OUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER (A WANGXIAN STORY)

Chapter 39

Years Ago...

The sun sat majestically over the realm but its heat could not be felt. It was cold, nothing but cold. Up on a hill where the grass glowed like green emeralds was another lonely being staring at the floating lands. It was nothing special if you've lived there for hundreds of years but for someone who's been around for only a few days or months, it was paradise.

Chen Ping walked up to ZhiHao, leaving her brother GuanYu to watch Wei Ying. Carefully she sat beside the demon playing with the grass, pulling out everything that looked like weeds to him.

"A'Hao..."

The demon sighed but no words were said. She tried to get up but the man grabbed her hand, guiding her back down. "I'm not hungry...Besides, there's plenty of grass here.", he said. Chen Ping pursed her lips and allowed the moment of silence pass. There were words she wished to say but they were choked in her throat.

'A'Hao, I don't know how to calm you down...It hurts seeing you like this.', Ping lowered her head to her thoughts. Slowly clenching her fist over her knees, she let out short breaths. ZhiHao's instincts tingled again and he turned his head.

It was unbearable watching Ping fidget with her nails and slightly sway back and forth. The wind was kind to her beautiful locks resting on her back yet her face gave her away. ZhiHao looked back at the sky. "Ping, I'm not the kind of man you need...*Chuckles* I'm not even a real man...I cant protect you."

"I'm not asking for protection...I just...I think...", she swallowed her words back again. ZhiHao got up and offered her a hand. "We should go back...", He said as he pulled her up...

GuanYu was reading beside Wei Ying when they returned and ZhiHao got back to work, checking if there was any progress but still, nothing. The Immortal Grandmaster had not said anything about what would happen to Wei Ying but he could tell she was also sceptical about his friend waking up. 

"A'Ping, are you not feeling well, you look pale.", GuanYu examined her sister's appearance. ZhiHao took a glance but the disciple hid her face and shook her head. "I'm fine brother...I have to go get medicine for Wei Ying.", she excused herself. 

"That's odd...", GuanYu commented when she left. The demon closed his eyes and once again pretended to be oblivious of the truth.

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Present Day...

It was another weekend and Wei Ying waited for Lan HuiZhong to show up. He naturally grew to love the child and pampered him often. The boy may be a Lan but his name did reflect on him. In the end, Wei Ying resorted to calling him his 'shidi' and Wangji thought it was cute HuiZhong also played along. 

"Uncle Wei Xiong", the boy run into his arms the minute he set eyes on him.

"Shidi it's 'Wei Xiong', don't add Uncle to it.", Wei Ying tickled his tummy. Lan Wangji broke out a small smile seeing the two play in front of him. Since Wei Ying was around he did not need to wreck his brain for something fun to do. His husband was 'Fun' itself. 

"Shidi, lets go out of this boring place. I know a little girl who'd love to play night hunt with us.", He straightened the boy's robes and rose to his feet. Lan Wangji put aside his zither and picked up his sword...

After a few hours, they were at the Wens' home and the fun and games began as planned. Sizhui and Jingyi arrived a little later. Together they left with a picnic basket. It didn't take long to find a spot by a small stream to settle down. 

"Wei Xiong, you said we'd play night hunt.", Lan Jiang jumped around.

"Alright...Hmm how do we go about this?", Wei Ying scratched his chin playfully. "Aha! Why don't you hunt for your Uncle Ning and I...Sizhui will search with you and A'Li will be with Jingyi."