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DARK AND SWEET
CHAPTER 1
As expected, plans did not go as he thought they would. Here was Wei Ying know, three years after the last time he saw his family, in another country that was not either Yummeng or Lanling but Gusu. He was more or less used to his new life. It wasn’t what he wanted, not what he was expecting but worst fates could happen to him, a refugee omega, illegal in this strange country of white cages. Wei Ying could have ended in several horrible ways but there he was. ‘’A-Yuan, don’t be picky today’’ the baby in front of him squirms every time he brings the baby spoon towards his mouth. Lan Yuan wasn’t happy with his new diet. ‘’There won’t be any milk for you if you don’t eat first’’ It isn’t as if Lan Yuan actually understood what he was saying.
Lan Yuan was really pretty, he thought, lowering the spoon, defeated, hand under his chin. He had his father’s dark, golden eyes and features but he could see that Lan Yuan’s hair would be like his, for the nascent little curls he was showing on the longest side of his hair. ‘’The prettiest baby I have ever seen’’ Wei Ying smiles, poking his nose playfully, the baby laughed. This wasn’t the life he wanted but he admitted his baby was his little light.
Wei Ying straightened on his seat, lowering his sight immediately as his alpha walked inside of the room. He didn’t know his language, some words that could helped him get through this day when he used to work and actually being outside. ‘’Alpha’’ he greets, a low bow. He gets nervous when his alpha looks at him for several seconds until it turns uncomfortable. Lan Wangji was a very rich man, for what Wei Ying could tell. He does not know much of him, but he believes he has been bought by him nearly two years ago.
He shakes a little when Lan Zhan comes closer, he’s forced to look at the ground, unable to meet his eyes. The alpha sneaks a hand under his shirt, carefully touching his swollen nipples, wetting his fingers with his milk. Wei Ying doesn’t fight, not anymore. It’s better for him to be under Lan Zhan’s protection, having a little baby now he wasn’t risking it. Wei Ying bites his lip, he doesn’t want to do any sound when Lan Yuan was just in front of him. The alpha brings his fingers to his nose, closing his eyes, smelling the exquisite scented milk. Wei Ying looks away, embarrassed, when he sees his alpha licking his fingers clean.
He always does the same when he has him near, or even dares himself to drink from him directly. Wei Ying, as wild as he was, was conservative in certain topics of his intimate life and was taught that the milk he would produce on a future was exclusive for his baby, he tried to explained to the alpha on his poor gusan, Lan Zhan didn’t care of just didn’t understand what he was saying. ‘’Food’’ Lan Zhan says, walking to the table, taking a seat. Already wearing his expensive, dark suit and blue tie, bored eyes watching who knew what things on his phone.
‘’Of course! Just give me a minute’’ He knows he has to be efficient, Lan Zhan doesn’t like anything else. He was very exquisite with his tastes. Leaving Lan Yuan playing with his food for a moment, Wei Ying runs to the kitchen and makes sure to bring the warm breakfast for his alpha. Lan Zhan used to have people in charge of the household chores of his penthouse, however, since he brought Wei Ying, unconscious and dripping, he recollected his servitude to the Lan’s household.
He’s efficient with his task and immediately places on the table Lan Zhan’s tea and several mini plates with food, spoons, chopsticks, a napkin. Once he finishes his morning task, and Wei Ying thinks Lan Zhan was satisfied and he isn’t paying him any attention, Wei Ying waits for a little longer before nodding to himself and turning around with the intention of going next to his child.
He gasps in surprise when Lan Zhan’s arm embraces his waist, pulling him and basically chained him on his lap. ‘’Stay’’ Lan Zhan says, one of the few words he has learned. Wei Ying can’t do much but staying quietly, sat on his legs while Lan Zhan eats. His arm never lets him go. He only hopes Lan Zhan will not do that to him. Yesterday was sunday which meant Lan Zhan was off of work and… Well. He does not decide yet if he likes it or not. He's sweet, gentle… but his hips needs a rest every now and then!
Lan Zhan’s lust had an insatiable hunger. First time Lan Zhan does coming back from home is pushing Wei Ying to the nearest wall before slipping down his pants, he doesn’t let him use any underwear when he’s at home. They have sex before going to bed, of course, Lan Zhan has sex with him after leaving for work too.
How this man had too much stamina was a mystery for him; he’s grateful Lan Zhan seems to only have the intention of eating this morning. To distract himself for a moment, he looks at his baby on his blue high-chair. He makes funny faces to make him smile, it works because soon they hear his laughter filling the room.
Lan Zhan was an enigma. He doesn’t know what he feels for him, if he ever will let him go, if he tomorrow he’ll kicked him out of home, if he’s kicking him out with their son or if he’ll get just rid of him. However, one thing he knows for sure is that Lan Zhan loves Lan Yuan, every time Lan Yuan laughs, Lan Zhan gives a little smile.
