Watching Yibo studying or working on projects always remind Wei Wuxian Lan Wangji's figure who always studies in Library. He can't help but smile from afar. If he was younger like that time, he must disturb Yibo, but everything was different. But he somewhat replaced Lan Wangji in his life. So he tried to help this lonely boy too.

Also, he was one who released Yibo's stress or work pressure.

As Wei Wuxian was really wild in the bed- in the sense of sleeping position, his half body parts always on Yibo, who just took a little part of the bed. Wei Wuxian got a habit of sleeping with this warm human pillow.

Sometime, late night they passed time by listening stories. Where Wei Wuxain said stories and the Yibo listen. He was a good listener. Sometimes those stories scare Yibo, but he still heard those. If Yibo got scared Wei Wuxian got the benefit of not to hit by his human pillow. But Wei Wuxian never told his full life's story to him. His suffering or troubles. Only some events. He did not want to make this boy worried for him. He could say his hardship such a frankly way.

Yibo could imagine these days were not easy for the guy who posses the brightest smile in the world. He knew.

That day when Yibo talked to Xiao Zhan, he decided to talk to Wei Wuxian about Lan Wangji's time travel.

Yibo was a straight forward person. So he directly said, "Your Lan Wangji is here,"

"What do you mean?" Wei Wuxian.

"He came to the future as well"

Wei Wuxian widened his eyes. "Did you meet him?"

"No, I met the person who met him" Yibo took a sit, then continued, "The person exactly look like you. Probably the future version of you. Lan Wangji came to him."

"- - hahahahahahahaha hahaha" Wei Wuxian blast into laughter.

"Is it that funny?" Yibo thought.

"How does this happen?" Wei Wuxian finally said.

"That's what we need to know, so I told you," Yibo said.

"Tell me about my future self.. How am I?" Wei Wuxian showed big curiosity.

Yibo gulped, he took away his eyes. "He is better than you. But cheerful like you." He replied. "And an artist."

"Artist! Oh no. I am, the great Yilling Patriarch will become an artist in future? Not even an engineer (he learnt this word recently from Yibo) but an artist? Oh well, it's not that bad. But so tender job. He he!" Wei Wuxian said.

Yibo remembered and took out his card from his bag. He asked Wei Wuxian, "What did you just say? Yilling......?"

"Yilling Patriarch, that's the name they gave me. I lived at Yilling so."

"Xiao Zhan, I mean the person look like you and met with Lan Wangji is staying at Yilling." Yibo said.

"Is that place still exists in here? But You met him here and this place has a different name.." Wei Wuxian said.

Yibo replied, "He said, the place is behind that hill on the north, a small village with great natural beauty. I only know this much."

"I want to go there.." Wei Wuxian said. "How it is in Future- I wanna see."

"Hm, we can go. Oh! One more thing, it's not that you can't come in the morning. Because Lan Wangji was seen in the morning too." Yibo said.

"Really? Then what is causing it?" Wei Wuxian started thinking. "If Lan Zhan is here, I mean at Yilling, then it's obviously for me. I appeared in front of you, a bit far from Yilling. Probably in the past, the whole place was called Yilling. He came here to meet me and meet my future self. And I also wanted to meet him and came to you." He looked at Yibo.

"Yes, he also explained it this way, and said, it's probably Desire that pull both of like this. But why it has to be future, not your time? That is the question."

"Then what's with the time?" Wei Wuxian seemed deep into thought. "Do I only think about Lan Wangji at night?"
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"Eh! Don't get the wrong idea, I definitely not mean anything. It's not that Lan Wangji will think of me all day.. Did he?" Wei Wuxian brushed his nose- tip.

Yibo shook his head smiling slightly, "If he liked you that much, he may think about you all the time. I could do so for my love. After all, he came to Yilling all the way to meet you, and searching for you."

Wei Wuxian's face changed. He smiled such a way, it seemed he wanted to cry with his smile.

"What are you holding?" Wei Wuxian asked pointing towards the card.

"Oh, it's his card, Xiao Zhan. The future you." Yibo showed it to him.

"What you will do with this?"

"It has his phone number, we can contact through this." Yibo said and waved his mobile to make it easy to understand.

"Oh, that thing needs numbers to use. Hmm, really useful thing." Wei Wuxian handed over the card to Yibo, and said, "Try to call him" Wei Wuxian insisted.

"Lan Zhan's clan has a way to send information, unlike others, it's sending a butterfly, and only they can read that." Wei Wuxian's eyes were glittering.

Yibo took his eyes off him, "Man, you are too much into Lan Wangji" and dialed Xiao Zhan's number.

But it did not connect. He tried twice but no answer. Then he moved towards Wei Wuxain who was lying on the bed. He needed to find out more.

Yibo said, "Tell me, Why do you live in Yilling? And with Whom? And why it is that Lan Wangji can only be in Yilling to meet you?"

What Wei Wuxian will say? He wasn't actually wanted to say everything about his life. But Yibo requested him, and finally, he said all about him. His earlier life, the injustice, the suffering... Even though he thought Yibo will not believe him.

