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Wuxian was walking around Yunmeng city, escorted by Bhao, Sizhui and Jingyi. Wangji requested Wen Ning's company so he was left behind while Taiho was busy reading books in Jiang clan library and Kaoji was training with Jiang clan youth.
Wuxian was chatting with people, enjoying delicious foods and sampling wines as he moved from one shop to another. His white robes and jade accessories were attracting attention but the presence of Bhao was scary enough to deter random people from approaching them.
Wuxian was walking along, arguing with Jingyi when he heard a dog bark. He freezes in fear and grabs Jingyi's robes. Bhao, who was in front of them didn't notice and continued to walk ahead and Sizhui who was behind them heard the bark and ran towards it to block the dog from getting near Wuxian.
Jingyi placed a comforting hand on the one grabbing his robes and when he notices Wuxian pale considerably, whispers to him in worry: "Treasure Wei, the dog is being chased away by Sizhui. Calm down."
Wuxian puts a shaky hand on his chest and his breath stutters. He tried to calm his racing heart but the fear overpowered him and his eyes rolled back. Before Jingyi could catch him, a woman rushed in and helped ease him on the ground. She was wearing Jiang Clan disciple clothing. She looked at Jingyi who grabbed Wuxian's wrist to check his pulse and asked: "What happened?"
Jingyi looks worriedly at Wuxian: "He got scared. He's sick and supposed to stay calm to regulate his heart beat."
Bhao and Sizhui returned. Sizhui says out of breath: "I chased it away."
The women holding Wuxian looked at all three of them, noticed what they're wearing and asked: "You're from Gusu Lan Clan?"
They all nodded and she looked at the frail man in her lap: "Who is this?"
Jingyi: "This is Treasure Wei Wuxian. The soul-bond of his Excellency and the older brother of your Clan Leader Jiang Cheng."
The woman looks surprised and yells in disbelief: "This is the great Yilling Patriarch?"
Wuxian moans and opens tired eyes to see a woman looking down at him with wide eyes. He blinks up at her in confusion. She smiles at him in wonder and whispers: "He's so pretty."
Wuxian pushes her away and grabs Jingyi shakily: "Wh.. Who's the pervert?"
Jingyi laughs hard when the women gets closer to look at Wuxian's face and he crawls further away and into Jingyi's space in fear.
Bhao grabs Wuxian's arm and pulls him up and gently places him behind his huge body while glaring at the woman who's still trying to get a glimpse of Wuxian around him. Sizhui pats her shoulder to get her attention away from his father and when she turns to him he bows and says: "Young mistress, thank you for aiding Treasure Wei. He's under our care so you don't need to worry further about his well being."
She bowed back then turned to look at Wuxian who's being fussed over by Jingyi and not listening to them: "Are you taking him back to Lotus Pier?"
Sizhui: "Yes." She let out a happy chuckle and bounced towards Wuxian: "Let's go together!"
Bhao blocks her way when she tries to go near Wuxian again and she glares at him: "Move!"
Wuxian hears her and peers around Bhao's giant body to look at her: "Pervert, what do you want?"
She pouts at him: "I'm not a pervert! Let me escort you back."
Wuxian stares blankly at her: "Why would I let you do that?"
She winks at him: "Because you're beautiful and I must protect you."
Wuxian shudders and looks at Sizhui in disgust: "Does she know I'm soul-bond to Lan Zhan?"
Sizhui nods and Jingyi sighs: "She probably has a death wish."
Wuxian taps Bhao's back to get him to move and looks properly at the women: "Who are you?"
She smiles brightly at him and bows deeply: "I am Yu Yuxio, senior disciple of Jiang Clan."
She looks at him like he's a prime piece of meat and she's been starving for days. It creeped all of them out.
Wuxian laughs awkwardly at her and slightly leans away from her: "Pervert Yuxio, thank you for helping me. Please go away."
Before any of the boys around him could react, she steps into his personal space and grabs his hand: "I've never seen a man so fair and pretty before. How are you real?"
Jingyi covered his face to hide his laughter, Sizhui was frozen in shock while Bhao tried to move to push her away. Before he can get close enough, she unsheathes her sword with her free hand and aims it at his private parts without losing eye contact with Wuxian or dropping her creepy smile.
