Our Happily Ever After A Wangxian Story
"Sandu Shengshau, you have a message from Gusu Lan."'Xichen?... Did something happen?", Jiang Cheng pulls out the note and skims through the carefully written letters. It was nothing alarming, just an invitation card, desiring the Sect Leader's presence. "Is there any pressing matter at hand?", Jiang Cheng put it aside and resumed cleaning his sword."None that I know of. Will you be going away?", Li Qiang asked."Yes.""...", Li Qiang watched him swipe down the blade. His Master looked burdened with thoughts. Jiang Cheng could almost figure out what his subordinate was thinking."I know you worry about my friendship with Sect Leader Lan. It's clear what your stand is- about us.", Jiang Cheng raised his eyes. It was void of its usual fierceness." I do not wish to make you feel judged or depressed... I may also be mistaken about it. It's alright to crave happiness.", Li Qiang had mercy on the man's conflicted soul."Okay...", Jiang Cheng exhaled."I will make the preparations then.", Li Qiang bowed, intending to leave. "Li Qiang..."The senior disciple halted and retraced his steps.
"Protect my children... when I'm gone. That's what I need you to do.", Jiang Cheng put his sword back in its cover and placed it aside..." Yes, my lord.", Li Qiang responded. A small grin touching one side of his lips. Another bow came, then he veered around and continued to walk.************************************************************************
At the break of dawn, Lan Sizhui was up and ready to meet his lover. Jingyi had suited up by the time he reached his room, save for the belt he needed to fasten. "Oh Sizhui, you're here.", He stuck the belt in his mouth while pulling the end of his robe. "I'll help you.", Sizhui took the fabric out of Jingyi's lips and carefully encircled it on his waist. "Is it too tight?", he asked with a smile."No, it's perfect.", Jingyi rewards him with a peck on the cheek. Sizhui felt the place with his palm as the former dashed off to take any other thing he deemed necessary. "I'm done, we can go.", Jingyi returned sooner."Mn...We have to greet Zewujun before leaving.", Sizhui reminded him once they were outside."Ok, do I look alright. I think my face is still marked by the bedsheet.", Jingyi wrapped the scabbard around his waist. "It's gone...You look handsome Jingyi.", Sizhui sneaks his hand into the other's as they wander down the brick road.They were on their way to visit people Jingyi had not seen for quite a while- Family.************************************************************************
WangXian Household...Wei Ying snickered thirty minutes after his grandmother left- just to be in the clear. His husband sighed in relief, with the look of one who had passed through flames. The Senior would surely return unannounced- again, but till then he could calm down in his own home while taking care of the long list she left behind. "Lan Zhan is it just me or is my grandmother forcing us to build a small town. An infirmary, more walls?... And she even selected plots for farming and the crops to grow on each portion?", Wei Ying shimmied the babies as he hovered above Wangji, spying on the plans. The jade glanced at his beloved. Pulling the cloth between Wei Ying's fingers, he wipes the drool trickling down the children's expressive lips. "It's all for the little ones my love. She made things easier for us.", Wangji stretched his hand to caress Lan Xiang's cheek and Wei Ying lowered himself to give him closure.Lan Xing cooed, smiling at his father for the same attention. He gets fussy when Wangji smiles back but hesitates."Lan Zhan, you know he's going to throw a fit when he stares at you like that.", Wei Ying cautioned."Mn, I know.", Wangji went back to reading the Grandmaster's list, taking frequent peeps, pretending not to notice the infant staring. Lan Wangji dropped the paper and stood to take Lan Xing immediately he twisted his face, threatening to blow over. "Lan Zhan...How could you treat your little radish this way.", Wei Ying balanced Xiang on his chest as the other was appeased. Lan Wangji kissed Xing's cheeks, making silly fart noises by blowing on his tender skin. The baby stopped fussing at once and so did Wangji. Gazing at the adult with light eyes, Xing waits for that warm breath to touch his cheek again, and when it stalls he starts to cry.*pooop!