But Yibo believed him. And Yibo felt bad for him, he also thanked Lan Wangji to support him. Yibo thought despite all these, he still smiles like this. He decided not to get angry at him too much.

Then suddenly Yibo remembered something, he asked "When I 1st came here, a shop owner told me a story about the place, he did not mention the Yilling, but said, this place was deserted before, a monk or wizard made it living. So, was that You?"

"Probably, I with Wen Clan started living there." Wei Wuxian said.

"I see" Yibo nod. " That means you can perform magic? And with that flute?"

"Yes, but when I came here I couldn't perform magic. But I think I can do it now" he said and took out a paper man from his lapel and hold his two fingers in front of it. He closed his eyes for a sec then grinned at Yibo.

The paperman started moving.

Yibo shouted 'Ahhhhh!' with the sudden movement of it.

The paperman came towards Yibo and he kept staring at it with big eyes. Then he found this was cute, he tried to examine it properly. It was climbing his arms and reached his shoulder.

Yibo asked , "How you did that?"

Wei Wuxian, "I gave it some of my soul, that paperman was me. It moves with my will. Hee hee." With his speech, the paperman stuck itself with Yibo's cheek. Yibo titled his face.

He was super surprised to see magic like this.

Wei Wuxian again said, " When we were in Old man Lan Qurin's class I sent a paperman to Lan Wangji, you know what he did? He burnt it..ha ha ha. Oh his angry eyes.. scary also attractive. Hee hee!"

Wei Wuxain withdrew his paperman.

Yibo asked "So that day when you were playing the flute, are you performing magic? Calling ghosts?"

"That was random. I don't think I can call them crossing the timeline, and I don't need them, so why to disturb them?" He stopped for a second. Then said again, "Do you remember the piece I was playing?"

"Hm" Yibo nodded.

"Lan Wangji made that. We were stuck in a big cave by Wen Chao, and we fought a big divine beast called Xuanwu there. We were almost our limit, Lan Wangji played that song for me. He wounded his leg, his father died, brother gone missing. They use music to perform magic. But his instrument broke too, but he made a music to make me feel good. On that condition, with those broken strings..." Wei Wuxian gave a sad smile.

Yibo didn't know either Wen Chao or Wen Ning, but he also didn't need them. Yibo understood why Wei Wuxian's eyes were glittering that day.

Yibo didn't know the way of Yilling, and they couldn't go there at night. Wei Wuxian has to come in the morning to visit Yilling. Yibo asked Wei Wuxian, "What you do in the morning?"

"Umm, living, working with others, go for chopping woods, I also working on some magic items, fighting with ghouls, take care of Wen Ning. Something like that. Why?"

"So, probably, you think about this place at night, when you are free, or you were sleeping, your subconscious mind or desire brings you here. Can you try once in the morning?"

"Good idea. I'll try the next day." Wei Wuxian said.

"At the morning when Yibo woke up, he did not see Wei Wuxian. He has classes, so he washed up and went out after breakfast.

The day went busy, but he got free earlier. So, he came back home, and surprisingly he found Wei Wuxian was waving hand from his room's window. The daylight was still there. He ran to his room.

"Oh, you are here!"

"Yea, so it's true, I tried at morning to fall asleep, but I couldn't so I tried now and came here. And I have found a new thing, when I came here, my buddies could not see me there (past). "

"I see, it's already late, I don't think we can go Yilling today. Come on Sunday. Oh, I need to talk to Xiao Zhan too."

Yibo dialed Xiao Zhan's number once again. Did not connect.
He tried later too, but no fruit.

The next day, when Yibo got free time at college, he called him again. He wasn't hoping, but this time he heard the tone.
Someone took the phone without delay. "Hello"

"Hello, Xiao laoshi, I'm Yibo, we met the other day."

"Yes, Yibo. Tell me, you talked to him?" He also wanted to ask why he did not call him early, but he did not ask.

"Yes, we have a good chat. He wanted to visit Yilling. I called you several times, but it did not connect.. Donno why."

"Oh, but there was nothing wrong with my phone. Oky I got your number, I can call you too. And you both are welcome in Yilling, I'll be your guide "

"Oky, I don't know the way, but probably we will go there on Sunday. And did you talk to Lan Wangji?"

"Yes, yesterday, he was searching Wei Wuxian, I told him everything and I also drew a picture of him."

"Wow! Can you show me?"

"Oky do you have WhatsApp on this number? Then I'll send you there."

"Yes, please, and thank you."

"Are you with Wei Wuxian?"

"No! I'm in my college. Those time when I called you before, he was with me."

"Wait, then was the call did not connect because of his presence?"

"Umm not sure, but why it will be like that?"

"Just guessing, now, to me everything is possible. Ha ha."

"I've class, let's talk later."

"Oky, bye"

"Bye"

"His voice is good." Yibo stood up. "Holi cow, just what I'm thinking?" He shook his head and went towards the class, some of his friends joined him too.

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"Is this because of the network? I never have problems to call others to why he did not get the signal?" Xiao Zhan thought.