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It was a chilly day in the Cloud Recesses,the sun was hidden behind the clouds,fog enveloped the mountain tops of Gusu,and the disciples started their day with breakfast in the communal hall.Afterwards they went to class,were they would study.
Wei WuXian was bored,Lan Qiren kept going on and on about proper etiquette and family trees,and so he didn't need to pay attention,his kept wandering towards his classmate,maybe friend Lan WangJi or Lan Zhan how he liked to call him.
Ever since they met,he felt pulled towards Lan Zhan,with his stoic face,those golden eyes and his swordsmanship.When they met they fought at night on the roofs of Cloud Recesses bathed in moonlight and it was one of Wei WuXian's best moments of his life,it's just that he felt so alive at that moment,more than before,it was as if something ignited inside of him,they fought till they ended in a draw.Although he was punished the next day,that didn't stop him from talking with Lan Zhan and try to befriend him,with different methods,with various succes rates.
"How can he sit so straight and proper and listen so attentively to those boring stuff"he thought while looking at him,and so a idea popped in his mind.
He started to do paper man talisman to send him and tease Lan Zhan a bit.
"It's so fun to tease Lan Zhan"he tought fondly to times he got a reaction from Lan Zhan for his teasing.
After he finished the paper man he send on it's way with a little burst of spiritual power and it landed on Lan Zhan shoulder.
Lan WangJi was listening to his uncle when he saw Wei Ying from the corners of his eyes sprawled on his desk doing something and obviously not paying attention to his uncle.
"Undisciplined"he tought.
Ever since they met on that night,Lan WangJi couldn't escape Wei Ying presence,he was everywhere,trying to talk to him,waving at him,smiling at him.
Smiling,when Lan WangJi first layed eyes on Wei Ying he tought a forest spirit came to Cloud Recesses,with those silver eyes that shone brighter than stars on the night sky,that smile that brightened his face and the laugh that sounded like chimes to his ears,and he saw how unruly,and undisciplined Wei Ying was,trying to bribe him with alcohol,and then they fought and it was one of Lan WangJi best moments of his life.
The adrenaline rushing through his veins was the best feeling,they fought until they ended in a draw.And so ever since than Lan WangJi was bound to always come back to Wei Ying.
He was brought back from his musing when he saw the little yellow paper man talisman land on his shoulder,which of course was made by Wei Ying.Afterall no one had the courage to do something like this to him.
He picked it up and crumbled it while glaring at Wei Ying to stop playing around but Wei Ying just smiled at him went back to doodling on his papers.
Lan Qiren was teaching the class about proper etiquette when he saw Wei WuXian sprawled on his desk and doodling something on his papers,he was about to reprimand the boy for his lack of attention,but a knock was heard on the door.
"Enter,what is it?"he asked when he saw it was one of the disciples who charged with keeping watch on the gate.He looked nervous.
"Grandmaster Lan,there is a group of people at the gate and,a...and they...."
"Speak what is it"he reprimanded.
"The woman leading the group said she is,she..is... Baoshan Sanren"
"Baoshan Sanren?"
"Yes grandmaster,she said she would want an audience with you and...and"
"Who else"
"L...Lan gonzi,Lan er gonzi and W...Wei gonzi"
Wei WuXian was doodling something on his paper after Lan Zhan destroyed the paper man,when the knock on the door draw his attention,but what the disciple said shocked him completely.Baoshan Sanren was here and demands she him,he is about to meet his mother grandmaster,which was a dream ever since he could remember,but it's finally happening,maybe he can even learn some new things about his mother,since he can't remember all that much about his parents.
He is grateful to Jiang Fengmian for taking him of the streets and raising him but he never told him things about his parents when asked, although he claimed to be a close friend of his parents.
Lan Qiren brought him back from his thoughts when he said.
"Very well bring them to the Hanshi"
"Yes grandmaster"the disciple said,bowed and left.
"You,go after Xichen tell what you heard and meet us the Hanshi"he said to one disciple.
"The rest of you are dismissed, WangJi, Wei WuXian stay"
"Uncle do you know she came?"Lan WangJi asked.
"No,why would I?"
"Wow teacher Lan, I never would have thought you lie"Wei WuXian said.
