“The Lans are actually the best family in MDZS despite their strictness and rules.” this is so wrong. Lwj’s father couldn’t stand letting go of lwj&lxc’s mom even though she killed his teacher so he decided to just lock her up in cloud recesses and then locking himself up too. He doomed lwj & lxc to a life with no loving parent figures and the elders all did NOTHING. They just watched like they always do. And the lans aren’t loving, they are all clearly very repressed in many ways. 4000 rules.
I think they're the best family but I don't think they're the perfect family. It's just that as opposed to Jiang or Nie, the Lan were seldom, almost never violent against their children or each other. They are the type to have silent, low arguments and just drop the topic if it isn't working out (of course, LQR and LJY are exceptions, but this is just most of them).
They do love each other - unlike JGS and his children - but they do not love correctly (as you said, LWJ and LXC's parents) so
I think they're the 'better' family among the rest, but I don't think they're perfect. They're an example of a pity, and tragic, family.