*His father does it again. Wangji earns a wide smile and a breathtaking tap from those little arms grabbing on to his face. "Lan Zhan, stop teaching him that...see, now he's following your steps.", Wei Ying face palms himself as the little radish smears drool on his Father's face. Lan Wangji chuckles and his son lights up again. "A'Xing, we should not exclude your mother and brother.", he said."Hey, no...A'Xiang and I dont want to be covered in spittle...Lan Zhan! Haha, stop, we want to be clean. Stop it, you two!", Wei Wuxian scooted when they were stalked by Lan Wangji and the giddy drooling mess. "Aishh! Hahaha.", He squirmed as the jade plastered the baby to his face. Lan Xing did not disappoint. Wangji's lips were next on his cheek, creating a humorous tune. Not leaving Xiang out of the fun, the jade tickles his gentle son into playing. "...", It was paradise living this way. Just a normal family full of love, hope and lots of fun time.***********************************
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Gusu Lan...Lan Xichen made his way to his wife's quarters after fulfilling his duties. The healer was still playing when he arrived. The Sect Leader was surprised to find his son sitting with the elderly man, imitating the chords on his zither. "Greetings...Lan Jiang, you should not interfere with your mother's session.", Lan Xichen spoke gently."It's no problem at all Sect Leader Lan, I finished moments ago. I was only teaching the boy a few notes since he is so eager to learn.", the elder explained."...Thank you for teaching him.", Xichen smiled. "It is an absolute honour. The Young Master is very bright and his presence does a lot for his mother. If he continues like this, he will surely build his core at an early age...I shall take my leave now.", He stood and bowed to the family."Come, my son...He takes after his father.", JingFei embraces the child with a soft giggle when the healer was gone. "You're getting better at playing. But do be careful with how hard you strum the strings, your hands are getting calloused.", she kissed Huizhong's fingertips.It was such a pleasant sight, but why did Lan Xichen feel threatened by it. He draws near the two to show concern for the mother before stating why he came. "I know you have plans with Huizhong, you can take him.", JingFei spared him from the conversation. "Mother, you seem upset...If you dont want me to go, Father will understand.", Huizhong said.JingFei shook her head, " No my son... I can't wait to hear about the adventures you had when you return.""Ok...but remember to listen to Lady Cuifen while I'm away.", JingFei nodded at the young Master's words. "Husband, please take care of him.", Jingfei glanced at Xichen. The Sect Leader answered positively. Saying a brief goodbye, he leaves with his son in arms. "Cuifen, get me a new dress and tell the kitchen to ready at all times...", JingFei marched into her bedroom after her family left."Yes Madam Lan.", Cuifen responded."Fan...", Madam Lan swirled around and sat on the bed. "Yes, Mistress.""Get me the list of disciples guarding the gates of the Cloud Recesses. I'll be hosting an important guest soon.", JingFei let down her hair... Hopefully, Xichen will have enough fun outside to stay away for a day or two.************************************************************************It was a father-son bonding time. Sightseeing and passing through the neighbouring towns to try new treats and games. Lan Huizhong was proactive when his father suggested camping but quickly run into an inn at the first sign of rain. "Huizhong, kids your age usually rejoice at the sound of rain.", Xichen laughed when he finds him shivering at the thought of standing in the cold outside."I'm not a kid father, I dont see you running into the rain for a bath.", Huizhong lowered his head."Is that so? Then I guess you wouldn't want to listen to a boring old story before bed, and I dont have to tuck you in.", Lan Xichen grinned."That is not fair, I'm your son, you have to tuck me in and tell me stories about the greatest cultivators.", Lan Huizhong pouted."Hahaha...okay. Lan Jiang, you're growing up too fast, can you slow down. It was just yesterday you came into my life, looking like two steamed buns.""That was eight years ago, I'm bigger now.", Huizhong covered his face, embarrassed by the comparison. "You're right, eight years is a long time.""Father, who is it...the person you love?", Huizhong asked when his father's laughter died down."...A'Jiang, I can't reveal that now.""Okay, then can you tell me what they're like?""