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I see a lot of people saying lan jingyi is lan xichen's son, and that's great, don't get me wrong I've headcannoned that plenty.
But I raise you something better
Hes Lan Qiren's son
[Spoilers ahead for mdzs]
NOW I KNOW- not many share my fondness (lust) for the old man BUT HEAR ME OUT,
Imagine, you're Wei wuxian brought back from the dead, married to the love of your life after your name is cleared and your past crimes proven to not really be your crimes. You live in the cloud recesses with your beloved, helping teach his juniors and having a lot of everyday means everyday.
And you begin to notice that lan jingyi is such a dork, and you remember that lan’s don't like dorks
Only wangji doesn't seem to care. Which has already really been explained- ofc wangji would like having a student like lan jingyi, lan jingyi no doubt reminded him of Wei wuxian after all
BUT DOES THAT EXPLAIN WHY LAN QIREN GOES EASY ON HIM!?!?!? No, I don't believe it does
UNLESS
Sometime in the past lan qiren got married.
And why wouldnt he? He's in a fantastic clan position, he's renowned in the cultivation world, and also he's sexy as fuck (argue with God, im so right and all you bitches don't want to admit it).
And you know, he probably has a son- but I like even more to think he has this son later in life, as due to his personality, I think he also got married later in life.
So imagine now that you're lan qiren. You're, oh I don't know early 40s, you've single handedly nurtured your nephews, your brother is dead and has left even MORE responsibilities to you, the wen clan has burned your home to the ground and there's no choice but to go to war
Oh and your wife is pregnant, oopsies
Are you really going to have it in you to be strict with your son like you were with your nephews? Hm? Your son who's not even a direct heir because you yourself are second of the previous generation of young masters, and your older brother had 2 sons so there's no reason for your own child to be heir? Hm?
On top of this I like to think lan qiren's wife is different from him, is more lively and maybe a little sassy (IS ME), So now, your son (whom you love) is growing up displaying traits of your wife (whom you love) oh and by the way you're also 55. Are you gonna be strict all the time?? I think unlikely
Now you may be scoffing, “zappy what's your evidence” “zappy he's old” “zappy talk to your therapist about this wtf why do you like lan qiren” and I can only answer one of those questions
My evidence is such,
JINGYI SASSES A FUCKING CLAN LEADER IN FRONT OF HIS FACE AND HES LIKE “what the kid said,”
HELLO????
That's good enough for me, BUT I HAVE MORE
Personally, I think they could be father an son
ALSO THE THOUGHT OF HIM SIRING THE DISRESPECTFUL LAN JUNIOR?!?! LMAOOOOO
That's it, that's the extent I've thought of this (no it's not i have half a fic written already). Lan qiren sired lan jingyi and that makes that scene in the cave sm better
Fic inspired by this post of mine. I have thought about this concept...a lot HAHAHAAHAH and seeing as not many simp for old man lan, I made this more of an unnamed female OC (?) I didnt add any physical descriptors, BUT I did use she/her pronouns, its just very plot specific
Characters: slight Wei Wuxian x Lan Wangji, Lan Jingyi, Lan Qiren x ??? (😏)
Warnings: unamed female character i made up. Not a full OC cause eh, I didnt feel like it. No physical descriptors given. she/her pronouns used mdzs spoilers
Wei Wuxian Yawned as he finally woke up- bathed, clothed, and sitting slumped against his husband who was grading papers. He sighed and laid his head down on his husband's lap,
“Lan Zhan,”
“Mn,”
“Im hungry,”
Lan Wangji didn't respond, instead he just pushed the boxes of food he had picked up from town earlier that morning towards his husband. Immediately wei ying's eyes Sparkled, and after seating himself between his husband's legs he began scarfing down the food his dearest had retrieved for him.
As he ate he would peek down at the papers wangji was grading. Sizhui's was an easy 100, rarely did He ever make mistakes. Occasionally he might make a minor grammatical error, or a tiny spelling mistake. But they were rare.
And then there was Lan jingyi- bless his heart. His handwriting was illegible, his Grammar atrocious; his spelling was downright Horrendous. Wei Wuxian laughed.
“By God, he writes like I did! I imagine Lan Qiren spits blood when he sees his work!”
Wangji just huffed. Wei ying raised an eyebrow.
