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As days go by and soon enough, a month has already ended. A month of punishment finished. A month of watching her brother annoyingly tease Lan WangJi finished. Wei WuHui couldn't stop the exasperated sigh that slip from her lip when she remembered what happened yesterday.

—FLASHBACK—

During the whole month of observing Wei WuXian's and Wei WuHui's punishments, using the Silencing Spell on the male and uncaringly folding his complaining notes and tossing it in the basket beside the desk. Thankfully, the female twin would be there completing her punishment as well as helping the Second Master Lan with controlling her brother's antics.

Lan WangJi always felt intrigued when watching the twins interact with each other, with Wei Wuxian's energetic and loud presence which contrast with Wei WuHui's calm and quiet presence. They are polar opposite, yet their relationship remained strong.

But he noticed that today was different.

Lan WangJi saw how quiet Wei WuXian was being once he came through the doors and slammed his sword down on the table with a loud thud and immediately went into copying down the texts, without saying a single word. Wei WuHui also noticed the sudden change in her brother and cast a suspicious glance toward him.

Although he didn't have any reason to use the Silencing Spell, Lan WangJi can't help but sneak a few glances at him.

But, that didn't last for too long, as after a short while of him sitting and writing, Wei WuXian returned to his usual antics as he appeared beside Lan WangJi with a piece of paper in his hands for the latter to take.

Wei WuXian giggled. "Master Lan, it's been a month. I won't be coming tomorrow. This is my farewell gift to you." Then, he presented his paper. "Here you go!"

Lan Wangji's eyes widened in surprise as he saw a drawing of a person sitting upright and reading a book. The person was Lan WangJi.

Lan WangJi silently turned his gaze away from the grinning face of the boy's as he closed the book in hand and put it on a nearby shelf, then he went to grabbed the paper.

Meanwhile, Wei WuHui's eyes narrowed when she saw the glinting mischief in her brother's eyes as he glanced at Lan WangJi's book.

Upon closer inspection, Lan WangJi's lips twitch as he noticed a flower was drawn on the side of his head.

From there, Wei WuXian burst out laughing as he smacked his legs. "Is the gift to your liking, Master Lan?"

"Pa-."

"'Pathetic' again, am I right?" Wei WuXian grinned, cutting Lan WangJi off. "Can't you use some new words?"

"Extremely pathetic." Lan Wangji retorted coldly before making his way to the shelf, where his book laid and opened it. He flipped to the page where he stopped at but with one look, his eyes widened and threw the book away like it's burning him. The book was of Buddhist texts, but instead of seeing the texts, he saw a picture of two, naked figures intertwining with each other.

The culprit was easily identified as his eyes shifted to the laughing Wei WuXian.
Lan WangJi gritted his jaw as he glared at the laughing boy. "Wei Ying!"

"Gege!" Wei WuHui also exclaimed as she saw the contents and immediately turned red.

"Hahaha! Yes! I'm here!" Wei WuXian snickered after rolling around in laughter and fell onto his back.

"You!" Lan WangJi sneered before turning to his sword, Bichen, that was hanging on the wall beside him and quickly drew it.

Didn't expect the outcome, Wei WuXian quickly got up, grabbing the pornography on the way and grabbed his sword as he turned to the angry Lan. "Manners! Second Master Lan! Mind your manners! If we fight here, would your Library Pavilion be fine?" He reminded.

Over to the only female in the room, Wei WuHui quietly shuffled to the exit, standing by just in case things went too far as she watched the confrontation occurred in front of her while shaking her head as she sighed at her brother. 'Same old Gege. Same old'

"You!" Lan WangJi exclaimed, his hand trembling with the blade angrily. "What sort of person are you?"

"A man, obviously!" Wei WuXian replied. "It's just some exotic art. Every man would've seen it. Don't tell me you've never seen it before." He then noticed the certain expression in Lan WangJi's eyes and looked at the pornography book with amazement. "So you've really never-."

An angry blue spiritual energy began to seeped out from Lan WangJi. His eyes sneering with rage. "Shut up!" He cut Wei WuXian off. "You're really—shameless!"

Lan WangJi swung his blade upward vertically, releasing a strong burst of wind that send papers flying as it flew toward Wei WuXian and managed to knock him off of his feet until he steadied himself.

"Master Lan, calm down, calm down! Unsanctioned duels are forbidden in the Cloud Recesses!" Wei WuXian called out before noticing his book was flying in the air, he leapt after it.

At the same time, Lan WangJi also jumped and they both grabbed the book, falling down and slamming it on the table with a loud thud.

"Let go." Lan WangJi frowned angrily as papers flow down around them.

Wei WuXian raised a brow. "Why? I thought you didn't want to read it?" He asked. "Oh~So you do want to take a look. You're not speaking from your heart." He grinned teasingly.

"I'm. Not. Looking." Lan Wangji gritted through his teeth, his grip on the book tightened until it crippled the cover.

"Then why are you grabbing it?" Wei WuXian asked before leaning in. "Are you thinking of handing it to Old Man Lan? No, I mean, your uncle. Don't do it! What if he suspects that you've read it, wouldn't you be greatly embarrassed?"

"You!" Lan Wangji shot up, hand still on the book. "All because of I-I—."

"What are you stuttering about?" Wei WuXian also got up. "Second Master Lan truly is a fine gentleman, a bright pearl of this world. Scholarly on the outside, while eros flutters within," by now, the book was beginning to give as their tug-of-war ripped halfway. "Learning avidly with diligence, sitting upright like a pine tree. If your elder learn of this—."

Wei WuXian stopped talking once he noticed Lan WangJi activating his spiritual energy and sending it through his hand to the book, destroying it to bits.

Wei WuXian chuckled and sighed out in fake regret. "That was a fine book of erotic art, how could you shred it! You clean that up, I'm not helping."