*Sigh* Son, I promise to tell you soon, ok...All you need to know is that that person thinks highly of you.""Mn...But Father, does it mean that you're gonna love the person more than me?", Huizhong looked into his Father's eyes. Xichen was tempted to ask if JingFei had said anything to the boy but he refrained from it. "Lan Jiang, you're my son, no one can take your place.", He clarified.Lan Jiang bobbed, a faint smile touching his lips as it sank in. But he was also bothered that he didnt know who had torn his parents apart. "Do you want anything to eat?", Xichen asked."No, I'm fine.", Huizhong answered, keeping his mood cheerful. ************************************************************************The following day...Cuifen was curious as to whom the Mistress was waiting for. She could only pray in her heart it was not another dangerous person to be used against the Jiangs.At last, she found out who it was. It was far beyond what she imagined.When the guards reported to Madam Lan that Sect Leader Jiang had arrived, Cuifen stood in her way. "Please dont do anything that will hurt your son Mistress, that man will kill you.", She cried.Her patience on the low, Lan JingFei struck the servant."I look forward to dying by his hand then...A'Fan, have the disciple tie her up, I'm not in the mood for drama.", JingFei went round Cuifen's unconscious body and stepped out of her room...At the far end, Jiang Wanyin was puzzled by the kind of reception he received. The customary bows and fearful appellations were nothing to him but to be hosted in the Sect Leader's quarters was sure to blow his mind. "Please take your seat, Master Jiang, the Sect Leader will join you soon.", He was lured into a spacious meeting room. Wanyin's brows knitted as he walked past the net separating the dining area from the rest of the room. The place was heavily decorated as if preparing a place for a bride and groom. 'What is this? Is Huan going mad?", Jiang Cheng's face balanced in hiding the unhealthy suspense troubling his conscience. Something was not rightHe sat in the long chair and tucked himself in. Glancing at the ornaments of different colours and the red lanterns that turned day to night, Wanyin adjusted himself. His host even added scented candles and incense to put the room in an aromatic state.Jiang Cheng stood up at the sound of faint murmurs and a silhouette approaching the net. He prepared a scowl to reproof Xichen but that vanished when his nemesis strode in with a radiant smile on her face. Madam Lan was dressed to kill in a breezy silk fabric. Eyebrows plucked to perfection, hair held sick in a low bun with a small hairpin to free her usually burdened neck. Her skin, bathed in milk and smeared with essential oils, had a wonderful sheen. Jingfei did not need excessive powder on her face, she was stunning. She smiled. Her lips painted bright red, soft like a delicate rose. If only it had no thorns."Sect Leader Jiang, I trust you had a smooth trip. Please, sit.", JingFei courtesied. The servants came through and set up the feast for two within seconds. They were alone once more...in silence."What's the meaning of this, where is Zewujun?", Jiang Cheng recovered from the shock."My husband will be indisposed for a while...let me be your company until he comes...", JingFei took her seat, eyes hawked at Jiang Cheng. The Sect Leader gulped, clenching his jaw. He gears his head toward the entrance. To hell with this, he thought."All these years of bad blood, not once have we sat to talk. You owe me that at least.", Madam Lan picked two cups and filled them with rice wine. "Sit.", she said.Jiang Cheng exhaled. The lady had a point, he too had a question that never got answered. His feet stomp the ground as he returns to his seat. When the Mistress served him a cup, he narrowed his gaze. "Dont worry, it's not going to kill you.", JingFei raised her hers and took the first shot. "They say I'm crazy, but surely not enough to poison myself.", she added with a smirk on her lips. Jiang Cheng swallowed the drink in one gulp. "I trust you're hungry, let's eat.", Jingfei refilled the cup. The bracelets on her wrist tinkled faintly."...", Sect Leader Jiang stared in awe. Jiang Cheng picked his food in bits and drank more wine to wash it down."I should thank you, Sect Leader Jiang...My husband has never been so rough with me in bed.""What nonsense are you spouting, we both know he goes no where near your bed.""Is that what you think?... Sect Leader Jiang, what if I told you he returned in the dead of night with an insatiable appetite, confessed to sleeping with you, wanting to continue doing that... In exchange for my corporation, I get a little bit of love from both of you.", JingFei raised the jar but set it down when she felt no weight. Uncovering the next one, she refills the man's cup. "Hah! You're bluffing.", Jiang Cheng snickered. JingFei took a sip this time, sleazily licking her bottom lip with the tip of her tongue. "You should know by now that I dont bluff.", she pulled back her chair."