Came Because of Our Song ✔️

Brewing the Storm

After that incident, Wei Ying has questions. Quite a few in fact. And he would really like to have a nice discussion with " The Grandmaster of Lies ".
The resentful energy in the whip marks had been beyond Wei Wuxian's imagination. At first he had hypothesised that the wound from the nighthunt in Meili had caused Lan Wangji's wound to open, feeding on his buried emotions. But while luring out the energy he had identified two energies.

Even Lan Xichen hadn't told him anything about the whip leaving lasting impressions, which could mean two things. He discarded that thought and pondered on his first one, thinking back to how the energy had felt.

As Wei Ying played the first call for command, he had felt two responses. One trying to escape and hide, the other rebelling and fighting. At first he thought them to be one, mixed as they were with the sly one trying to hide.
But as he played, as the notes grew sharper and stronger, the stronger energy rebelled. The sly one was forced to bend due to its weak constitution and cause but the energy from the whip was a resentment of another level.

It didn't threaten to burst Lan Wangji's blood vessels simply, but would burst his body completely if they kept going. The energy was old, generations old.
Just like saying goes ' it's the weak who threaten,the stronger ones simply show '.

The whip's resentment was just that. Thankfully Wei Wuxian knew when the danger was looming near; having mastered control on his skills in the year of his travels.
He also knew that while it was hard to win a straight fight with the strong, cajoling them was easier. The same applied to the energy.
So he switched to one song he hoped would calm the resentment; thankfully, it worked.

Still the incident bothered Wei Wuxian too much. Lan Zhan had been in a daze for sometime after that but otherwise had not acquired any aftereffects.

Talking about which, Wei Ying remembered ' today Lan Zhanshi was supposed to announce Lan Zhan's health! '
He hurried towards the Jingshi, finding Lan Zhanshi deep in her work. Before Wei Wuxian could open his mouth, Lan Zhanshi spoke " Don't. "

'But I didn't even say anything!' Wei Ying thought, wondering how the other guessed when Lan Zhanshi spoke again, " Wei gonzi, you should stop speaking your thoughts aloud. "

Ah...

After a sichen......

" Lan daifu...." " No"
" Can't you atleast tell me anything ?"
" No"
"...."

Not getting any answer, he huffed, crossing his arms.

I change my question, how rude can a Lan be ?

" What about his...."

The female Lan sighed. Wei Ying didn't know if it was in resignation or sadness and didn't dare to guess, least the answer scare himself.

****

Lan Zhan was up and about the moment Lan Zhanshi let him. Wei Ying was happy to note that he didn't flinch or tense, except for his right arm. While Lan Wangji was able to stand,walk and perform almost all gross motor activities; his right arm was a bit tense. As he sat down, Lan Zhanshi kept a tight grip on his arm.

Wei Wuxian didn't know what happened, but the siblings had a silent conversation with their eyes and then Lan Zhanshi let him go, a silent warning present in her eyes.

*****

Afterwards, Lan Xichen came and they talked. More like Wei Wuxian talked and filled Lan Xichen in as Lan Zhanshi had to go. They didn't sit at the table as it would strain Lan Zhan and Lan Xichen refused to give his baby brother any discomfort. Lan Wangji protested but Wei Wuxian joined forces with his pleading eyes and..........Lan Wangji's protests died.