“You mean he doesn't?”
“Mn”
“...”
Wei wuxian looked down at the paper- it was horrendous, absolutely impassable. And Lan Qiren didn't qi deviate every time he looked at it?!
Then again, the man must be pushing 50 by now if he hadn't already passed it. Surely even he must have become at least a smidge less rigid.
A few days later he and Wangji were walking arm in arm around the cloud recesses. As they often did, they encountered the juniors. As per usual jingyi was acting like a fool- which Wei ying gladly encouraged.
Until Lan qiren came walking up the path. Wei ying turned to the side, fully Content with jingyi getting in trouble and jingyi alone,
And yet all Lan qiren did was grunt,
“Jingyi..”
The boy flinched and sent the old man a sorry look, causing the old man to shake his head and move on.
No lecture
No yelling
No scroll throwing
What the fuck!? That wasn't fair at all! Wei Ying got smacked on the forehead with scrolls just for asking questions! He got put in a month long detention for a minor offense! This was outrageous!
That night while wangji was bathing him, Wei ying huffed. A dark eyebrow was raised, his husband's smooth voice broke the silence of the room,
“Something wrong?”
“Yes! Somethings just terrible! Your uncle’s gone soft, that's not fair at all!”
a puff of air which Wei ying knew to be a laugh escaped wangji.
“Hes older, we all mellow with age”
Wei ying hummed, not quite accepting of the answer.
“No…no there's something else, this isn't just mellowing of old age- there's something else going on here..”
And so he kept his eyes peeled- intent on figuring out why Lan Qiren didn't punish trouble makers like he used to!
The next day Wei wuxian was in the courtyard when he saw a citrus Tree just off the path. Perfectly Timed too, Lan Qiren was on one of his strolls.
Wei ying grinned and climbed the tree. He grabbed one of the fruits and quickly peeled it just in time so he could take a bite as Lan qiren came to stand before him.
Lan qiren's eyes narrowed,
“Wei Ying…this behavior is unbecoming, get down from there,”
Wei wuxian frowned. Now wait a minute…how come he was still as grumpy towards him as he had been 20 years ago?!
“I see…you play favorites! Just because I'm not a lan by birth doesn't mean I'm not family! Where's my special treatment, huh?”
Admittedly he really just wanted to get a rise out of the old man- the actual “investigation” had little to do with it. Qiren just huffed and flicked his sleeve as he turned to get as far away from the man as he could.
“Impudent!”
Wei Wuxian watched him walk away.
Hmm…maybe it was just because he was him, he wasn't exactly well behaved at any point in his life, and lan qiren was a man who loved rules above all else.
Still, he did seem to have a soft spot for jingyi. Maybe wangji knew something.
Over dinner that evening he asked wangji, who had long since given up reminding him that meals were to be taken in silence.
Wangji took a sip of tea before he spoke,
“Lan Jingyi is of the core family,”
“Ohh…”
That made enough sense. lan qiren did take pride in their clan, their specific bloodline especially. He did briefly wonder who jingyi came from. Must be some low ranking clumsy elder. Wei wuxian couldn't imagine one of the refined well known members raising a child such as jingyi.
A week or so passed and he and wangji were returning from a night hunt with the juniors when a woman approached them. She was beautiful, older than him and wangji but perhaps only by a decade or so. Certainly of the right age to be a mother to one of these juniors,
“Lan Jingyi for God's sake, stop ripping your robes! This is the 3rd time I'll have to mend one this season!”
Wei Wuxian's eyes Widened slightly before he grinned. He didn't know this woman, but so far it was all making sense. The teen flinched and immediately went on the defensive,
“It wasn't my fault! I had to fend off 5 whole fierce corpses, robes just get in the way of my physical prowess!”
A laugh interrupted before the woman could scold her son, both turned to face Wei ying, who collected himself and sent a teasing smile towards Jingyi,
“Physical prowess? Is that what you call tripping over 3 roots and a door frame?”
The teenagers face flushed and the woman turned to him with an exasperated look, obviously trying to fight a smile,
“The door frames again..?”
“They were unusually high in this town!”