...", Jiang Cheng's brow knitted when the woman went around the table; tapping the wooden board with her clean nails as she strode toward her target. "I've always wondered...Who plays the woman when you make love. But I guess it has always been Xichen."Jiang Cheng stormed out of the chair when she tried to touch him," Madam Lan...""Shh...", JingFei pressed a finger on Cheng's lips. "I'm giving you a peace offering, or are you no longer man enough after enduring my husband's weight?", her hand descended The man's chest. "I know how much pressure Xichen's hardness can lay...here.", she squeezed Jiang Cheng's abdomen, checking for sensitivity.The Sect Leader grasped her hand and pushed her against the table. "My drink, what did you put in it?", Jiang Cheng gruffed as his body began to burn. "Oh my dear Wanyin, it's not the drink or the food.", JingFei's make-believe innocence was frightening. "You've been inhaling it all along... It won't kill you...but your body... will thank me for it.", She waited for Master Jiang to come to terms with the hallucinogen, then made her move. The silver bracelet on her wrist came undone with a thug, revealing a single guqin string. Just the right amount of pressure can sever a man's head neatly. Lan JingFei grasped Jiang Cheng's robe and crushed into his lips when he tries to leave. She pushed and obstructions in the spot and hopped on the table. With the Sect Leader locked between her legs, she continued to tease him."You...snake.", Jiang Cheng could barely tell what was happening as the room began to spin and his initial resistance felt useless. "Wanyin, does it feel good. Share some of the love with me.", JingFei's caresses lingered in his ears."*pant*...""The only way I'll let you two be is if you, Jiang Wanyin, fulfil his role and give me a son for the one I lost... and the other you made me hate since the day his name was revealed.", JingFei thought of the most twisted things as she sneaked the string over the man's head.But that statement stirred Jiang Cheng up. The outrage brought some form of power to him."Mhf!", the weapon slipped out of JingFei's fingers when her neck was suddenly gripped with a hand. "You...you're insane... To think that I would make a child with a monster like you.", Jiang Cheng groaned, shaking his head to control the haze."Why not?... You took everything away from me. Xichen's love, my sanity, a happy marriage, my first son...MY MOTHER!!", Jingfei tried to scrape the strangling hold off but Wanyin shook her and she became cautiously stiff. "Hahaha...I was so wrong to assume you would be the best thing in Huan's life. To give him up thinking you would bring him joy...""I would have been in his life if you had never been in it. You ruined everything. You ruined my life Jiang Wanyin.", Jingfei's air supply was becoming limited."You think you're the only one who lost, the only one suffering because of love?... My only consolation is that you made yourself useful by providing Huan an heir.", Jiang Cheng clung to her skin like tentacles. All the while Madam Lan searched for an opportunity to strike. Her hairpin was a good option but it was still too easy for Wanyin to block. He is stronger. She closed her eyes, withholding from the need to struggle. She needed to bear the pain to buy time.Choking, JingFei let out a strained chuckle. "Bullshit! You believe that man's cheap love?...what a weak...lover we have Wanyin...Saying to himself that you're the one he wants, yet shields me at the cost of your very life.""Shut up! Xichen spared you even after all the lies and treachery...""What lies, what treachery? Lan Huan knew every little deed of mine...", Jingfei refused to show weakness."Lies!", Jiang Cheng's brows furrowed."Hahaha, you're more stupid than I thought. Xichen knew that I was responsible for the attacks from the very beginning, yet not once could he stop me... You should have seen the look on his face when he asked if I had a hand in your wife's death...Ahh.", JingFei let out a cry when her rival pulled and threw her hard against the wall. Her neck, purple from the fingerprint." Did you...have anything to do with Ju's death?", Jiang Cheng's throat dried up.Jingfei's chest heaved for air, "Unfortunately I did not end her...But after what you did to my mother, I wish I had a hand in it...I hate myself for not thinking of it. You deserve every pain you're going through Jiang Wanyin because you chose to rob me!"The effects of the drug could not stop Master Jiang from feeling it- betrayal. He refused to believe it but the thought kept hitting him in all directions.
