Wen Ning walked around as usual, wearing his usual dirty and ripped attire, which were covered in mud and a little bit of blood of some and corpses and some leaves to conceal himself a bit better inbetween all those bushes, trees and grass to not attract any unesscary attention.
He really hated attention as a living person, as he was already really timid, but also, now as an undead corpse, everyone hated him because he uncontrollably killed someone. Therefore, almost everyone wanted him dead, burned to ashes. Which almost happened once. He sometimes still wished that he would already be dead and maybe could be reunited with his family and his sister Wen Qing, which he loved the most.
Well, he did hate himself even more because of what he did to others, the harm he brought onto his master and his masters family. But he knows his death wouldn't be what his closest family would have wanted for him, so he tried to live as best as he could to honour their last wishes to him.
Therefore, he really wanted to stay hidden forever even if the loneliness almost killed him sometimes. But him staying hidden would be the best for everybody even if it would feel suffocating sometimes.
But if someone were to see him right now, they would probably start laughing uncontrollably at the scene in front of them.
Maybe even forgetting that they normally rather kill him the second they would catch a sight of him but seeing the so-called scary, strong, and fierce ghost general Wen Ning trying to hide behind some bushes, looking like a little happy dog wagging their tail while waiting patiently for their owner to give them a treat and call them a good boy would surely be a funny looking sight for some.
He was actually hiding some greenery, trying to avoid being seen by someone because earlier he had seen that his master Wei Wuxian and his lover Lan Wangji had also been on their way to Yi City, just like juniors and Lan Shizui..
But as he surely was the most loyal servant ever, he wanted to clear the way ahead of them of undead corpses or any other danger so nothing could be an unesscary burden to them on their travel. This was the least he could do for them, he thought.
Before coming to that conclusion he actually wanted to call out to his beloved master but Lan Wangji didn't really like him, so he rather wanted to stay quiet and hidden and wanted to help and express his gratitude in another way rather then directly saying it. And as he saw some shadows flashing by, he decided he'd prefer to follow the unknown danger then follow his master and his masters lover any further to inspect this unknown one some more and possibly get rid of a possibly threat to them.
After having a closer look, he knew the shadow he saw was his qiánbèi Song Lan,the distant snow and frost. Once known as a skilled cultivator, now nothing more than a supposedly fierce corpse soaring through the world without a clear goal and conscience just as Wen Ning.
He just wanted to quietly greet him and then part ways again but as soon as Song Lan recognised that someone was behind him, he hurled back right at him, wanting to attack him, but he soon saw that it wasn't the enemy so he calmed down and soon began laughing at the ridiculous looking creature screaming in front of him.
Wen Ning stopped and blushed almost immediately but soon also laughed himself mostly because of embarrassment and shame. He was looking like a ghastly tiger, with these dirt stripes in his face.
Soon, something really unusual happened as Wen Ning let his urges win, and with an adrenaline kick, he swiftly ran to Song Lan to tackle him to the ground. On the ground, he also covered Song Lan in mud and dirt. After a while of both of them just laying on the ground, they both stood up, after Wen Ning also put some leaves onto Song Lan both broke out into laughter again and so both of them decided to go and spent the rest of the day together strolling around and killing some corpses along their way without having to worry about anything for at least a couple of hours. And just have some fun.
Wen Ning still blushed easily because of this every now and then because Song Lan receiting the earlier events over and over again to tease the other over and over again but despite that both of them on their own thought that they were really glad to enjoy the company of each other even if it was only for that one day, or rather a couple hours.