When Lan Xichen saw the way Sky and Allora smiled as they ran towards where Wei Wuxian and the Jiang siblings were, he could feel that although they are not really siblings by blood, they without any doubt, share a special bond with each other. However, he was snapped out of his thoughts when he felt someone pulling his sleeves. He looked down and saw that his younger brother was looking at him while pouting.
"Wangji, why don't you join them?" Lan Xichen asks with a smile.
"Mn." Lan Wangji replied.
Before Lan Xichen could say anything else, Wei Wuxian suddenly ran over and grabbed Lan Wangji's hand.
"LAN ZHAN COME AND JOIN US!" Wei Wuxian said as he dragged Lan Wangji where the others were.
BACK TO THE PRESENT
"Wait, so how and when exactly did we end up as friends?" Lan Wangji asked curiously.
"Um well..." Allora said.
15 YEARS AGO – YEAR 2007
The vampire realm was at peace for a period of time until the other clans decided to start a war. Due to the unpredictable war, many lives were lost during this battle, including King Lan and Madam Lan.
Many people were shocked when they heard about the news. The news travelled so fast that the whole vampire whole vampire realm knows about it as well as Lan Qiren, the Second Prince of the Lan Empire who is currently in seclusion.
After hearing the news about his brother and sister-in-law, Lan Qiren had no choice but to come out of seclusion to handle their funeral as well as take his nephews under his care. However, when he arrived at the castle, he heard people shouting at the meeting hall. Out of curiosity, he listened through the whole conversation and he realised that the whole Lan clan elders were gathered together, and discussing making his nephew, Lan Xichen the new king.
"WE NEED A LEADER!" One of the Lan elders shouted.
"YES, LAN CLAN NEEDS A LEADER BUT LAN XICHEN IS STILL TOO YOUNG TO BE KING WITHOUT ANY PROPER GUIDANCE AND I DON'T TRUST ANY OF YOU TO GUIDE HIM!" Jiang Fengmian shouted.
"YOU STAY OUT OF IT! THIS IS A LAN CLAN MATTER! WE DON'T NEED A HUMAN TO INTERFERE ESPECIALLY SOMEONE FROM THE JIANG FAMILY!" Another elder shouted.
Lan Qiren was furious. His brother and sister-in-law just died two days ago and they are already talking about choosing a new king.
Guess it's time I made an appearance? Lan Qiren thought to himself.
"Since this is a Lan matter, this means that I have the right to get involved right? Lan Qiren said as he casually walked in.
"Lan…Qi..Ren…I thought you were in seclusion…When did you come out? One of the elders stammered in fear.
"Well, what do we have here? My brother and sister-in-law just died two days ago, and the moment I arrived, I heard that you are trying to make my nephew the new king." Lan Qiren said sarcastically while looking the elder in the eye.
"We are only doing this for the future of the Lan Clan. This is a matter that should be solved immediately." Another elder said.
"Yes yes. You are right. The Lan clan does need a new King. However, I agree with Jiang Fengmian that Lan Xichen is still too young to be king without any proper guidance and I really don't exactly trust any of you to guide him either. Therefore, I am taking it upon myself to guide Lan Xichen instead. I hope there is no objection, right?" Lan Qiren said with a smile.
After Lan Qiren said that, all the elders kept quiet.
"Very well then. We shall proceed accordingly. Meeting dismissed." One of the elders said quickly as he walked out of the door. Slowly all the elders leave the meeting hall.
"BYE BYE HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY BACK!" Lan Qiren said with a smile while waving at them.
After making sure that the elders had all left, Lan Qiren stopped smiling and went to sit on the nearest chair.
"Prince Lan." Jiang Fengmian said with a bow.
"No need for the formalities. What you did just now is a very dangerous thing to do Fengmian especially in a room full of vampires. Do you plan to get yourself killed?" Lan Qiren said.
"Well..if I were to die, then it would be worth it cause those old bastards are trying to make a young boy who just lost his parents to be king under their guidance. If Lan Xichen was under their guidance, I don't know what would happen to the humans." Jiang Fengmian said.
"At least for now, they will back off. But this is just a temporary solution." Jiang Fengmian said.
"You are right. We need to have a backup plan in this case. Don't know what those sneaky old bastards have up their sleeves since I suddenly appeared and ruined their plans." Lan Qiren said.
"Well. Your reputation does follow you for centuries even when you are in seclusion right?" Jiang Fengmian said as he laughed.
"What can I say? I am a scary man. Anyways, where are my nephews?" Lan Qiren asked.
"Both of the princes are currently in their room." Jiang Fengmian said with a sad smile.
Lan Qiren didn't say anything but instead he looked out of the window, praying that everything would be fine in the end for his nephews.
ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL – 2 DAYS LATER
"Mum, Dad... I will protect Wangji no matter what. So please don't worry." Lan Xichen said silently in his heart.
"Brother. I want Mum and Dad… Where are they?" Lan Wangji said while crying.
"Wangji…Mum and Dad went to a faraway place." Lan Xichen said as he tried to explain to him that their parents were dead.
After the funeral, Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji were quickly ushered back to the castle.
The moment they arrived at the castle; Lan Xichen was ushered into his father's study room while Lan Wangji was brought into his room.
AT NIGHT- 8.30PM
After many hours of doing paperwork under the guidance of Lan Qiren, Lan Xichen is finally allowed to go back to his room.
However instead of going to his room, he decided to go to Lan Wangji's room instead to check on him. Once he arrived at Lan Wangji's room, he knocked on the door.
"Wangji...It's brother. Can I come in?" Lan Xichen asked softly.
Although Lan Wangji is someone who doesn't talk much, he would still usually reply if it was Lan Xichen who comes into Lan Wangji's room therefore he expected to hear some noise but all he got was silence.
Out of panic, he quickly opens the door and sees that the room is empty.
Lan Xichen quickly left Lan Wangji's room and quickly went to their parents' room.
Once he arrived, he saw that Lan Wangji was sitting outside their door, waiting for their parents to open the door.
"Oh Wangji.." Lan Xichen said with a sad smile while kneeling down to sit with Lan Wangji.
"Brother, I knocked on Father and Mother's door many times, why won't they open their door for me?" Wangji said with sad eyes.
"Oh Wangji…Father and Mother went to a faraway place…" Lan Xichen tried to explain.
"Will they ever come back? Can we see them again?" Lan Wangji asked innocently.
"Um... They will not come back and we can't see them again. But they will always be in our heart no matter what." Lan Xichen slowly tried to explain.
"Really?" Lan Wangji asked.
"Yes Wangji." Lan Xichen said as he hugged his brother to comfort him.