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Mo Dao Zu Shi rereading commentary || chapters 111-113 (end)
🕑 Added 2024-01-02 10:59:43 +0000 UTCChapter 111: WangXian (Part One)
Lan SiZhui buried his head between their shoulders, “HanGuang-Jun, Senior Wei, I… I…”
Hearing his muffled voice, Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi exchanged a look, only inches apart. They both saw something soft within each other’s eyes.
Wei WuXian fixed his mood and put his hand on Lan SiZhui’s back, patting, “Enough, what are you crying for?”
Lan SiZhui, “Not crying… Just… I suddenly feel so frustrated, but so happy as well… I do not know how to describe it…”
After some silence, Lan WangJi laid his hand onto his back as well and patted. Lan WangJi, “There is no need to describe it then.”
Family hug! Devoted fathers cheering their son! 🥺
Lan SiZhui swore, “HanGuang-Jun, every word of mine is true.”
Lan WangJi nodded, “I know.”
Wei WuXian threw a tantrum atop the donkey, “Ugh, Lan Zhan!”
LMAO Lan Sizhui claiming Wei Wuxian taught him improper things, and Lan Wangji sides with him! The way they gang up on Wei Wuxian 😂😂😂
Wei WuXian, “You’ve had dirty thoughts about me ever since then?”
“…” Lan WangJi’s voice sounded muffled, “I, back then, knew I was wrong. Very wrong.”
Wei WuXian recalled how Lan WangJi broke a tree in half alone in the woods when he later found him, “That was why you were so mad?”
The way he stutters! Shy and ashamed like a child who knows he was caught doing something wrong! This is the mighty Hanguang Jun we’re talking about!
Lan WangJi suddenly looked at him, “First kiss?”
Wei WuXian, “Yeah, or else what did you think?”
Lan WangJi stared straight at him. Something strange glowed in his eyes. He started, “Then…”
Wei WuXian, “Then what? Stopping in the middle of the sentence isn’t your style, Lan Zhan.”
Lan WangJi, “Then, back then, why did you… did you…”
Wei WuXian was confused, “Why what?”
Lan WangJi’s lips moved, “… Why did you not resist?”
Wei WuXian paused.
Lan WangJi’s voice sounded muffled again, “You… clearly did not know whom the person was, so why did you not resist? And afterward, why did you tell me…”
Excuse me? Lan Zhan, he TRIED to resist at first, but you grabbed and held his wrists with your strong arms and when he tried to move his face away you caught it and tilted it back so that you can continue ravishing his lips!
All of a sudden, he bent over and broke into roaring laughter.
Wei WuXian pounded the ground, “Hahahahahahahahaha…”
Lan WangJi, “…”
Laughing, Wei WuXian hugged him and gave him a kiss, “With all that, back then you were really that angry because you thought I’d really kissed someone else, weren’t you? Are you an idiot, Lan Zhan?! You fucking believed all that nonsense! Only a lil’ fuddy-duddy like you would believe me hahahahahaha…”
I don’t think I ever said it but I really like this trait of Wei Wuxian, that he really just starts laughing hysterically at random things, even in romantic or serious situations, and we’re not talking about a simple laugh, no, it’s the kind that he bends in two and can’t stop. It really is such a fitting trait to his character ❤️
The number of pornographic collections that Wei WuXian had read ever since he was young could add up to fill a whole room in the GusuLan Sect’s Library Pavilion.
Hello? Why are we hearing about this only now??? That’s one hell of an amount, isn’t it?? Where did he find the time??? Madam Yu constantly punished him for causing trouble or being better than Jiang Cheng in various fields, BUT DID SHE EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS TIME CONSUMING HOBBY OF HIS?
The fluid was thick and steaming, full of the strong odor of musk. As it suddenly hit the walls of his throat, Wei WuXian choked on it and immediately let the shaft out of his mouth. Lan WangJi patted on his back as he coughed, speaking in a surprisingly discomposed manner, “Spit it out, quick. Spit it out.”