"Lies...Huan did not know...he couldn't have."" Don't be a fool, we're all equally damaged by one person...And if I ever lose my life or let you have him, I will be satisfied, knowing that you will never forgive him for this.", Jingfei wiped the blood on her lips as the man watched her. His eyes blazing with panic. Jingfei's gaze landed on the string she dropped.By then Jiang Cheng wanted to get out of the room. The air was dense and his core was the only thing keeping him from plummeting. Lan JingFei snatched the string and raced for her opponent. "I'm not finished with you.", she wrapped the string firmly on both ends, charging for the man's neck...************************************************************************
"Protect my children... when I'm gone. That's what I need you to do.", Jiang Cheng put his sword back in its cover and placed it aside..." Yes, my lord.", Li Qiang responded. A small grin touching one side of his lips. Another bow came, then he veered around and continued to walk.************************************************************************
At the break of dawn, Lan Sizhui was up and ready to meet his lover. Jingyi had suited up by the time he reached his room, save for the belt he needed to fasten. "Oh Sizhui, you're here.", He stuck the belt in his mouth while pulling the end of his robe. "I'll help you.", Sizhui took the fabric out of Jingyi's lips and carefully encircled it on his waist. "Is it too tight?", he asked with a smile."No, it's perfect.", Jingyi rewards him with a peck on the cheek. Sizhui felt the place with his palm as the former dashed off to take any other thing he deemed necessary. "I'm done, we can go.", Jingyi returned sooner."Mn...We have to greet Zewujun before leaving.", Sizhui reminded him once they were outside."Ok, do I look alright. I think my face is still marked by the bedsheet.", Jingyi wrapped the scabbard around his waist. "It's gone...You look handsome Jingyi.", Sizhui sneaks his hand into the other's as they wander down the brick road.They were on their way to visit people Jingyi had not seen for quite a while- Family.************************************************************************
WangXian Household...Wei Ying snickered thirty minutes after his grandmother left- just to be in the clear. His husband sighed in relief, with the look of one who had passed through flames. The Senior would surely return unannounced- again, but till then he could calm down in his own home while taking care of the long list she left behind. "Lan Zhan is it just me or is my grandmother forcing us to build a small town. An infirmary, more walls?... And she even selected plots for farming and the crops to grow on each portion?", Wei Ying shimmied the babies as he hovered above Wangji, spying on the plans. The jade glanced at his beloved. Pulling the cloth between Wei Ying's fingers, he wipes the drool trickling down the children's expressive lips. "It's all for the little ones my love. She made things easier for us.", Wangji stretched his hand to caress Lan Xiang's cheek and Wei Ying lowered himself to give him closure.Lan Xing cooed, smiling at his father for the same attention. He gets fussy when Wangji smiles back but hesitates."Lan Zhan, you know he's going to throw a fit when he stares at you like that.", Wei Ying cautioned."Mn, I know.", Wangji went back to reading the Grandmaster's list, taking frequent peeps, pretending not to notice the infant staring. Lan Wangji dropped the paper and stood to take Lan Xing immediately he twisted his face, threatening to blow over. "Lan Zhan...How could you treat your little radish this way.", Wei Ying balanced Xiang on his chest as the other was appeased. Lan Wangji kissed Xing's cheeks, making silly fart noises by blowing on his tender skin. The baby stopped fussing at once and so did Wangji. Gazing at the adult with light eyes, Xing waits for that warm breath to touch his cheek again, and when it stalls he starts to cry.*pooop!*His father does it again. Wangji earns a wide smile and a breathtaking tap from those little arms grabbing on to his face. "Lan Zhan, stop teaching him that...see, now he's following your steps.", Wei Ying face palms himself as the little radish smears drool on his Father's face. Lan Wangji chuckles and his son lights up again. "A'Xing, we should not exclude your mother and brother.", he said."Hey, no...A'Xiang and I dont want to be covered in spittle...Lan Zhan! Haha, stop, we want to be clean. Stop it, you two!", Wei Wuxian scooted when they were stalked by Lan Wangji and the giddy drooling mess. "Aishh! Hahaha.", He squirmed as the jade plastered the baby to his face. Lan Xing did not disappoint. Wangji's lips were next on his cheek, creating a humorous tune. Not leaving Xiang out of the fun, the jade tickles his gentle son into playing. "...", It was paradise living this way. Just a normal family full of love, hope and lots of fun time.***********************************
