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    “Whoever wins should treat the loser to drinks,” Wei Ying says with a grin as they line up for the last round. Now that she’s loosened up from the fight, her smile looks more real. Lan Zhan sees more lines at the corners of her eyes than she remembers, and she bites down on her mouthguard.

    “Yes,” Lan Zhan says. She has a moment to process Wei Ying’s expression of delighted surprise before the whistle blows.

     

    When she was sixteen, despite her best efforts, Lan Zhan fell in love with an infuriating visiting student at her kung fu school. When she’s 29, Lan Zhan meets Wei Ying again, and she realises that there are some things that haven’t changed.

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    Wei Ying isn't into women at all, but she meets Lan Zhan at a party and there's just something about her that makes Wei Ying want all of her attention.

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    03 Feb 2026

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    Sex worker Wei Ying, wary after a previous client got too clingy, connects with Lan Zhan, a client who, thankfully, wants no-strings sex: no flirting, no flattery, just turn up, be fucked, then leave. It's perfect for Wei Ying, and nothing could possibly go wrong.

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    03 Feb 2026

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    “What do you think about,” Wei Ying said aloud, before she could stop herself, before she could even think twice about the repercussions. “When you.” She finally found Lan Zhan’s eyes, molten in the low light, and swallowed in a tiny, audible gulp. “You know.”

    On Wei Ying, Lan Zhan’s gaze didn’t waver even a fraction.

    “Giving head,” she said.

    Wei Ying was certain she’d misheard. “Getting head?”

    “No,” said Lan Zhan.

    After a surprise party gone awry, Wei Ying surprises herself.

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    ”Uncle has become more...” Lan Xichen said, ”concerned for us, lately.”

    Lan Wangji nodded. He was standing by the window, looking to the courtyard where Wei Wuxian was talking to an alpha servant he had not seen before. They were standing close, and while it was Wei Wuxian who was leaning in and laughing, there was a shy smile on the face of the clearly more timid alpha.

    Behind him, sitting by his desk, Lan Xichen continued, “He seems to be of the mindset that our lineage is in danger, should we not get married soon.”

     

    or, lwj is a noble alpha who needs to get married

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