I enjoy the change of character Lan Wangji shows here hahaha so panicking and not in control of his emotions 👀 Ever since Wei Wuxian came back, Lan Wangji really shows that he’s not the same as the young Lan Wangji. He has more confidence around Wei Wuxian and even has sassy retorts. Yet now, when he suddenly got confessed to, and now hours later the love of his life for whom he went through hell is bending down to suck him and even swallow it, he’s so helpless!!! And it’s delicious 😂
He was one of the most disciplined cultivators, yet at the moment, his usually cold composure was completely crushed. Even the tips of his eyes and brows were tinted a soft shade of pink. With a few touches of color added, it made him seem as if he’d been bullied in some cruel way. Seeing his appearance, Wei WuXian was more than delighted.
So like I said, Wei Wuxian came back and has to deal with a more confident and not so easy to tease Lan Wangji. This part here shows just how much he missed seeing Lan Wangji’s bullied expression, the expression he constantly wanted to see in his young days when he teased him, and also when he said “I just love it when you’re angry”
“Good boy, don’t be scared. Next time, when it’s your turn to taste mine, you’ll need to perform as good as this, understood?”
Pffffttttt Wei Ying, what confidence!! You really think you did well huh? You really think you know more than Lan Wangji, huh? Alright, prepare your ass. What for? Oh, so you DON’T know everything!
Wei WuXian didn’t notice the forced, almost insufferable endurance in his gaze. He thought he hadn’t had enough yet, adding, “Let’s forever be like this from now on, yeah?”
I decided to compare the sex scenes with 7seas, just like I did with chapter 95. I know that ExR version is the edited and censored one. Regarding chapter 111, I found online the full translation and added it into my copy of ExR translated text. I’m not sure I remember which parts were added but I will try to point them out.
Anyways, here, it seemed that I missed a part.
Here’s from 7seas:
He had yet to notice the look of forced endurance in Lan Wangji’s eyes - a sign that he was on the verge of losing control. Thinking perhaps he still hadn’t had enough, Wei Wuxian cupped the growing heat on Lan Wangji’s lower body and began to slowly stroke it up and down.
“Let’s stay like this forever from now on, ‘kay?”
The part of him stroking Lan Wangji’s penis is missing in ExR.
Wei WuXian had viewed quite the selection of pornography, but he hadn’t seen any on the topic of homosexuality. He never thought he had such interests or was curious about it, and thus he naturally thought that was all there was to the love-making between men—kissing, hugging, at most with hands or lips. As he was pressed onto the ground by Lan WangJi, being massaged finger by finger, he finally managed to realize that it wasn’t the case. On top of the slight pain, he found it somewhat surprising and perhaps funny as well.
But at the addition of the third finger, Wei WuXian couldn’t laugh any longer.
Classic. Face it, Wei Ying. Now, every time you think you have the upper hand, Lan Wangji will prove you otherwise. You poor, clueless, virgin boy. You may have read your share of pornography but young baby Lan Zhan did too and boy, did he learn some things!
But it seemed like Lan WangJi was no longer able to listen to Wei WuXian’s words, curtly muffling Wei WuXian’s mouth with his own. Sinking down, he thrust inside.
Wei WuXian widened his eyes. His legs sprang up. The two lay flesh against flesh, their hearts and their breaths racing.
Lan WangJi’s voice was hoarse, “… Sorry… I could not hold back.”
THE WAY HE CRAVED THIS FOR 20 YEARS
Also, the 7seas version has this:
He cut Wei Wuxian off with a rough kiss, lowered himself on top of him, and pushed inside.
It was only the head, but Wei Wuxian’s eyes went unbelievably wide as his legs jerked upward and his knees bent.
ExR is missing the specification of the tip.
He relaxed a bit, and Lan WangJi tried to push inside some more. Immediately, Wei WuXian couldn’t help but tense the muscles around his hips and abdomen.
Compare to 7seas:
He’d only managed to loosen up a tiny bit before Lan Wangji tried to push back inside. The muscles of Wei Wuxian’s buttocks and abdomen tensed, and a broken moan escaped his throat.
Lan WangJi, “… Does it hurt?”
Arms clinging to him, Wei WuXian couldn’t help from shivering, holding back tears, “Yes, it’s my first time—of course it hurts.”