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Gusu Lan...Lan Xichen made his way to his wife's quarters after fulfilling his duties. The healer was still playing when he arrived. The Sect Leader was surprised to find his son sitting with the elderly man, imitating the chords on his zither. "Greetings...Lan Jiang, you should not interfere with your mother's session.", Lan Xichen spoke gently."It's no problem at all Sect Leader Lan, I finished moments ago. I was only teaching the boy a few notes since he is so eager to learn.", the elder explained."...Thank you for teaching him.", Xichen smiled. "It is an absolute honour. The Young Master is very bright and his presence does a lot for his mother. If he continues like this, he will surely build his core at an early age...I shall take my leave now.", He stood and bowed to the family."Come, my son...He takes after his father.", JingFei embraces the child with a soft giggle when the healer was gone. "You're getting better at playing. But do be careful with how hard you strum the strings, your hands are getting calloused.", she kissed Huizhong's fingertips.It was such a pleasant sight, but why did Lan Xichen feel threatened by it. He draws near the two to show concern for the mother before stating why he came. "I know you have plans with Huizhong, you can take him.", JingFei spared him from the conversation. "Mother, you seem upset...If you dont want me to go, Father will understand.", Huizhong said.JingFei shook her head, " No my son... I can't wait to hear about the adventures you had when you return.""Ok...but remember to listen to Lady Cuifen while I'm away.", JingFei nodded at the young Master's words. "Husband, please take care of him.", Jingfei glanced at Xichen. The Sect Leader answered positively. Saying a brief goodbye, he leaves with his son in arms. "Cuifen, get me a new dress and tell the kitchen to ready at all times...", JingFei marched into her bedroom after her family left."Yes Madam Lan.", Cuifen responded."Fan...", Madam Lan swirled around and sat on the bed. "Yes, Mistress.""Get me the list of disciples guarding the gates of the Cloud Recesses. I'll be hosting an important guest soon.", JingFei let down her hair... Hopefully, Xichen will have enough fun outside to stay away for a day or two.************************************************************************It was a father-son bonding time. Sightseeing and passing through the neighbouring towns to try new treats and games. Lan Huizhong was proactive when his father suggested camping but quickly run into an inn at the first sign of rain. "Huizhong, kids your age usually rejoice at the sound of rain.", Xichen laughed when he finds him shivering at the thought of standing in the cold outside."I'm not a kid father, I dont see you running into the rain for a bath.", Huizhong lowered his head."Is that so? Then I guess you wouldn't want to listen to a boring old story before bed, and I dont have to tuck you in.", Lan Xichen grinned."That is not fair, I'm your son, you have to tuck me in and tell me stories about the greatest cultivators.", Lan Huizhong pouted."Hahaha...okay. Lan Jiang, you're growing up too fast, can you slow down. It was just yesterday you came into my life, looking like two steamed buns.""That was eight years ago, I'm bigger now.", Huizhong covered his face, embarrassed by the comparison. "You're right, eight years is a long time.""Father, who is it...the person you love?", Huizhong asked when his father's laughter died down."...A'Jiang, I can't reveal that now.""Okay, then can you tell me what they're like?""*Sigh* Son, I promise to tell you soon, ok...All you need to know is that that person thinks highly of you.""Mn...But Father, does it mean that you're gonna love the person more than me?", Huizhong looked into his Father's eyes. Xichen was tempted to ask if JingFei had said anything to the boy but he refrained from it. "Lan Jiang, you're my son, no one can take your place.", He clarified.Lan Jiang bobbed, a faint smile touching his lips as it sank in. But he was also bothered that he didnt know who had torn his parents apart. "Do you want anything to eat?", Xichen asked."No, I'm fine.", Huizhong answered, keeping his mood cheerful. ************************************************************************The following day...Cuifen was curious as to whom the Mistress was waiting for. She could only pray in her heart it was not another dangerous person to be used against the Jiangs.At last, she found out who it was. It