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CHAPTER 31--"The Rescue and An Untamed Heart!"

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Chapter 31

The Rescue and An Untamed Heart--!

Alone in his room, Lan Wangji closed his eyes.

Forming a tentative friendship with Wei Ying had not helped him get any closer to his secret. And every now and then Wei said something which threw him off kilter. Like the night of his birthday, he had said something about assuming things about him. And there had been bitterness in his eyes before he had wiped it away. There were times he talked in a certain way that unsettled Wangji.

His very instinct told him that something was very very wrong. When he had asked his mother about why Wei Ying had come, she had simply replied, "How do I know what you two have going on?" She had met his eyes, holding his gaze steadily, but Lan Wangji just knew somehow that she was keeping something from him. And then he remembered...Haikuan , at the party....for heaven's sake, was the whole town going to know before he did? He felt like hurling something.

He took a deep breath. He needed to be patient. He would simply have to wait till Wei Ying gaver himself away ... .and if Wangji had lasted two months, he could last a few more. He would have to wait.

As he closed his eyes, a whirl of colours and shapes swirled in his mind's eye, and as they righted themselves, he saw Wei Ying, his face alight with joy. Dressed in his nightwear, Wei Ying was walking through the forest, quite alone. Lan Wangji watched as he came to a cliff and then he turned as if in surprise to something beside him. Wangji couldn't see who it was but he felt something was not right.

Wangji held his breath.....

Something he couldn't see...and then as if by an unseen force, Wei Ying toppled backwards...off the cliff. He heard Wei Ying's voice in his head, not like a plea for help, but more like a prayer, "Lan Zhan ...."

And Wei fell, fell into a deep abyss, even as Wangji screamed his name.....

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In seconds, Lan Wangji was running through the forest, trying to find Wei Ying.

He skidded to a stop. He caught a faint whiff of Wei Ying's scent...so Wei had passed through this place. Icy dread-dread that Wei might already have drowned- and relief-that he was on the right track- battled for place in his chest.

Wangji closed his eyes, trying to find out where Wei was- then a vision of Wei Ying holding onto a rock on the side of the cliff hit him.

Lan Wangji increased his speed, following his scent blindly, moving past trees in a blur of motion. And then he stopped as the sound of falling water assaulted his ears, the scent of Wei Ying stronger than ever.

Even as he rushed to the edge of the cliff, he saw his body hit the water.

Lan Wangji did not hesitate. Pulling off his jacket and shoes, he leapt off the cliff, hitting the water himself a few seconds later. He dived under the surface, trying to find Wei Ying.