Text: UN: lan.furen

[noenvy]

There is a bit of a matter that I would like to ask the public to help clarify. It's in regards to Jiang Cheng, er, Sect Leader Jiang. Or, maybe Jiang Wanyin. Whichever you might know him by.

If you don't know him, just remember that he is usually angry, only knows how to shout at people and is generally stubborn.

Now, with that in mind, does he resemble this cat?



A yes or a no is all I need. You see, he insists he does not, but I? I know better. Let's settle this disagreement with your dear opinions.

Comments

[noenvy]

See! I am not doing anything wrong.

[And since this is the first time he is seeing him again since their first encounter in this world.]

Are you doing well...?

[fallen_lotus]

I'm trying to make sense of things, yes.

This place is rather..complicated.

[noenvy]

It is. I have had the fortune of Lan Zhan helping me since I arrived, as well as Shijie and others.

[fallen_lotus]

Has he been helping you? I was under the impression he didn't like you all that much.

[ He'd been there at the archery contest after all and while he hadn't seen what happened, he'd heard about it.]

[noenvy]

Ah... yes....

About that... it seems he likes me very much!
Haha...

Fancies me even....

[fallen_lotus]

It's good you have a fr...

Really? So you're close with Lan Wangji? [Granted, it's not as surprising about the closeness as the who. Everything he'd heard had painted the younger Lan and Wei Wuxian as antagonistic at best.]

[noenvy]

Yes. You could say that. We are quite close!

[He felt guilty. This should be... this should be so much more... proper?]

I...

I sort of married him?

[fallen_lotus]

...Lan Qiren is still alive, yes? [Because he can see the face he would have made had he been told that.]

Your mother would be proud. All she managed to do was shave off his beard.

[noenvy]

He is. He still doesn't like me. I think he likes me less.

[But, he was glad to hear that his mother would be proud of him. He never heard much of her, but it made him feel happy to think they were similar. He had always been quite proud of his mother and the few stories he had heard of her.]

I did that too, and he never caught me!

[fallen_lotus]

He didn't catch her either.

And...as long as you're happy with your choice, I'm glad you found someone, A-Xian.

[noenvy]

[He hadn't been aware of how much he had been anxious until the tension left him at those words.]

Yes! He is always by my side, supporting me through everything. I don't think anyone could make me happier....

[fallen_lotus]

That's the way it should be.

[noenvy]

[He almost wants to say something, but, it feels wrong to. He was quite aware that Madam Yu and Uncle Jiang were not on the best of terms normally.]

I'm sure he will want a formal meeting. We didn't exactly do anything properly. Surprisingly.

Or maybe, not surprisingly.

[fallen_lotus]

I'd be happy to speak with him when he has the time, A-Xian.

But you are married?

[noenvy]

I'll tell him.

[Or actually arrange a time, because he probably should at least try and do this much right.]

We are! We did our bows and everything.

Though, we might have eloped, and not really... done anything else.

[fallen_lotus]

That does sound like something you'd do. Your mother wasn't a fan of ceremony either.

[noenvy]

Well, there wasn't really a time or a place. A lot of things were happening and once they were resolved we just sort of... went off on our own. I wasn't exactly a welcome person in the cultivation world at that point....

[He can't say why though, he just can't bring himself to explain any of it.]

His uncle still hates me.

The only reason we didn't just go traveling forever night hunting is because he asked us to come back and accepted everything. He realized Lan Zhan wouldn't come home otherwise.