was far beyond what she imagined.When the guards reported to Madam Lan that Sect Leader Jiang had arrived, Cuifen stood in her way. "Please dont do anything that will hurt your son Mistress, that man will kill you.", She cried.Her patience on the low, Lan JingFei struck the servant."I look forward to dying by his hand then...A'Fan, have the disciple tie her up, I'm not in the mood for drama.", JingFei went round Cuifen's unconscious body and stepped out of her room...At the far end, Jiang Wanyin was puzzled by the kind of reception he received. The customary bows and fearful appellations were nothing to him but to be hosted in the Sect Leader's quarters was sure to blow his mind. "Please take your seat, Master Jiang, the Sect Leader will join you soon.", He was lured into a spacious meeting room. Wanyin's brows knitted as he walked past the net separating the dining area from the rest of the room. The place was heavily decorated as if preparing a place for a bride and groom. 'What is this? Is Huan going mad?", Jiang Cheng's face balanced in hiding the unhealthy suspense troubling his conscience. Something was not rightHe sat in the long chair and tucked himself in. Glancing at the ornaments of different colours and the red lanterns that turned day to night, Wanyin adjusted himself. His host even added scented candles and incense to put the room in an aromatic state.Jiang Cheng stood up at the sound of faint murmurs and a silhouette approaching the net. He prepared a scowl to reproof Xichen but that vanished when his nemesis strode in with a radiant smile on her face. Madam Lan was dressed to kill in a breezy silk fabric. Eyebrows plucked to perfection, hair held sick in a low bun with a small hairpin to free her usually burdened neck. Her skin, bathed in milk and smeared with essential oils, had a wonderful sheen. Jingfei did not need excessive powder on her face, she was stunning. She smiled. Her lips painted bright red, soft like a delicate rose. If only it had no thorns."Sect Leader Jiang, I trust you had a smooth trip. Please, sit.", JingFei courtesied. The servants came through and set up the feast for two within seconds. They were alone once more...in silence."What's the meaning of this, where is Zewujun?", Jiang Cheng recovered from the shock."My husband will be indisposed for a while...let me be your company until he comes...", JingFei took her seat, eyes hawked at Jiang Cheng. The Sect Leader gulped, clenching his jaw. He gears his head toward the entrance. To hell with this, he thought."All these years of bad blood, not once have we sat to talk. You owe me that at least.", Madam Lan picked two cups and filled them with rice wine. "Sit.", she said.Jiang Cheng exhaled. The lady had a point, he too had a question that never got answered. His feet stomp the ground as he returns to his seat. When the Mistress served him a cup, he narrowed his gaze. "Dont worry, it's not going to kill you.", JingFei raised her hers and took the first shot. "They say I'm crazy, but surely not enough to poison myself.", she added with a smirk on her lips. Jiang Cheng swallowed the drink in one gulp. "I trust you're hungry, let's eat.", Jingfei refilled the cup. The bracelets on her wrist tinkled faintly."...", Sect Leader Jiang stared in awe. Jiang Cheng picked his food in bits and drank more wine to wash it down."I should thank you, Sect Leader Jiang...My husband has never been so rough with me in bed.""What nonsense are you spouting, we both know he goes no where near your bed.""Is that what you think?... Sect Leader Jiang, what if I told you he returned in the dead of night with an insatiable appetite, confessed to sleeping with you, wanting to continue doing that... In exchange for my corporation, I get a little bit of love from both of you.", JingFei raised the jar but set it down when she felt no weight. Uncovering the next one, she refills the man's cup. "Hah! You're bluffing.", Jiang Cheng snickered. JingFei took a sip this time, sleazily licking her bottom lip with the tip of her tongue. "You should know by now that I dont bluff.", she pulled back her chair."