"It's not lying, I just hope I am wrong"he said while hoping he was wrong,he wanted to protect his nephews from what might get revealed especially WangJi and prevent them from making something they would regret later.
"Say no more Wei WuXian" he said afterwards.
Although both his nephew and Wei WuXian looked like they to say more but they listened.He exited the classroom followed by the two boys at his back.
Although gossip was forbidden in their sect,he still saw and heard people murmuring of what happened.Just before they round the corner towards the Hanshi,Xichen joined.
Lan Xichen was practicing some new musical scores with Liebing when a disciple came to him and told him what happened.The disciple left and he remained kinda dumbfounded after the news he received,after all an elusive immortal master came to Cloud Recesses to see his uncle and just his uncle,she wanted to see him and his brother and Wei gonzi and so he left the practice room to head towards the Hanshi.
On his way he saw his family and Wei gonzi walking and so he joined and felt the silence that enevoloped the three and by the looks WangJi throw his uncle it was clear he wanted to speak and so he put his hand on WangJi shoulder to relax,his brother looked at him and said nothing.
They arrived the door Lan Qiren entered first then him and WangJi and Wei gonzi.Inside there was a group of four people,three of them had cloaks on them so you couldn't see their faces,but you could tell that their was a man,and three woman,the woman who wasn't wearing a cloack,was a beautiful woman with sharp features and although her face looked young her posture and the aura around her was that of an grandmaster,so this must be immortal Baoshan Sanren.
"Lan Qiren greets immortal Baoshan Sanren and esteemed guests"
"Grandmaster Lan thank you for accepting to see us,these are the boys,yes?"
That promoted the three boys to introduce themselves.
"I am Lan Huan, courtesy name Xichen"
"I am Lan Zhan, courtesy name WangJi"
"I am Wei Ying, courtesy name WuXian"
Then the three of them said together
"This disciple is honored to meet the immortal master"
"No need for all that,sit,sit.A Ying I see you've grown"
"Grandmaster?"Wei WuXian asked.
"I met you once after Cangse gave birth to you she looked so happy holding you in her arms while Changze hold the both of you"
Wei WuXian was feeling strange,this is the first time in his life when someone was speaking as such about his parents,but the questions he had threatened to come out,but before he could do that,Lan Qiren asked.
"Immortal one why have come here?"
She looked pensive,the she said.
"Do you have any tea,our discussion will be better with tea"
And so Lan Xichen started to prepare tea for the people inside.Nobody spoke while the was brewing after Lan Xichen started to pour tea Baoshan Sanren said.
"I have several reasons I have come here,the most important one I have come to reunite two estranged families"
Lan Qiren flinched when she said that attracting both of his nephews gaze.
"An Ni,put down down your cloak"
The woman that was sitting on Baoshan Sanren left removed her cloak to reveal a beautiful face with familiar features,long hair in the colour of chestnuts and a pair of green eyes from which tears were streaming down her cheeks and two gasps were heard from the Twin Jades.
"Mother"both of the said.
The woman rose from her seat and went to her sons and pulled them both in a crushing hug while tears still flowed from her eyes,while the two brothers stood still but after a second they hugged her so fierce while silently crying afraid as if their were afraid she would disappear.
"A Ying"Wei WuXian was watching Lan Zhan hugging that woman that apparently was his mother when he heard the call of his name and so he turned his head around only to freeze and he saw to faced that he barely remembers and stumbled to his feet and launched to hug his parents.
"A niang,a die"he called while tears were rolling down his face.
"A Ying"both Cangse Sanren and Wei Changze said while hugging back just as fiercely as their son did.
Lan Qiren looked as if he seen a ghost,after all everybody thought that the couple died on a failed night hunt.
"How I thought you both died?"he couldn't help but ask.
Baoshan Sanren wanted to answer his question so that her family will not be disturbed,but Cangse beat her to it.
"It's a long story, Qiren,a long story,I am glad to see you still have that hideous beard"she said through her sobs.
Wei WuXian couldn't help but start laughing so hard at what her mother said about Lan Qiren beard that the tears that were flowing from his eyes were tears of joy,while Lan Qiren had a small smile remembering his youth when he would spend his days cursing Cangse back and forth for unruliness.
After a few more minutes of hugging each other the Lan brothers let go of their mother while Wei WuXian let go his parents.