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CHAPTER ONE
Wei Ying would be lying if he said that it had been a good day. It had been the most awful, eye opening day of his entire life, and that included his first life, second life and third life.
It had started as a relatively fine day. Actually mostly a very good day. No, a day close to perfection. His Lan Zhan had woken him up with a shower of kisses and had whispered the sweetest things in his ear. They'd had breakfast together at the Jingshi, and Wei WuXian had been pretty excited because his Lan Zhan had promised to spend the whole day with him.
The. Whole. Day.
Without any disturbance from anyone, (except maybe his juniors and Wei Ying adored them, ) they were to enjoy each other’s presence, doing what they liked most, (for Wei Ying it was pretty simple : kiss Lan Zhan, hug him, let him make love to him, dote on him, drink Emperor's Wine, make Lan Zhan cuddle him, everything which involved Lan Zhan of course, ) in blessed blissful peace.
It wasn’t like they didn't get to spend time together, in fact, Lan Zhan made a point to spoil him everyday, cooking the food he liked specially for him, playing WangXian for him, and even more importantly, because Lan Zhan still hadn’t let him off the everyday is everyday thing, he even carried him out of bed, to the bath chamber, etc etc.
But it still wasn't enough for Wei Wuxian. Okay case point, he'd never get enough of his dear sweet amazing Lan Zhan who was the light of his world.
And Lan Zhan wasn't a pathetic bum like him without anything to do. He was the Chief Cultivator, and the Acting Sect Leader so he had a million other duties to fulfill. That's why even though Wei Ying whined to the high heavens, Lan Zhan still had to leave, his mouth formed into a little pout.
And so Wei Ying would have to find someway to entertain himself until Lan Zhan came back. (Mostly he would go see his little ducklings, so that wasn't a big deal either,)
But that hadn't been the case today. His Lan Zhan had earned a very well deserved break and so they were cuddling in bed. Things were just beginning to get steamy when there had been the most annoying knock on the door.
If Wei Ying wasn’t already naked he would have stalked up to meet the idiot to give a piece of his mind.
"Fuck! " He'd cursed instead.
Lan Zhan, the angel he is, had not cursed, though his face had darkened, and he had been sorely tempted to. (Wei Ying knows because he can read Lan Zhan very very well now. )
Turns out, the elders of the Lan Sect had a huge emergency which would not be solved without Lan Zhan.
As always.
This time, his Lan Zhan had refused to go, saying that whatever the problem was, it could wait, because he had more important things to do, namely him.
(Wei Ying had absolutely burst with pride. )
But still, it wasn't like those motherfuckers would listen and in their eyes, Wei Ying was a demon who'd ensnared and had managed to trap their perfect Second Jade. And Wei Ying, because he adored Lan Zhan, and didn't want to make things too difficult for him, had urged his husband to go solve whatever ridiculous problem it was.
So glaring very darkly, Lan Zhan had stalked out of the Jingshi, leaving Wei Ying behind, tangled in the bed clothes.
And that's how his perfect day had started to progress into a horrible, awful, disastrous day.
With nothing to do, Wei Ying had decided to go find his ducklings after he'd stumbled out of bed, and become respectable (sadly).
Wei Ying had wandered out of the Jingshi and was walking towards the Main Pavilion when he heard some gossip. Which circled around his name.
Gossiping was forbidden in the Cloud Recesses, so naturally, Wei Ying had been curious. Not to mention that this talk was about him.
".... went to fetch Hanguang Jun, the elders asked me to, and you wouldn't believe what ghastly sight I saw! "
Huh? Wei Ying had been surprised. It had been the Lan disciple who'd come to fetch Lan Zhan who was speaking.
"What? "
"I'm sure that the YiLing Patriarch has managed to ensnare our Hanguang Jun! "
"Why? What did you see? "
"I'm pretty sure he's trapping Hanguang Jun with his body! I caught sight of him lounging on Hanguang Jun's bed like a wanton desperate prostitute! "
Okay, Wei Ying had frozen at that. Those memories had triggered some not very pleasant memories. Things which he would much rather forget, especially now that he was happily married to the love of his life.
The Lan disciples had continued to speak. Or rather, degrade his name horribly, making him sound like a damned slut.
"I knew our Hanguang Jun couldn't fall for a demon like that! "
"You just wait, once Hanguang Jun comes out of that awful infatuation, he will kick the demon out, just like he deserves! "
"After all, how could even the Yiling Patriarch keep spreading his legs without slipping up and letting Hanguang Jun realise what a mad dog he is! "
"What are you doing here? " A Lan Elder had reprimanded the whispering disciples, "Do you have nothing better do to? "
The Lan disciples had then left, apologising profusely.
Wei Ying had gulped, trying to bite back the tears which were threatening to fall over. He'd leant against the wall, and had stiffled the cry which had escaped him. And then, like the loser he was, he'd run right back to the Jingshi where he was now trying to stop sobbing so horrendously.
A slut.
A desperate prostitute.
A whore.
A demon.
Is that what he truly was? Maybe.... maybe he was. After all, when compared to the great Hanguang Jun, who was he?
What was he?
What if those Lan disciples were right?
What if his Lan Zhan really only wanted him -
No, no no.
Lan Zhan wasn't like that. He was positively an Angel on heaven.
That didn't change the fact that he was ruining him, right?
Because he was all those things they'd said.
A Worthless whore, and a demon who'd murdered his own Shijie and her husband, making their only child an orphan.
The damn slut who'd brought shame and destruction to his Sect.
An enemy of the cultivation world.
A blight to the existence of humanity.
Lan Zhan deserves a much better person than him.
Because who knew how much insults Lan Zhan had to face because of him? Hell, the elders hadn't even allowed him a proper wedding, and the prestigious Second Jade had had to elope.
Wei Ying knew that they sometimes insulted him to Lan Zhan's face, and even though he always defended his husband, was Wei Ying worth it?
Worth Lan Zhan's love and protection?