...", Jiang Cheng's brow knitted when the woman went around the table; tapping the wooden board with her clean nails as she strode toward her target. "I've always wondered...Who plays the woman when you make love. But I guess it has always been Xichen."Jiang Cheng stormed out of the chair when she tried to touch him," Madam Lan...""Shh...", JingFei pressed a finger on Cheng's lips. "I'm giving you a peace offering, or are you no longer man enough after enduring my husband's weight?", her hand descended The man's chest. "I know how much pressure Xichen's hardness can lay...here.", she squeezed Jiang Cheng's abdomen, checking for sensitivity.The Sect Leader grasped her hand and pushed her against the table. "My drink, what did you put in it?", Jiang Cheng gruffed as his body began to burn. "Oh my dear Wanyin, it's not the drink or the food.", JingFei's make-believe innocence was frightening. "You've been inhaling it all along... It won't kill you...but your body... will thank me for it.", She waited for Master Jiang to come to terms with the hallucinogen, then made her move. The silver bracelet on her wrist came undone with a thug, revealing a single guqin string. Just the right amount of pressure can sever a man's head neatly. Lan JingFei grasped Jiang Cheng's robe and crushed into his lips when he tries to leave. She pushed and obstructions in the spot and hopped on the table. With the Sect Leader locked between her legs, she continued to tease him."You...snake.", Jiang Cheng could barely tell what was happening as the room began to spin and his initial resistance felt useless. "Wanyin, does it feel good. Share some of the love with me.", JingFei's caresses lingered in his ears."*pant*...""The only way I'll let you two be is if you, Jiang Wanyin, fulfil his role and give me a son for the one I lost... and the other you made me hate since the day his name was revealed.", JingFei thought of the most twisted things as she sneaked the string over the man's head.But that statement stirred Jiang Cheng up. The outrage brought some form of power to him."Mhf!", the weapon slipped out of JingFei's fingers when her neck was suddenly gripped with a hand. "You...you're insane... To think that I would make a child with a monster like you.", Jiang Cheng groaned, shaking his head to control the haze."Why not?... You took everything away from me. Xichen's love, my sanity, a happy marriage, my first son...MY MOTHER!!", Jingfei tried to scrape the strangling hold off but Wanyin shook her and she became cautiously stiff. "Hahaha...I was so wrong to assume you would be the best thing in Huan's life. To give him up thinking you would bring him joy...""I would have been in his life if you had never been in it. You ruined everything. You ruined my life Jiang Wanyin.", Jingfei's air supply was becoming limited."You think you're the only one who lost, the only one suffering because of love?... My only consolation is that you made yourself useful by providing Huan an heir.", Jiang Cheng clung to her skin like tentacles. All the while Madam Lan searched for an opportunity to strike. Her hairpin was a good option but it was still too easy for Wanyin to block. He is stronger. She closed her eyes, withholding from the need to struggle. She needed to bear the pain to buy time.Choking, JingFei let out a strained chuckle. "Bullshit! You believe that man's cheap love?...what a weak...lover we have Wanyin...Saying to himself that you're the one he wants, yet shields me at the cost of your very life.""Shut up! Xichen spared you even after all the lies and treachery...""What lies, what treachery? Lan Huan knew every little deed of mine...", Jingfei refused to show weakness."Lies!", Jiang Cheng's brows furrowed."Hahaha, you're more stupid than I thought. Xichen knew that I was responsible for the attacks from the very beginning, yet not once could he stop me... You should have seen the look on his face when he asked if I had a hand in your wife's death...Ahh.", JingFei let out a cry when her rival pulled and threw her hard against the wall. Her neck, purple from the fingerprint." Did you...have anything to do with Ju's death?", Jiang Cheng's throat dried up.Jingfei's chest heaved for air, "Unfortunately I did not end her...But after what you did to my mother, I wish I had a hand in it...I hate myself for not thinking of it. You deserve every pain you're going through Jiang Wanyin because you chose to rob me!"The effects of the drug could not stop Master Jiang from feeling it- betrayal. He refused to believe it but the thought kept hitting him in all directions.
"Lies...Huan did not know...he couldn't have."" Don't be a fool, we're all equally damaged by one person...And if I ever lose my life or let you have him, I will be satisfied, knowing that you will never forgive him for this.", Jingfei wiped the blood on her lips as the man watched her. His eyes blazing with panic. Jingfei's gaze landed on the string she dropped.By then Jiang Cheng wanted to get out of the room. The air was dense and his core was the only thing keeping him from plummeting. Lan JingFei snatched the string and raced for her opponent. "I'm not finished with you.", she wrapped the string firmly on both ends, charging for the man's neck...************************************************************************
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