bunny with bunny

"Do you not wish to bid farewell to Young Master Wei?" Brother inquires as we watch the Yunmeng Sect leave Cloud Recess.

My heart leaps out. I wish to stop him but who am I to stop him? Turning back to my brother, I salute him "It's best if he left"I pause and look at my brother's kind eyes "The journey I am to take, would just harm him" placing my palm over my heart and feeling the weight of the Yin Iron.

"You have to be careful, Wangji" brother's concern is quiet evident "it's dangerous"

I nod and turn to leave.

"I'll be safe"

As I walk past by the forest, I hear him and his family laugh and smile whilst they play with our bunnies. I quietly stand behind the tree and watch them with curiosity.

They look so... Happy.

Bunny playing with bunny. I smile inwardly.

As his family leaves him and the bunnies behind, he picks one up "I wish to take you back with me to Lotus Pier, but if I do, then Lan Zhan would be all alone" at that my eyes widen.

Are... Are you worried about me? Why?

He gently places them down and with

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heavy heart he leaves. I slowly walk towards the bunnies and

their ears perk up. Reminiscing Wei

with the bunnies, my heart warms.

"Farewell, Wei" I walk away.

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It's been few days since I was on move, walking around and questioning the villagers if they have heard of anything abnormal, it's been quiet uneventful.

Yet the Yin Iron has been emitting resentful aura.

As I walk past the dense forest, the environment around me is so peaceful and just when I am about to play my Zither, I hear my name being called "Lan Zhan" surprised, I turn around.

Wei Ying.

"Lan Zhan" he stomps his foot and walks upto me "you promised, we promised that we'd find the Yin Iron together" he pouts and I look at his lips discreetly.

Glaring at him 'you shouldn't be here, it's not safe. Go back' maybe if I am rude, he'll leave. As I turn to leave, I am suddenly been pulled back.

He grins and proudly displays the thin red thread attached between his fingers and my wrist.

"Lan Zhan isn't this amazing? I cultivated it" he boasts proudly. Internally I admire his skill but outwardly I mock him "Useless" and pull him. Leave Wei Ying, don't follow me. Leave.

But in the end, he still chooses to follow me.

The red thread is still fastened around us and we are bound by it, with him following me, I smile.

My heart feels warm and maybe, maybe

for the first time, I can fell my heart beat.

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He follows me into a village and there we find another student who recently studied with me.

Not HuaiSang.

Greeting us, he quickly starts chatting with Wei and I walk away. All these small talks are of such trivial matters.

I find an old women sitting in middle of the road, selling few delicate articles.

"Master?" She calls for my attention and I turn towards her. Crouching, she shows me array of items in front of her "please buy something, this could being you good luck. Please help this old lady

out" her pleading voice strikes a chord within me and I look at the items on display. My eyes roam around and it catches a beautiful piece of red ribbon hidden amongst the others.

I pick it up and caress it between my fingers. Intricate designs adron it and the texture is smooth and made up of satin. My eyes involuntarily seek his and I watch his retreating back. The red ribbon that he has on him now, flutters as the wind blows on them.

Paying the old lady, I fold the ribbon careful and place in it in my inner cloak for him to never find out about it. Will I ever give him this? No I don't think so.

I am no one to him, we're not even close. I can't even fathom his reaction if I would ever choose to give him this.

I watch him the rest of the day, smiling, grinning and laughing. Maybe that's good. Be this way. Live your life just the way it is. Let that smile never falter.

That's my hope.

Ahh why is this guy so cute? I can't get enough of Lan Zhan! oh my!!

thank you for reading don't lazy