With this, he felt Lan WangJi grow harder within his body.
Ohhhhh a kink for poor helpless virgins, Lan Wangji? Funny that this was what people thought Wei Wuxian had, BUT WHO WOULD’VE GUESSED THAT LAN WANGJI IS THE VILLAIN HERE?
Wei WuXian felt his heart go soft. He took the initiative to draw his neck forwards, whispering by his ear, “Lan Zhan, my good Lan Zhan, Er-gege, I’ll tell you what to do. Kiss me right now. It won’t hurt if you kiss me…”
A bright red flushed Lan WangJi’s fair earlobes.
He spoke through much difficulty, “… S-Stop calling me like that.”
We’re starting to discover all of Lan Wangji’s kinks! I just new it that he wants to ram that boy every time he uses that sweet nickname 🥰
After he brought Wei WuXian back to Burial Hill after the massacre at Nightless City, what awaited him was three years of confinement. Yet in those days, he heard the news that what went around always came around, that one’s deeds would be paid no matter what—that the YiLing Patriarch finally died, both body and soul.
His confinement hadn’t ended yet when he forced his way out of the Cloud Recesses and towards Yiling with that still-wounded body of his. He searched for many days atop the entire mountain. Apart from Wen Yuan, whom he fished out still from a half-burned tree hole, still unconscious due to a high fever, he could find nothing. Not even a piece of bone, a scrap of flesh, a single strand of a weak, dissipating soul.
🥺🥺🥺
In HoG he heard that there’s a siege, and rushed out immediately, wounded, to catch Wei Wuxian in the moment of surrender 😭
He didn’t like the taste, but he felt he understood why that person liked it.
[…]
When Lan XiChen asked, he said he wanted a flute, his eyes lost.
Lan XiChen gave him the finest flute made of white jade, yet he threw it away in fury, saying this wasn’t the one he wanted.
[…]
After he sobered up, a scar the same as the brand mark Wei WuXian received in the cave of the Xuanwu of Slaughter appeared over his chest as well.
[…]
He drank the wine he drank, suffered the wounds he suffered.
I always had this idea about Lan Wangji, that in his most inner subliminal mind, he wanted to be like Wei Wuxian.
Since he was young, he constantly followed him with his eyes, and of course that he punished him for breaking the rules, but I believe that he wanted to have a taste of what it feels like to hang out and play with friends too.
When Lan Wangji got drunk, Wei Wuxian believed that he did the things he couldn’t do as a kid in Cloud Recesses, and also noticed that he did the things Wei Wuxian told him he used to do himself.
Later in Wei Wuxian’s first life, Lan Wangji exhibited more understanding to Wei Wuxian’s actions, also standing by his side when other sects opposed him. Even though he didn’t like the method Wei Wuxian used, he was able to see that the motives behind Wei Wuxian’s actions were good, and it’s something that others ignored.
Lan Wangji knew Wei Wuxian would stand up for the helpless, even if it means to sacrifice himself like he did when he saved MianMian. He explained his motives to Lan Wangji and the latter remembered that and did the same by saving Wei Wuxian and taking the scars for it.
Lan Wangji said he’s willing to take responsibility for everything Wei Wuxian did, as if he committed them himself.
And now in this part, after Wei Wuxian is gone, he thinks that he can bring him back by imitating his actions and holding his things. Even if he doesn’t like it, he will try to get into his mind and understand stand WHY Wei Wuxian liked it, because it is something that made him unique, that made him who he were, that made him the boy Lan Wangji fell in love with. It couldn’t be just any flute, it had to be the closest flute to what Wei Wuxian had, because HE decided to create it that way. He wanted to feel the pain Wei Wuxian felt when he sacrificed his body to help others. By doing all of those things, it’s like a meditation of trying to enter Wei Wuxian’s mind, and see things from his perspective, and understand them like he didn’t dare to do when Wei Wuxian was alive, constantly rejecting him instead. Doing all these things now is as if he atones for not being able to get close to him and understand him before.
