the future.

"YES!!! YES LAN ZHAN!!!" Wei WuXian's voice was devastating, ridden with a broken emotion Wei Ying did not realize he could ever speak to someone.

He did not miss the way the people of the future flinched, expressions turning worse.

"-NO!---DIES!!--YOU!!---killed myself for it!!!!"

The grip of Jiang Yanli tightened with a pained choke, her nails digging so deeply that Wei Ying was sure there would be some small marks. He felt the eyes, the worry. He saw the flinches and glances. Everything. And gods...he hated it so much. His body moved slightly, fingers curling into fists beneath the lavender fabric. He swallowed a lump in his throat, ears fixed on the yells.

"No!!--don't!!!--true!!!!--Wei WuXian!!!--do not!!!--happiness!!!--"

Jiang Wanyin covered his face with two hands, while the juniors flinched and turned away or closed their eyes. Grandmaster Lan leaned his neck back, staring upwards with a tired expression, properiority be damned.

"--can't have it!!--shouldn't have it!!--should've died!!--parents!!--never met!!!"

Before they could even react, they all gasped as a roar echoed out along with the eruption of a powerful spiritual energy, "WEI WUXIAN!!!!"

Wei Ying snapped and he finally stood up, pulling his arm away from Jiang Yanli, his actions getting everyone's attention.

"A-Xian!!" Jiang Yanli called out.

Wei Ying ignored her, his face contorted into a mixture of emotions no one could deduce. His body was tight with what appeared as anger, blinking slowly. Jiang Yanli reached out again but Wei Ying avoided her grip, turning to stare at Jiang Wanyin, "Lan Zhan marries me?"

The sudden change of topic made everyone sober up slightly and the shock wither. Lan Zhan looked up at the question, narrowing his eyes slightly. Wei Ying ignored the changes and focused on Jiang Wanyin, who revealed his face again. The future Jiang Sect leader stared at Wei Ying, eyes searching him. He then leaned back and nodded, "Yeah..."

"Why is that even important right now?" Nie Huaisang stood up, "We just found out that this Jin Guangyao killed a shit ton of people and rose to the top of the hierarchy in the cultivation world, including, Da-Ge, and Xichen Ge, and had a hand in Young Master Jin's death, which ultimately led him to also have a hand in the death of Lady Wen and Maiden Jiang!! Oh and not to mention, we find out Wei WuXian, the embodiment of the literal sun and the cause of all are laughter last year during lectures fucking kills himself and doesn't even see it as a big deal over two decades later!!!"