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Beware of the Yiling Patriarch~1

'The royal family is dead!
The Wang dynasty is over!'

'Who killed the whole family?'
'Who has such power to do so?'
'Did the emperor offend a god or something?'
'How could the whole palace be murdered in a night?'
'Who is that powerful being?'

They say that the Yiling Patriarch is an ominous creature. He is man, a human like any other walking on this earth. But he is also a demon. A demon who lays dormant till someone eyes his loved ones. He is death personified.

So beware humans.
If you happen to somehow commit the crime of hurting his loved ones,
then even heavens can't save you.

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Sometimes, people forget.
They forget that the Nightless City witnessed a bloodbath because some hurt the loved ones of the Yilling Patriarch.
They forget that while Wei Wuxian wouldn't even bat an eye if you cut off his meridians — the same cannot be said for those he cares for.

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Lan Wangji wakes up just as the summer is around the corner.
Wei Wuxian had been knocked unconscious by Lan Zhanshi a few days ago so he could rest and he was looking forward to check on Lan Zhan.
He had woken up from a dream about Lan Zhan and Wei Ying couldn't wait to sit beside Lan Zhan's bed and look at him.

Just as he used to do everyday, Wei Ying plopped down at his place and grabbed the pale hand lying listlessly.
The hands were a bit warm, not deathly pale like they had been the last time he checked. He wraps his own hand around it, stroking the knuckles absentmindedly. Twitch....

Wei Wuxian jerked, eyes darting between the hands and the sleeping face before discarding the thought.
It happened again.
This time it was when he came back from his meal, he had been eating at the table: a compromise no one was allowed and showed how much Lan Zhanshi must pity him that she didn't even argue once. Maybe she herself was drowning in guilt and despair to even bother.

The third time, the duration of an incense stick later, he sends a quick messenger to Lan Zhanshi.
She comes running, firing questions at him at such speed that even Wei Wuxian has trouble understanding.
He asks her to repeat and Lan Zhanshi must have realised her behaviour because she demurred, apologising before speaking at a normal pace.
Wei Wuxian answers her, telling how he noticed Lan Zhan's fingers twitch two times before and couldn't discard it as an illusion the third time.

It's only the Lan temperament that is keeping her from shouting at him, and her brother Wei Wuxian reminds himself; because her expression very much screams 'all this happened and you didn't think of informing me before? For what?'

It's a rush after that. Finally, after many tense and uncertain days, Lan Wangji opens his eyes. He is quickly swarmed by his teary Shijie and Wei Ying, both of whom grab him from either side and sob like a child.
Or, Wei Ying sobs like a child, Lan Zhanshi's sniffles and tears are elegant like Lan Zhan himself, she is holding back but the tight squeeze she gives her brother is enough.
Lan Zhan pats them both for sometime, feeling at a loss of what to do.
Jiang Cheng finds them like that and Lan Xichen comes barrelling by evening, almost knocking his brother off balance with the force of his hug. Sizhui is also there.
He hugs Lan Wangji so tight Wei Wuxian fears Lan Zhanshi will have to pull him back but nothing happens. Except when Sizhui starts sobbing and Wei Wuxian has to hold himself back from bawling his eyes out again as he watches Sizhui weep in Lan Wangji's embrace.