The Emperor’s Smile, the flute, the scar he got for saving MianMian, were all things Lan Wangji scolded Wei Wuxian for. Yet now, he wants to experience them himself, because Wei Wuxian is no longer there, and he wasn’t able to save him, and be there for him. He wasn’t to show him sis acceptance and love in time, so all that’s left for him to do is to do it after his death.
With a sigh, he no longer opposed Lan WangJi’s decision to keep Wen Yuan. Lan WangJi saluted him and went to receive his punishment, kneeling in silence at the Cloud Recesses for a day and a night.
He still went to such punishment with an injured body!! 😭😭😭
Wei WuXian immediately discovered how to enjoy such a position. He buried his hands inside Lan WangJi’s sweat-drenched hair, lifting the forehead ribbon as he grinned, his voice velvet, “… Does it feel good? Inside of me?”
Compare to 7seas:
All of a sudden, Wei Wuxian discovered how to enjoy himself in this position.
His limbs, his body, his breath - every part of him had melted into a wanton puddle. Wei Wuxian dug his hands into Lan Wangji’s long hair, which was drenched in sweat, and smiled as he toyed with his forehead ribbon.
“… Does it feel good? Inside me?” he cooed in a tender voice.
The sex part that is missing in ExR appears in 7seas vol 5 from page 159 to 161, and some on page 162 describing both of them coming.
Wei Wuxian opened his legs in earnest to withstand the rough fucking while whimpering, “Ge, er-gege, I’m going to die, you’ll screw me to death. I was wrong, my mistake, don’t punish me like this. I’m a virgin, treat me better…”
Drops of sweat dripped down from the ends of Lan Wangji’s hair. This person habitually impassive to the point of coldness betrayed at that moment a discomfit expression as if he was on the brink of falling apart, “Are you really begging or are you… purposely… Your hips! Stop writhing!”
Wei Wuxian raised his head and yelled at the top of his voice, “Someone! Help! Hanguang-Jun is… ah! Hanguang-Jun… I can’t anymore…”
As Lan Wangji kissed away the tears he had wrung from Wei Wuxian, he uttered through gritted teeth, “… Wei Ying, I am… speaking seriously, do not do that again. I… I will truly… lose control. I fear I… Sorry.”
This part is not from ExR, but an online translation I found, you can find in on 7seas vol. 5 pages 160-161.
In this part I just love the way Lan Wangji finally talks to him and warns him that the things he says make him lose control even more hehehe
The first thought that crossed his mind was, … I can’t believe it, damn it, why didn’t my 15-year old self do this kind of stuff with Lan Zhan? My time really went to waste…
You have this thought now, 20 years later. But imagine that Lan Wangji had that wish since the actual moment he was 15!
Wei Wuxian continued, “If you liked me before, why didn’t you do me a long time ago? The back mountain of your home in the Cloud Recesses is a nice location. If you took advantage of the times I sneaked away alone to hunt wild game to tie me up and drag me away, you could have pinned me to the grass just like now and do whatever you desired to me… aah… Gently…”
Lan Wangji had not yet pulled out completely before he started pumping again.
Wei Ying, you have NO idea what your words are doing right now! Again, you think about them only now, but just think of how long the one above you craved for the same thing!
“Er-gege, do me a favor and spare me a last breath. We’ve got so much time on our hands, let’s fuck another time, you can lift me up and fuck me next time, all right? Please won’t you spare this inexperienced one today? Mighty Hanguang-Jun, the Yiling Patriarch has suffered a crushing defeat. Come on, hurry up and come inside me again, let’s fight another day.”
Are you seriously suggesting to role play as Hanguang Jun and the Yiling Laozu right now??? You want a third round?? You know what you do to him??? (And me too cause I’m a sucker for some angst yllz era smex)
Wei Wuxian said, “But I have a tongue so I can’t help using it. Lan Zhan, what I’ve said before about me wanting to go to bed with you everyday, can you pretend you never heard it?”
Lan Wangji replied, “I cannot.”
Wei Wuxian’s heart shattered at this, “How can you be like this? You’ve never refused me anything before.”
Lan Wangji smiled faintly, “I cannot.”
