A small episode made Lan Wangji, who had been so happily taking Wei Wuxian down the mountain to play, turn cold of face. Yet there was no helping it—who could blame our Young Master Wei for being so handsome, lively, cheerful, and uninhibited?
Watching Wei Wuxian happily playing ahead, Lan Wangji desperately wished he could take him straight back to the Cloud Recesses and hide him away. Xie Lian, watching from the front, also found Wei Wuxian very endearing. Thinking back on the scene just moments ago, he teased, "A-Ying, you seem terribly afraid of Hanguang-Jun?"
Wei Wuxian felt no shame at all, saying in a low voice, "A-Lian, Lan Zhan is just too prone to jealousy. I half-feel like renaming him the King of Vinegar. Normally he won't let anyone put an arm around my shoulders or get too close. Take that Brother Nie you just saw—Lan Zhan's face turns dark the moment he lays eyes on him, all because he always likes to throw an arm over my shoulder. Even Zewu-Jun wouldn't dare touch me, and he doesn't dare be too affectionate with his address either. The only exception he makes is A-Yuan. You have no idea; Zewu-Jun told me that before I came back, apart from him and Uncle, A-Yuan was the only one allowed to freely come and go from Lan Zhan's Jingshi, and Lan Zhan cleaned the place himself, apparently because it holds my things."
Chapter 63