"Why do i have an arranged marriage?! I know! I'm going to run away!" With this, Wei Ying left on his journey to find his destiny, trying to escape from the arranged marriage.
"I wish to go down the mountain." Lan Zhan said.
"I know you agreed to th...
"It's nice... Thanks Lan Zhan." Wei Ying whispered as he closed his eyes and snuggled his head against Lan Zhan's shoulder.
Lan Zhan smiled at what Wei Ying said and did. He then looked at Wei Ying who was fast asleep in his arms, then closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep too.
***
At the same time 3 days ago,
"Sect Leader Lan" a man greeted politely "Please enter, we have prepared rooms for you."
"Jiang Gong Zi" Lan XiChen greeted back "Thanks for your hospitality. You can call me Lan Huan or Lan XiChen."
Jiang Cheng panicked a little hearing this. Since the first time he met Lan XiChen, he felt admiration towards this handsome, young, talented man. "Feel free to call me Jiang Cheng or Jiang WanYin too, Lan... Lan Hu... Lan Huan..." Jiang Cheng said, trying not to be too nervous and embarrassed.
Lan XiChen smiled at this man's nervousness. "We'll be brother-in-laws soon anyways. Thanks for welcoming us, WanYin."
Jiang Cheng blushed. Usually people only called him Jiang Cheng, A-Cheng or Jiang GongZi. No one actually called him Jiang WanYin, or just WanYin. He looked down in an attempt to hide his blush and said "Lan... Lan Huan, I'll show you to your room."
Lan XiChen chuckled at this man's innocence. This was the first time someone called him by his birth name, other than his mother. "Mn, thanks a lot, WanYin. Sorry for the trouble. We got here late."
"No trouble, no trouble" Jiang Cheng replied as he brought Lan XiChen and a few Gusu Lan Sect's disciple into Lotus Pier.
The next day, Lan XiChen went to Lotus Pier main hall where he greeted "Jiang Sect Leader, Jiang Gu Niang, WanYin" His smile went up when he said 'WanYin'. Jiang Cheng immediately blushed and greeted back "Lan... Lan Huan", he stammered a little.
Jiang FengMian and Jian Yanli raised their brows at these two, who suddenly called each other by their names.
Jiang FengMian smiled a little then said "Please sit"
"My apologies, ShuFu is in seclusion while WangJi went down the mountain and will only be back some time before the wedding" Lan XiChen said politely before sitting down.
"It's fine. A-Xian went to explore and will only be back some time before the wedding too." Jiang FengMian replied.
"If he'll even come back" Jiang Cheng whispered while rolling his eyes, inviting a nudge from Jiang Yanli.
Lan XiChen then signaled for Gusu Lan's disciples to bring in the bridal gifts. The previous time, Yunmeng Jiang Sect went to Gusu Lan Sect to confirm the marriage. This time, Gusu Lan Sect came to gift Yunmeng Jiang Sect the bridal gifts.
***
Lan Zhan woke up to Wei Ying in his arms again. He thought to himself that this is definitely something he wanted his whole life. Lan Zhan didn't want to wake Wei Ying up, hence he just laid there.
Wei Ying woke up hearing 'Badump, Badump, Badump' It was calm and smoothing. He snuggled against his pillow further, just to realize it was Lan Zhan's chest.
Wei Ying hadn't gotten used to waking up in Lan Zhan's arms. He blushed as he felt embarrassed. 'This Lan Zhan... He is actually more thick skinned than me?! Isn't he embarrassed at all? Or maybe he's just hiding it... If he did this to any maiden out there... they would definitely go crazy... definitely crazy...'
Wei Ying suddenly felt himself being pushed up. Lan Zhan realized that Wei Ying woke up after snuggling into his neck but Wei Ying froze and remained motionless. After a while, Lan Zhan wondered if something was wrong.
"Are you okay?" Lan Zhan asked Wei Ying.
"Err... yeah yeah i'm okay." Wei Ying stuttered, breaking out of his thoughts.
This was the first time Wei Ying felt embarrassed over what he blurted out.
Seeing that Wei Ying was thinking so hard, Lan Zhan told him while getting up "Today is... Lantern festival..."
"Ahhh" Wei Ying said as he rubbed his nose.
Lan Zhan stared at Wei Ying, not saying another word. Wei Ying cocked his eyebrow, thinking why Lan Zhan asked him what day today is.
After thinking a while, Wei Ying realised what Lan Zhan wanted. "Ahh! Are you craving for YuanXiao?"
Seeing Lan Zhan frown at him, Wei Ying burst into laughter. "Hahaha, Lan Zhan, you're so fun to tease! Alright! I want to release a sky lantern too. Lan Zhan, you could have just told me you wanted to release a sky lantern with me. Hahahaha" Wei Ying said, exaggerating the 'with me'.
Lan Zhan didn't know how to react, so he decided to go along with his usual "Shameless!"
***NOTES*** <Based on google, sorry if I made errors> During lantern festival they eat YuanXiao and release lanterns.
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