eastbound inbox.

[lanclan]

inbox for the mirror pendant of 'Average Sighren'.

“Please leave your message and I will attend it as soon as possible.”

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[wifedup]

( A good egg. He peaks out from his fingers. )

You'll like him. I don't doubt that. He seemed glad when I told him about you. He'll probably thank you for keeping me busy, or for at least occupying me enough that I didn't try to take over the entire world. Something like that. The two of you will get on.

( He wants them to, desperately. He never got to introduce Zhou Zishu to Luo Fumeng, nor Liu Qianqiao. This will be the first friend he has made independently. He wants the two sides of his life to work. )

The girls will gossip.

[lanclan]

Ah, that their boss has two men hanging off his arms, one either side? Let them.

[ He gives a smile, a secret wink hidden in the amused look he wears. ]

As long as one arm is saved for me, I'm content.

[wifedup]

You will always be my friend, Huan-er.

( Earnest. )

I have been very blessed to have met you and I'm not going to let that change any time soon. No matter what, mm? So don't doubt that.

[lanclan]

[ For a moment it looks like he might say something else, then it passes like a cloud behind the sunny smile that melts easily back into place. He pats Wen Kexing's hand and takes his back to sip his wine with. ]

I know. I was a shell of myself when you found me, now I'm more of the man I used to be because of you. Wen Kexing is always welcome in Gusu Lan, should you find your way there.

[wifedup]

( A hum. )

I'd say you'd be welcome in Mount Qingya, but the devils would probably eat you alive. A nice boy like you wouldn't even get you through the gate.

[lanclan]

Wen Kexing underestimates how many devils I have faced in the past, and handled.

[ Siiiiip! ]

Nice boys enjoy swords too.

[wifedup]

( Easily. )

Even better, kill them all for me. Well, the men. The women who end up in the Valley deserve a second chance.

[lanclan]

I've suddenly become a lieutenant! The honour is all mine.

[ Drink finished, he rises from his seat and gives Wen Kexing a nod. There is something small and prickly deep in his chest and he would rather leave to examine it in the privacy of his own thoughts and space. ]

Please let Zhou Zishu know I will be contacting him soon in order to arrange a meeting between us. I really must be going.

[wifedup]

Ah.

( Startled, he peers at Lan Xichen. But he won't press, and so he smiles a little, easy. )

All right, all right. But we'll see each other soon, won't we? Be good, call me if you need me.

[lanclan]

You be good too, I will know if you haven't.

[ He taps him on the head once as if to chastise, eyes bright with good humour as he heads to the door. ]

And eat something, for me? Don't only drink today.

[wifedup]

Yes, mother.

( A laugh, a wave. )

You too. Otherwise the girls will be cross.

[lanclan]

Mm, I wouldn't want that. Goodnight, Wen Kexing.

[ In a flutter of blue, he's gone. ]