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Chapter 5 - Chapter 5. The Rare Solar Eclipse

Elysian Dialects and Meanings...

Uyab- [o-yab]. In human language "partner, boyfriend, girlfriend"

Wei Zhan quietly drinks the emperor's smile directly from the bottle and scans the surroundings. A moment later, he heard someone talking on a mini stage; he seems to be the host of the party. He looked like a royalty in that baby blue and white Hanfu with a cloud pattern printed on his robes, he was also wearing a forehead band. Is he perhaps the owner of this yacht? deadpanning asking himself. "Oh wait, is this a costume party? But answers his question anyways, "it certainly is"! Wei zhan was busy internally asking himself. When he finally gets back to his senses the host was saying about some festival kind of thing that he is not familiar- wait is there a marriage-festival- kind of thing? He asked himself again? But the host's last words got his attention. The time has come to find uyab for his brother. Wei Zhan laughs, "what the fuck is uyab?"

When he looked at the host again he felt like his soul left in his body. He widened his eyes and stared at the man's feet. "What the fuck? Is he floating?" He inquires again and reviews "shit! He is really floating! Or am I the one who is high?" Wei Zhan is sure that "fuck" was the word of the night. He looked at the host's face again; he looked kind, but looks can be deceiving! He decided to leave but to his horror the doors were already closed! Rattled, he didn't know he went to the second floor of the yacht and his suspicions are true! The yacht has already departed; it is moving and all he can see is the black surroundings and can hear the water of the river as if making a small wave.

For the second time around that night, he felt his soul had decided to leave him as he flinched out of fear when he heard a voice speak at his back.

"Outsiders are not allowed here, how did you get in?". For Lan Wangji, it was the first long sentence he had ever said to anyone, apart from the king and his brother.

The voice sounded vexed. Wei Zhan froze.

He could feel that he was approaching him. The tiny hairs on his nape are slowly rising. The cold air from the surroundings are engulfing him that made him shivered. And before he knew it, the man was already in front of him; looking at him seriously like he was waiting for him to respond to his queries. The man was ethereal! He was also dressed in a traditional hanfu; it was plain white with a cloud pattern on it and also wearing a forehead band like the host's earlier. The man's features reminded him of his favorite actor Wang Yibo, he looked cold and distant nevertheless, his overall appearance enchanted him. He unconsciously drank the emperor's smile.

However the man spoke again with an stern voice "I don't want to repeat myself again"

Zhan gathers his courage "I should be the one asking you that? What are you people doing in our property in the middle of the night?".

The man furrows his brows at his response.

"Hey! Where did you buy this alcohol? It's so good! Never saw this brand in liquor store before!", Wei Zhan asks

The man didn't reply.

Wei Zhan talked again "Aiyaaa don't be selfish yeah? C'mon tell me" he adds, "by the way I'm Wei Zhan, and you are?" extending his hand.

Lan Wangji just stared at the hand offered to him. "I don't touch strangers"

Wei Zhan let out a cough. He felt like he was busted. "But I'm no stranger anymore, you know my name already", he whined.

Lan Wangji turned his heels away from him, "noisy" he spoke almost inaudibly but Zhan was able to hear it.

He was about to reply when Lan Wangji disrobed his hanfu and upper clothes leaving only his lower clothes as he was walking towards the jacuzzi type pool and soaked his body there.

Wei Zhan was left admiring the design of jacuzzi; surely, the yacht itself and the interior design are out of this world! They're like the combination of classic and futuristic designs. He is gaping in awe. Every designer would feel the same way too! He wanted to memorize all of this so that he could make an inspiration of it on his next project.

His imagination were interrupted by the authoritative voice again "stop"

Annoyed, he replied "stop what?"

"Staring"

He quickly covered his eyes with his two hands "I did not! I didn't!". He instantly realizes, "why the fuck me being shy seeing half naked man? This isn't no big deal, he's a man too!"

The man spoke again "get-lost human!"

Annoyed by the man's rudeness, Wei Zhan uncovered his eyes and decided to annoy the other as he watched him taking his bath. He kept on talking about the weird party and how come there's a yacht in the river and how come there's a river in their land? He kept blabbering and drinking.

That night after Lan Wangji took his bath, he said some unfamiliar words to Zhan and before he knew it, he was back to the ground where he first saw the yacht and Lan Wangji said "forget this night" before knocking him out with his magic.