The Untamed: Heartbeats

Open Hearts

WeiLan

After Wen Ning find them, mostly thanks to Wei Ying's exited yells, he boarded their boat with an apparent mix of emotions showing in his pale face. Wei had asked what was wrong, but after he shyly looked at Wangji, the Ghost General had told him it was nothing. Wei had not pursue the matter, thinking that perhaps Wen Ning had seen them kiss and was a bit embarrassed.

At any case, feeling nostalgia of his old home, Wei had steal some lotus seeds. As a righteous man, Wangji had protested, but after seen Wei so sad, he had given in, making an exception, which obviously make the Yiling Patriarch the happiest in a while. Then, he had receive a message from his brother that had trigger Wei's memory of the name of a deed that will take place in Yunping City, to which they decided to head next.

A few hours later, as the boat float down over the river in the direction of their next stop, Wei Ying had fall asleep in his Lan Zhan's lap, completely drained of his energy after the fight at the Burial Mounds, then his confrontation with Jiang Cheng that had cause him even more emotional pain. He was still furious about the way the Sect Leader treated Wei Wuxian, but he will let it go, as long as he didn't try harming him again.

"Light Bearing Lord... Light Bearing Lord..." Lan Wangji looked straight at Wen Ning, which was a bit embarrassed as the way 'Lan Zhan' looked dawn at his Young Master Wei, as if mesmerize by the sight.

He had suspect that the Light Bearing Lord was actually in love with Wei Wuxian, when he had visit them when they lived in the Burial Mounds, the very day he was back to normal. At that time, it had been plain to see the way the young Master Lan looked and treated Wei Wuxian, but just to be sure, he had asked his sister in private and his sister had assure him that the Second Young Master Lan, had indeed romantic feelings for him, but it was probably the same for Wei Ying.

"What is it, Wen Ning?" The deep voice of the bearer of Bichen make him go back to reality and Wen smiled slightly.

"Ah... I was going to ask you for a favor. Please don't tell Young Master Wei about his golden core been transfer. You see... I promise him not to tell anyone... but I felt sorry for him when the Clan Leader Cheng mistreat him in such a way." Of course, Wangji understood quite well Wen Ning's feeling, so he assented in agreement, as he looked down to the man that was resting over his lap.

"Don't worry, I will not tell him." Lan Wangji voiced, then he thought of something else.

"Wen Ning, was it painful? Transferring the core, was it painful?" Then, as the Ghost General told him about what Wei Ying endured for almost three days while been awake, his heart loved the man even more, if it was possible. He had never meet anyone as strong as Wei Ying, with not only a very powerful golden core that he had willingly let go to save his brother of an ordinary life, but also raised over all Clan's without one and creating such a powerful tool that raised both fear and excitement at the same time.

There was no doubt that the Yiling Patriarch was something else and he was grateful to have the chance to have him once again back in his life, after so many years of frustrating searches that end up with nothing more than a whish of the heart. Still, somehow, although in a suspicious way, Wei Ying had returned and his love for him could only escalate with each passing day. So, when they arrived to the nearest town that leaded to Yinping City, he took Wei on his arms, effortlessly and carry him to the closet Inn.

Wen Ning had decided to go out to do some night hunting, to make sure the town was safe, which was in fact only and excuse to leave the two Young Masters alone. If there was the need they will call for him, but the Light Bearing Lord was more than enough to protect Wei Ying on his own.