Wuxain looks tiredly at her and whispers: "What do you want?"
Her smile widens and she says: "I must protect you!"
Wuxian sighs and removes his hand away from her: "Fine. But you need to follow the rules."
She jumps excitedly: "Tell me!"
Wuxian turns around and starts walking slowly towards Lotus Pier: "No threatening my disciples. No touching. No calling me 'pretty' or 'beautiful'. No sniffing."
She looks weirdly at him: ".. sniffing?"
Wuxian rubs his head: "Yes, no sniffing"
She goes closer to smell him and Jingyi grabs her arm and pushes her away: "He just said: No sniffing."
She pouts but nods her agreement to his rules. They walk in silence. She kept stealing glances at Wuxian while the boys tried to block her view. Wuxian was trying hard to calm his heart, the flipping sensation he's feeling was very uncomfortable.
By the time they reached Lotus Pier, Wuxian was ready to lay on the ground and sleep for days. He enters the library and drops next to his brother and lays his head on the table with a thud.
His brother looks at him worriedly and asks: "What?"
Wuxian, moves his arm to point at the main area, where Yuxio enters loudly and yells: "Clan Leader Cheng! I'm back! Did you miss me?"
Cheng smiles at her and after she bows, she runs up to the table and looks at a resting Wuxian with googly eyes. Cheng yanks her by her robes and yells: "TOO CLOSE!"
She looks shocked at him: "Leader! You know the rules too?"
Wuxian whispers tiredly, eyes still closed: "This pervert is yours?"
Cheng takes a deep breath and says: "What did she do?"
Jingyi pitches in: "She almost ate him alive."
Sizhui elbows him hard. Jingyi complained: "What? If we weren't there to block her advances, she would've molested him!"
Cheng face palms and looks at Yuxio who whines: "It's not my fault that he's too gorgeous! Have you seen how slender and fair he is?"
Cheng picks up an ink rock from his desk and throws it at her: "HE'S NOT A GIRL! Stop embarrassing us and yourself!"
Yuxio hangs her head and steps back: "Sorry Clan Leader. I will try to resist."
Cheng sits down and looks at his brother. He didn't look well so he glared at Jingyi: "What happened?"
Jingyi swallows hard replies: "Dog."
Cheng lets out a loud groan in frustration and places his hand on his brother's back. He leans in and whispers: "Wuxian, should I call the healer?"
Wuxian opens his tired eyes and nods slightly.
That made Cheng's worry increase and he looked up to gesture for Yuxio to fetch the healer. She jumps to comply. Cheng keeps rubbing his brothers back while Sizhui gets close to take his pulse. He looks worriedly at Cheng and says: "Erratic.""
Cheng pulls his brother away from the table and lays him down flat on his back with his head on his lap.
The healer rushes in and after bowing moves next to the now passed out man. He took his pulse then loosened his robes to target areas around his chest with spiritual energy. After a few minutes, he checks his pulse again and looks at the clan leader: "He will be fine."
Wangji rushes in: "Wei Ying?"
Cheng looks up at him: "He's fine now. Don't freak out."
Wangji lets out a sigh of relief. He was on the other side of the pier when he felt a sharp pain in his chest, forcing him to rush back and look for his soul-bond.
The healer says: "He needs to rest. Let's move him to lay down on a bed for now and when he wakes up check his pulse, give him an extra dose of the potion I've prescribed and a hearty warm meal."
Wangji moves closer to Wuxian and picks him up and leaves, followed by his disciples.
Cheng looks worriedly at them. Yuxio goes closer and says: "Who's that?"
Cheng glares at her: "That is your grim reaper if you don't stop harassing Wuxian."
She looks seriously at him: "That's Treasure Wei's soul-bond?"
Cheng nods. She huffs: "I'm not scared of him!"
Cheng grabs her by the arm and says: "You should be scared of me!"
She rolls her eyes and whispers: ".. I was just looking."
Cheng lets go and threatens her: "No touching. No staring. No sniffing."
She looks at him in confusion: "What's up with the 'no sniffing' rule?"
Cheng dismisses her with a low: "You'll find out soon enough.. if Hanguang Jun doesn't murder you before then."
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