At the sight of this smile, Wei Wuxian’s eyes lit up, he felt for an instant as if he had ascended and he lost track of his surroundings.
This part! This fucking part!! So wholesome and cute! Of Lan Wangji finally being selfish and taking what HE wants, and Wei Wuxian being in shock, but completely melting from it! Ahhhhhhhh!
Chapter 112: WangXian (Part Two)
The man in white glanced at the corpses crawling in the woods, as if he didn’t know what to think of it. He looked up. The black-clothed person who’d been sitting atop the tree hopped off as well, instantly darting beside him and pinning him onto a tree. He whispered, “Huh, isn’t this the pure and noble HanGuang-Jun, Lan WangJi? What brings you to this territory?”
Yesssssssss Hanguang Jun and Yiling Laozu rp!
His hands involuntarily tightened, and the other’s surprise turned into terror, “Ow, it’s so painful. Let me go, HanGuang-Jun. I won’t dare do such a thing ever again. Don’t seize me like this, and please don’t tie me up, or force me onto the ground…”
I like 7seas version more:
“Ahh, ouch. Let me go, Hanguang Jun. I won’t do it again. Don’t grab me like that. You mustn’t tie me up either, and absolutely do not pin me to the ground…”
It just really seems that he implies that he does want him to do those things.
Watching his words and actions become even more exaggerated, Lan WangJi’s eyebrow twitched. He finally interrupted him, “… Stop fooling around.”
Wei WuXian was right in the middle of his plea, surprised, “Why? I haven’t finished begging for mercy yet.”
“…” Lan WangJi, “You beg for mercy every day. Stop fooling around.”
The taste of Lan Wangji’s comebacks is just too delicious!
His face was so close it seemed like he was going to kiss Lan WangJi, yet he refused to make direct contact. Their lips were near yet apart, separated by a mere paper’s width, as if an amorous but stubborn butterfly flitted around a prim petal, denying it a kiss. With the tease, Lan WangJi’s light eyes flickered. He moved slightly, as though he couldn’t hold back any longer and the petal was finally going to touch the butterfly’s wings out of its own will. Yet, Wei WuXian lifted his face all at once and dodged his lips.
This part is so beautifully written, you can really feel the tenderness of the teasing. I love that in 7seas the comparison to the butterfly and the petal makes it clear that Wei Wuxian is the butterfly and Lan Wangji is the petal. (Page 168)
Wei WuXian, “Aren’t you tired of holding me with one hand? It’s so inconvenient doing everything with just one hand left.”
Regaining his composure, Lan WangJi asked in quite a polite manner, “Then what should I do?”
I love Lan Wangji’s response more in 7seas version. He says “then please enlighten me on what to do.” It seems a bit more playful, like he’s actually playing along and coming back at Wei Wuxian, letting him have his way.
Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi exchanged a glance, “This was a lie too. No lives were lost. We looked it up. Only a few villagers who robbed the graves were bedridden for a while after being scared by the ghosts, and another broke his own leg when running away. Apart from these, there were no casualties. All those lives were made up for dramatic purposes.”
Luo QingYang’s husband, “So this was what happened? That’s absolutely shameless!”
Luo QingYang sighed, “Oh, these people…” She seemed as if she remembered something, shaking her head, “They’re the same everywhere.”
I love how the main criticism this books deals with makes an appearance again, even after the main political intrigue is over. Even in such a trivial matter as what they’re discussing, people found a way to twist the truth. I love how MianMian draws the parallel between that and her past experience standing against the sects and arguing for the truth.
MianMian, “Thank you, HanGuang-Jun.”
Wei WuXian, “MianMian, I was the one who gave them to you, wasn’t I? Why didn’t you thank me?”
MianMian offered him a furious glare.
Omg this reminds me of the fic I wrote where Wangxian babysit little MianMian and she tries to take Lan Wangji from Wei Wuxian 😂
Wei WuXian, “But this isn’t fair. Back then she should’ve seen that you were the one doing bad things to me. Why does she find me more disagreeable?” Before Lan WangJi answered, Wei WuXian spun in a circle and faced Lan WangJi, walking backwards as he continued, “Oh, I know. She definitely likes me in secret. Just like a certain somebody from back then.”
