Wei Ying is dead and Lan Wangji grieves the loss of his soulmate whom he did not have an opportunity to confess his feelings to. Lan Xichen tries to help his brother but it is only years after the death of the Yiling Patriarch that Lan Wangji can feel his soulmate is alive again. He sets off on a desperate search only to learn that Jiang Wanyin had found his soulmate first and was not too welcoming while keeping the reborn Wei Ying by his side. Of course, Lan Wangji acts immediately and finally takes Wei Ying back to the Cloud Recesses with him. This fic will contain themes and mentions that may be trigerring, please read the warnings and tags I used and proceed at you own discretion. English is not my first language so I apologise in advance for any mistakes. I am also not very familiar with chinese culture, customs nor naming conventions so this work may in some places not be 100% accurate. I do not own any characters I have used in my story, this is purely a work of fan fiction. Hope you will enjoy reading :) The story is now available in other languages: - spanish, translated by ZhanYing12, thank you for translating! - https://www.wattpad.com/story/281176880