"Scram."

Wei WuHui's eyes widened out of surprise. Hearing a word that is not Lan-like coming out from a Lan's mouth is a sight to see and hear. Especially if the Lan is the prized disciple of Senior Lan.

"What? Scram?" Wei WuXian questioned, turning to the other boy. "You actually said 'scram'." Before moving closer to him. "Oh my, Lan Zhan. They all say you're courtly and righteous, well-versed in fine etiquette. But look at you now!"

"SCRAM!"

And that he did as Wei WuXian ran to the door and toward his sister. "Let's go Mèimei before Lan Zhan catches us!" Her brother left her no time to process the situation, only being able to see a Lan WangJi shaking in rage in the middle of the room one last time before he grabbed her hand and sped out of the room.

'WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK JUST HAPPENED?'

—FLASHBACK—

...Moving on, the days of playing duets with Lan XiChen are...unfinished. Wei WuHui couldn't stop the small smile that grew on her face at the thought of the First Jade. Remembering the times of them discussing their interests in music and playing one song for each other. It basically became a routine for them, coming out of their rooms late at night and coming to their meeting point. Right under the Magnolia Tree.

Suddenly, a light pain erupted on her forehead as Wei WuHui yelped out of surprise and put her palm on her forehead as she looked up, realising that Nie MingJian and Lan ChunTao are standing in front of her. Both with amused looks on their faces.

"A-Qiao! What did you do that for?!" Wei WuHui whined, rubbing her reddened forehead.

"Huh? Why would you think it was me?" Nie MingJian retorted.

"Because Dàjiě won't do that to me. She's too kind!" Wei WuHui huffed before putting her tongue out at her.

Lan ChunTao giggled, hiding her amusement behind her sleeve as her sworn sisters glared playfully at each other. "Now, now. Don't argue." She calmed them down as the three disciples walked into the reception room of Cloud Recesses and a couple of disciples stared at them and whispered among themselves.

"Look, it's the Big Three."

"Top female disciples from each clan: the Lan, the Nie and the Jiang."

"Although, Wei WuHui isn't a Jiang, is she not?"

"But she is trained under them and specifically under the Violet Spider, Madam Yu."

Wei WuHui could feel her eye twitching from the intense staring and whispering directed at her as she walked by them with Nie MingJian and Lan ChunTao. 'So annoying'

"Ah XiōngZhǎng, Dada." Lan ChunTao spoke once she spotted her two older brothers walking out of the reception room. Followed by three more people.

"A-Sang?"

"Gege, Jiang Cheng?" Both Nie MingJian and Wei WuHui added as they saw their family members.

"jiějie!" Nie HuaiSang cried as he jogged toward his older cousin, hugging her tightly as he rambled on about how he misses her.

"Mèimei!" Wei WuXian has no shame in how he ran toward his sister, wrapping his arms around her as he rubbed his face against her's. "Ah, how I missed my dear Mèimei~!"

"Gege quit it!" Wei WuHui yelped, trying to shake him off before her eyes caught the eyes of the First Jade's as he amusedly watched the twins reunites. 'He's watching us!'

"ChunTao, have you been well?" Lan XiChen asked after directing his sight away from the flustered Wei and to his sister as she walked up to him and Lan WangJi.

Lan ChunTao saluted to her brothers respectfully before giving them a smile. "I am well. A-Yang, A-Qiao and I were just heading out to CaiYi Town for a day out."

"Oh, that's where we are all going too! There is a problem with water ghouls there." Wei WuXian informed, finally resigning to his sister's pushes as he pulled his face away but not releasing her from his arms. "ZeWu-Jun invited us to join."

"Really? Water ghouls in CaiYi Town?" Nie MingJian inquired as she looked toward Lan XiChen. "That's kind of strange, isn't it? The people in CaiYi Town knows how to swim so why would there be Water Ghouls?"

"That's what we are going to find out when investigating there." Lan XiChen explained.

"Lan Xi—I mean ZeWu-Jun, could we three go with you guys?" Wei WuHui spoke, causing everyone to look at her while two pairs of eye squinted upon hearing her mistake. "I'm sure we can help too."

"It is against the rules." Like what he said with Wei WuXian and the others, Lan WangJi repeated with Wei WuHui.

"But why? Back in Yunmeng, we used to catch Water Ghouls and knows how to swim pretty well." Wei WuHui argued back sternly.

'Deja Vu' Both Lan XiChen and Lan WangJi thought as they stared at the determined female.

'Yep. They are so twins' Nie HuaiSang and Jiang Cheng both nodded in agreement.

"Hahaha, that's what I said to this fuddy-duddy." Wei WuXian laughed.

In the end, Lan XiChen agreed to what Wei WuHui requested as the female disciples glowed with excitement before speedily rushing back to their quarters to get their things for the trip.

"XiōngZhǎng...is there a reason why we are also bringing ChunTao and her sworn sisters with us too?" Lan WangJi asked.

Lan XiChen stared after Wei Wuhui's back with a softened look, which is noticed by his brother. "Like what I said about Young Master Wei and Young Master Jiang, Wei-gū-niang and Nie MingJian know their ways in exterminating ghouls and like you mentioned, they are our sister's sworn sisters. They are strong." He explained.

"...you really want Wei WuHui to come, didn't you?"

This question only earned Lan WangJi a startled look from Lan XiChen.

'Revenge, XiōngZhǎng'

TRANSLATION NOTE:

— XiōngZhǎng: elder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
— Dada: Gusu dialect for older brother
— 泽芜君 ZeWu-Jun: Brilliance Overgrowth Lord, Lan XiChen's title

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(Please correct my translation if I'm wrong and the GIFs and pictures used in this chapter does not belong to me, but their rightful owners)