𝕷𝖊𝖙 𝕸𝖊 𝕷𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖄𝖔𝖚...

❷ 𝑰, 𝑳𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒋𝒊, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑾𝒆𝒊 𝑾𝒖𝒙𝒊𝒂𝒏

Lan Wangji was in the library, when his brother came running.
"Running is not...." He stopped halfway when he saw his brother's face.
Tears were flowing down his cheeks. His hair was disheveled. He was panting hard which meant that he had run all the way.
Lan Wangji frowned. He went up to his brother.
"Xiongzhang"
"W..Wangji, something h.. happened to our m...mother."
Lan Wangji looked blank. What was he supposed to say? They must be pranking him. So he said,
"Xiongzhang, sit down first."
Lan Xichen understood. He knew his little brother too well.
"Wangji, I..it isn't a j..joke. W..we have to hurry. Come."
With that, he dragged his little brother to the back forest. With each step they took, Lan Wangji understood that it was no longer a simple matter. His breathing got heavy. Surely his brother didn't mean what he said, right..?

White robes could be seen everywhere. But he didn't care for those. All he could care was... the name that they were all speaking about. 'Madam Lan'
When Lan Wangji got more near to the crowd, he could finally make out their words little by little. Each word sank deep within him. His legs refused to go any further. But he couldn't help. He was dragged by his brother.
The more he got near, the more tears welled up in his eyes. He didn't know when but by the time he was in front of his mother, his eyes were red with tears and his cheeks were wet.
The scene in front of him..... He could never forget. His mother.... His mother was covered in.... Blood. BLOOD! Her eyes were fluttered open. And a sword had pierced through her chest! And that sword... Was he dreaming? No. This could not happen! Never!!!
His knees gave out. He could no longer stand. Not with the scene in front of him. He was shaking. His mother.... His mother was...DEAD!!!
The one who called him, 'A-zhan', the one who braided his hair even after he grew up, the one who bought him tanghulu despite his protests just because he said it was tasty when he was small, the one who fed him when he was uncomfortable in the slightest, the one who always pranked him along with Wei Ying, the one who always defended him against his uncle, the one who always....
"No........" He screamed his lungs out. He didn't care if he was the second jade of Lan. He didn't care if he would be punished for shouting. He didn't care.....
He sobbed. Harder and harder with every breath he took.
His mother promised him that she would always take care of him, love him, protect him and.... to hold him until his last breath! How could she break her promise? How could she go back on her words? How could she leave him? How???
"Ah....." He screamed once more. By now he couldn't make out what was happening in his surroundings. He couldn't make out anything...
He would kill whoever laid their hands on his mother. No one will be spared. No one will be able to...

"L..Lan Zhan..."
Lan Wangji came back to reality. How could he not when his Wei Ying had called him. No. Not his Wei Ying. No longer his. He will no longer have any connections with that son of a... murderer.
"Lan Zhan..."
He turned towards him, face blank,
"Young Master Wei." He acknowledged.
All the heads snapped towards him. Did they hear right?

"L..Lan Zhan," Wei Wuxian managed out, despite the tears that were threatening to fall with the way his Lan Zhan addressed him,
"You very well know that my mother wouldn't do such a thing. She wouldn't kill her best friend no matter what. She'd rather kill herself. Lan Zhan, out of everything my mother can be, this is not one. You gotta believe us, Lan Zhan."
He could no longer control his tears. It hurt to know that his Lan Zhan didn't believe him. Didn't trust him!
"Belief cannot outweigh the evidence." Lan Wangji stated.
And before Wei Wuxian could speak, Lan Wangji said,

"Young Master Wei, today, in this ancestral hall, with the presence of all the sect leaders, I formally announce that I, Lan Wangji, dissolve the engagement with Wei Wuxian and I that no longer have any affairs with the Wei family."

"Young Master Wei, can I have the Gusu Lan's ribbon back?"

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