Lan WangJi brushed the nonexistent dust from his sleeve, his voice cool, “Please give me back my forehead ribbon, Wei YuanDao*.”
OH MY FUCKING GOD LAN WANGJI YOU’RE SO SHARP WITH THOSE COMEBACKS!
Wei WuXian spun the delicate little pouch in his right hand as he pointed at it with his left, “HanGuang-Jun, oh, HanGuang-Jun, to take without asking is to steal. What did they call you back then? Heir of a prominent sect? Leading all disciples by example? What a disciple, who drinks strong vinegar in secret and stole the perfume pouch a little girl gave me to make it his own money pouch. No wonder I couldn’t find it wherever I looked, after I woke up. If the perfume pouch hanging at little MianMian’s chest weren’t the exact same as this one, I wouldn’t even have remembered. Just look at you, tsk tsk. Tell me. How did you take it from me when I was unconscious? How long did you spend taking it?”
Apparently Lan Wangji had a thing for stealing things from Wei Wuxian’s chest when the latter was unconscious! MianMian’s pouch when he was feverish in the Xuanwu cave, and the flower he had in his lapels when Lan Wangji kissed him when he was blindfolded!
7seas uses “how long did you feel me up?” Instead of ExR’s “how long did you spend taking it?” And I think it makes Wei Wuxian’s intentions in this question clearer.
Lan WangJi plunged over and finally caught him, holding him tight in his arms as he protested, “We have prostrated thrice, so we already are… husband and wife. It does not count as an affair.”
🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊
Congratulations! What a way to reveal the news!
I love that ExR chose the literal translation of “husband and wife” and not simply “married”, because later, in the incense burner part, it’s important as the both of them claim to be “the husband”. Lan Wangji pounds into Wei Wuxian demanding from him to agree that Lan Wangji is the husband, the one who has the “manly” role and the one who’s on top.
Chapter 113: WangXian (Part Three)
Wei WuXian asked for wine, and Lan WangJi ordered a few plates. Wei WuXian listened to his deep voice state the names of the dishes, with one hand propping up his cheek and another underneath the table, fingers wrapped around a snowy white ribbon. He had a big grin on his face. Only after the servant was gone did he begin, “So many of them are spicy. Can you eat them?”
Lan WangJi picked up a teacup from the table and took a sip, his voice calm, “Sit properly.”
Wei WuXian, “There’s no tea in the cup.”
“…” Lan WangJi filled the teacup and took it to his lips again. A while later, he repeated, “… Sit properly?”
LMAO Lan Wangji, tried to act so elegant and cool but was caught in the mishap!
Suddenly, he heard a young man’s voice, “Then is the Tiger Seal really inside the coffin?”
A cloud of silence fell over the wine shop. A moment later, someone answered, “Who knows? Perhaps. What could Jin GuangYao have done with the Tiger Seal except for carrying it on him?”
“But there’s no way of telling. Didn’t they say the Seal’s become just a piece of scrap iron? There’s no use for it anymore.”
The boy sat alone at a table, holding a sword in his arms, “Is the coffin really firm enough? What would happen if someone wants to see if the Tiger Seal is inside or not?”
Immediately, someone raised his voice, “Who’d dare?”
“The QingheNie Sect, the GusuLan Sect, and the YunmengJiang Sect all sent people to guard the cemetery. Who in the world would have the guts to do it?”
Everyone expressed their agreement. The boy didn’t speak up again. He took the teacup from his table and sipped, as though he gave up on his idea. Yet, his eyes hadn’t changed at all.
Wei WuXian had seen those types of eyes on many faces. And he knew that this definitely wouldn’t be the last time he saw them.
I really love that MXTX chose to add this part, it really shows that even if the main quest was solved and that the antagonists of the story were defeated, the cycle still goes on and on, people will never learn, and our duo will have more mysteries to solve in the future!
When he finished, Wei WuXian winked his left eye towards Lan WangJi, “How was it? Beautiful, huh?”