Once again Wei wuxian began laughing, smacking a hand on his husbands chest as he did,
“Hahaha a clumsy lan! I never thought I'd see the day! You clearly don't get it from your mother, just where did it come from? Hahaha”
The woman raised an amused eyebrow and looked at wangji- not that it gave her an answer, but she could assume hanguang-jun hadn't divulged the truth to his husband's inquiry. He was famous for not giving an answer to a question he wasn't directly asked, and she saw no reason to interfere. She just nodded politely to wangji and smiled at wei ying,
“He is rather clumsy Isn't he, but he's such a sweetheart. Thank you for teaching and protecting my sweet boy,”
“Im not sweet! I'm a fierce and noble cultivator!”
“My sweet, sweet boy who is going to sew his own robes from now on, because I'm sick of it,”
She pinched her son's cheek who immediately huffed at the childish treatment, along with his future of punctured thumbs and begging sizhui for help. The Woman hummed,
“Your father should be done with his meeting now, he'll want to hear about your night hunt,”
Jingyi nodded and the two walked off.
Hmm…so she was his Mother, and clearly the father was one of the elders..the meeting this afternoon had only been for high ranking elders, so the clumsy lan was fathered by one of the leaders of the clan. Incredible!
That night in bed after they had thoroughly worn each other out, wei ying flopped against his husbands chest with a sigh,
“The lan clan really has changed since my previous life…who knew a disciple like lan jingyi could be as much of a clown as he is and still be a high level disciple…and an elders child at that!”
“Mn, it has…relaxed,”
“Your uncle sure hasn't. He threw a fit at me just last week!”
Of course, both men were fully aware the fit had only been thrown because wei wuxian instigated it, but that was a given.
Wangji was quiet for a moment before he spoke,
“Uncle…has mellowed in his own ways,”
Wei ying took the information but didn't dwell on it too much. Why would he? Lan qiren is still the grumpy old man he was 20 years ago! How old was he anyway?
He and wangji were walking through the cloud recesses when he came upon that nice lady from a few weeks ago. Oh! Jingyi was with her too! And a few other little ones who he went ahead and assumed were the nice ladies other Children.
“Hi! Wow, these all yours? I hope they're better behaved than jingyi”
The teenager resented the sentiment, but his mother just laughed,
“If you think im unlucky you should feel absolutely despondent for my husband- these kids all turned out just like me, I'm afraid”
Wei Wuxian smiled wider. A lan elder who Was so whipped for his wife, his kids were little bursts of energy and he was happy with that?! Just who was this elder! Wei Wuxian wanted to meet him, who knows what kinds of rules he could get away with breaking-
Lan Qiren hadn't even heard the thoughts in his Head, but as soon as he appeared he sent Wei Wuxian a small glare just to be safe. Wei Wuxian huffed. Why couldn't Lan Qiren take notes from that not stuffy, cool elder, huh? Why did he have to be-
“papa, up"
He blinked
He blinked again, slightly in distress
A small child had just called Lan Qiren papa! So he's a grandfather! That makes so much Sense!
The nice lady brushed back the little girls fly aways and gently pinched her chubby toddler cheek,
“baby, you gotta give daddy a break, he's been in meetings all day love”
Wei Wuxian snickered, so prepared to make a joke about the old man being old.
But something she said replayed in his head.
“daddy”...not granddaddy, just daddy…
His eyes flew open and he looked between the nice lady and his #1 hater and his jaw dropped
“You two are married?!”
Lan Qiren Scoffed and the nice lady- who was apparently his wife raised an amused eyebrow as she put the little girl on her hip.
“Wangji didn't say anything?”
“Of course he didn't say anything! He's wangji!”
He could see Lan Qiren's eyebrow twitching, he's sure he would've gotten a scroll to the head if the elder had been carrying one
“And…what about my marriage warrants such a juvenile response?”
Wei Wuxian was, for the first time in his lives, about to qi deviate
“But-! But-! She's- and youre-”
Qiren huffed and stroked his goatee,
“Is something about my marriage bothering you? Hm? Is something about it puzzling to you? Speak up, boy”
“How did this happen!?”
Qiren huffed and went to lecture when his wife slid in, handed him their toddler, and smiled
“We've been married for 25 years now”
Wei Wuxian blinked before he lost it again
“TWENTY-FIVE YEARS?!? you were married when you were a grumpy teacher?!”
Qiren, despite looking just a tad bit softer with his little daughter in his arms still managed a glare at Wei Wuxian,
“Just because i am a stern and disciplined teacher does not make me incapable of being a husband…”
Wei Wuxian huffed and muttered “clearly not…youve got like a bajillion kids” to his husband, who was less than impressed at that being said about his uncle.
Lan Qiren's eyes widened, and much to Wei Wuxian's amusement, the old man's ears went pink- just like wangji's did. Hilarious!
“You-! insolent little-”
His wife cleared her throat and nodded at their small child. Wei Wuxian, amazed, watched as Lan Qiren shut his mouth and huffed, focusing on the smiley little girl in his arms.
Wei Wuxian was astounded. Never in his life did he think the Lan Qiren would be so easily tamed by such a sweet looking lady!
I see a lot of people saying lan jingyi is lan xichen's son, and that's great, don't get me wrong I've headcannoned that plenty.
But I raise you something better
Hes Lan Qiren's son
[Spoilers ahead for mdzs]
NOW I KNOW- not many share my fondness (lust) for the old man BUT HEAR ME OUT,
Imagine, you're Wei wuxian brought back from the dead, married to the love of your life after your name is cleared and your past crimes proven to not really be your crimes. You live in the cloud recesses with your beloved, helping teach his juniors and having a lot of everyday means everyday.
And you begin to notice that lan jingyi is such a dork, and you remember that lan’s don't like dorks
Only wangji doesn't seem to care. Which has already really been explained- ofc wangji would like having a student like lan jingyi, lan jingyi no doubt reminded him of Wei wuxian after all
BUT DOES THAT EXPLAIN WHY LAN QIREN GOES EASY ON HIM!?!?!? No, I don't believe it does
UNLESS
Sometime in the past lan qiren got married.
And why wouldnt he? He's in a fantastic clan position, he's renowned in the cultivation world, and also he's sexy as fuck (argue with God, im so right and all you bitches don't want to admit it).
And you know, he probably has a son- but I like even more to think he has this son later in life, as due to his personality, I think he also got married later in life.
So imagine now that you're lan qiren. You're, oh I don't know early 40s, you've single handedly nurtured your nephews, your brother is dead and has left even MORE responsibilities to you, the wen clan has burned your home to the ground and there's no choice but to go to war
Oh and your wife is pregnant, oopsies
Are you really going to have it in you to be strict with your son like you were with your nephews? Hm? Your son who's not even a direct heir because you yourself are second of the previous generation of young masters, and your older brother had 2 sons so there's no reason for your own child to be heir? Hm?
On top of this I like to think lan qiren's wife is different from him, is more lively and maybe a little sassy (IS ME), So now, your son (whom you love) is growing up displaying traits of your wife (whom you love) oh and by the way you're also 55. Are you gonna be strict all the time?? I think unlikely
Now you may be scoffing, “zappy what's your evidence” “zappy he's old” “zappy talk to your therapist about this wtf why do you like lan qiren” and I can only answer one of those questions
My evidence is such,
JINGYI SASSES A FUCKING CLAN LEADER IN FRONT OF HIS FACE AND HES LIKE “what the kid said,”
HELLO????
That's good enough for me, BUT I HAVE MORE
Personally, I think they could be father an son
ALSO THE THOUGHT OF HIM SIRING THE DISRESPECTFUL LAN JUNIOR?!?! LMAOOOOO
That's it, that's the extent I've thought of this (no it's not i have half a fic written already). Lan qiren sired lan jingyi and that makes that scene in the cave sm better
I was recently diagnosed with adhd- which explains a LOT. Specifically...my struggle to keep up with and finish things, which I sincerely apologize for.
That being said, i have once again been summoned to write, as I have fallen for another side character (hot old man) and feel I just must create content that no one wants or asked for :D
I will be...changing a few things, turns out the difference between 15 and 21 is a lot, and while 21 year old me has a lot of love for 15 me- my tastes and interests have changed. I will not be deleting my old works cause I have a lot of love for them, but the old masterlist will be archived. Kept up! But archived.
I think writing is a wonderful hobby, and id like to give it another try. So if youre all willing to humor me, I do believe I am back on my bullshit. I've already updated my rules and character list and about me, I updated my little theme (i swear im gonna learn how to make them all aestheticy), and I suppose we'll just see how this goes
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