Lan WangJi slowly nodded, “For once.”
LAN ZHAN GO EASY WITH THOSE SASSY COMEBACKS! My god, you’ve changed.
Wei WuXian tugged the donkey’s reins, “But really, I’ve come up with almost ten names for this song. And there’s not a single one of them you like?”
Lan WangJi stated firmly, “No.”
Wei WuXian, “Why not? I think it’d be great if it’s called Love Song of Lan Zhan and Wei Ying.”
Lan WangJi said nothing. Wei WuXian blathered on, “Or Everyday Song of HanGuang and YiLing also sounds great. You just know it’s got a story behind it…”
Lan WangJi seemed like he didn’t want to hear another name, “There is.”
Wei WuXian, “There is what?”
Lan WangJi, “A name.”
Wei WuXian was surprised, “There is? Then you should’ve said its name earlier. Why didn’t you tell me for so long? You made me try for so long to come up with a name, wasting my wisdom.”
I really like the names Wei Wuxian comes up with and how he presents it as using “his wisdom” cause it’s just so fitting to his character. He’s a talented cultivator, a genius who created incredible tools, he’s smart and practice and righteous. But at the same time he’s such a wild boy, who does shenanigans, breaks into wild laughter, has terrible parenting skill, teases animals to the point of them running away, can find any situation, serious and romantic, as funny.
So it’s only fitting for him to come up with such unoriginal obvious and unromantic names and boldly claim that they are the fruit of his wisdom hahaha
Lan WangJi seemed like he’d long since expected Wei WuXian to react like this. Watching him convulse in laughter on Lil’ Apple’s back, he could only softly shake his head. His expression seemed to be of surrender, yet a light curve had already bloomed soundlessly at the corners of his lips. Something hazy drifted through his eyes as well.
Wei Wuxian breaks into laughter after hearing the song’s name. Lan Wangji’s reaction to this is just ❤️ he knows his Wei Ying so well, he loves him this way, and he never wants to see him change.
He raised his arm to hold Wei WuXian’s waist so that he didn’t plunge from the donkey’s back. When he finally laughed enough, Wei WuXian spoke in all seriousness, “WangXian, good, wonderful! I like it. Yes, that’s what it should be called.”
Lan WangJi was expressionless, “I like it too.”
I wrote this on Twitter once but I really love Lan Wangji’s answer. Him saying “I like it too” is not only him expressing his own feelings verbally and almost casually, as if it’s that easy, but he also expresses himself being proud at something he himself created and did. And this is the first time in the novel we see him do it.
And of course it comes as his own statement that the name he thought of is much better than the names Wei Wuxian came up with, and I think it’s really healthy. Lan Wangji loves Wei Wuxian with all his heart and he’d do anything for him, but he still learnt how to express his own will and desires and learnt how to play along with Wei Wuxian’s wild words with witty comebacks.
A gentle breeze came, and both their robes rippled like spring water.
Facing the wind, Wei WuXian squinted at Lan WangJi’s silhouette. As he criss-crossed his legs, he shockingly found that he could somehow manage to balance himself in such an odd position on the back of Lil’ Apple.
It was only something trivial, yet he looked as if he just discovered a new and interesting occurrence. He couldn’t hold himself back from sharing this with Lan WangJi, calling, “Lan Zhan, look at me, look at me now!”
Just like before, Wei WuXian called his name with a grin, and he looked over as well.
From then on, he could never move his eyes away again.
Just how damn beautiful is this ending????
Wei Wuxian who always asked and begged Lan Wangji to look at him and his nonsense always got a cold rejection of an angry face. But now, finally, over something so trivial as him holding balance on a donkey, he’s asking almost out of habit for Lan Wangji to look at him, as if he’s a kid again. And this time, Lan Wangji, after all the frustration, grief, misunderstanding and emotional roller coaster he went through with this love of his - finally after all this time, he can bring himself to look with such love in his eyes, and he will never turn his gaze around, never again.
AMAZING!!!!!
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MDZS rereading commentary || chapters 101-110
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So precious!
Right???
Ah I love the ending. <3
That ending!! 😭😭😭🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