It isn’t that bad, this… relationship. Sure it wasn’t the ideal, either what he wished for or have in mind but damn, several other omegas just faced a far more horrible than his, and for this life he was grateful. Lan Zhan cups half of his face and leaves a kiss on his lips before kissing Lan Yuan’s forehead as well in a goodbye kiss.
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His relationship with the Lan Zhan was complicated, to say the less. He saved him from starving, keeps him safe in one of the most exclusive and wealthy neighborhoods of the city. He has never been forbidden from leaving their department, as soon as he always sends his location and tells him where he and their son are at.
Lan Zhan is not violent, quite the opposite. He’s sweet most of the time he is not cold. Though he is not cold with him, and their baby. Whenever he is not making love to him, he’s trying to teach him some gusan that Wei Ying tries very hard to understand. It appears Lan Wangji cannot speak Wei Ying’s language, though he understands it perfectly, especially when Wei Ying uses his hands too to gesticulate.
Does he hate this life? No, definitely he does not. It’s nice. Sex sometimes feels wrong, as if there was a barrier that prevents him from letting him go but it’s never painfully. At least two or three times he passes out. He is not sure what Lan Zhan does to his body that sometimes he’s unable to process the pleasure he brings to him.
He did not plan having little Lan Yuan, nevertheless, he loves that child with all his heart and soul, it’s the light of his eyes and will give everything for him, especially his liberty for a gentle and caring father, which Lan Zhan was at the entire extension of the word.
He only wished they could had met under totally different circumstances. Wei Ying wishes to know what happened to his siblings. As far as he knows, with the little investigation he has been able to do, that none ship and airplane, sailing from Yummeng to Lanling, was ever brought down, so he’s sure his family safely arrived to their destiny.
There is nowhere to communicate with them, he got rid of the phone immediately, if he was caught by the Wen’s, he did not want them to give them any source that could reveal their whereabouts. Wei Ying was ready to be torture to them if it was necessary, if that meant they were safe. After all, there wasn’t any friend of him on the first place, all had been killed during the massacres.
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Lan Xichen sees his brother returning to work, with a discreet smile on his face. That has been his brother’s expression every since he married Wei Ying. ‘’Someone had a good night?’’ He asked, teasinly, always in such a polite tone that was simply impossible to be taken as vulgar.
‘’Mn’’ Lan Zhan, as much as he loved his brother, was not saying a word about his intimate life with his omega, he was a very jealous husband. ‘’Apologies for the delay’’
‘’No, no, I bet you had a good reason’’ Lan Xichen says, calmy, indicating his brother to sit down in front of his desk. ‘’I’m just so happy that we could rescue Wei Ying successfully, even if it took us fifteen years’’ His words these time had a nostalgic tone, such a lot of time they had already lost. ‘’Only thing that matters is that he’s back again, isn’t it?’’
Lan Zhan nods, agreeing. Their uncle had blamed himself for years, Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren had left at his care their only son once they died, Lan Qiren had made an oath to them, he swore he’ll keep their son safe and sound, as if he had siren him himself. Of course, he never thought that during Wei Ying’s fifth birthday, his little boy would be kidnapped.
Lan Zhan did not want to talk anymore about that affair. It was painful enough to live without him, for him, the present was the only thing that matter, after all, they couldn't recover sixteen years that were taken from them.
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Must of his day he's just here watching over Lan Yuan drooling his clothes, babbling words that only makes sense on his mind. And Wei Ying… it's okay with it. He live in a penthouse, his expenses are covered by his alpha, has given birth to a lovely little thing, sometimes he thinks his live it's a little too perfect and that at some point something horrible might happen.
''Alrighty, you young boy are going to follow me to the laundry room, okay? Your daddy needs clean suits'' He brings one of the dozens playtens that Lan Wangji has bought for their baby when Wei Wuxian was hardly beginning his second trimester.
Of course that on the first attempt to put the baby down, Lan Yuan let's out a whine, with his tiny hands tripping Wei Ying's hair immediately. ''Ow! Come on! I need my hands free for this one…!'' He tries to convince him but the baby hears no reason; sighing but with none options lefts, Wei Ying carries the baby on his lap and sits down on the floor, where all Lan Wangji's suits are spread around.
He checks every single pocket from the top and bottoms. When he was brought to his first job on this country, he accidently left an used issue in a laundry load. Big mistake, he ended up ruining his fromer's boss black dress, he still recalls the beating he received and the he punishment he endured for months.
When he got here, he remembers also running several of Lan Wangji's suits, he mixed clothes that weren't supposed to be put together in the same load, he also ruined those, the black suits stained the gray ones, not to mention the white shirts.
He was so scared back then, he tried hiding them inside the couch, of course his tries were discovered immediately by his alpha, who only cleaned off his tears and gently make an attempt to tell him in some words that he could barely pronounce on Wei Ying's language, that he was not mad and that there was anything to worry about it.
The alpha write off in the best way he could basic instructions and draws for Wei Ying to follow on the wash machine, same thing applied to the stove, the ovens etc. He hadn't felt such relief before when he realized that no matter his mistakes, Lan Wangji wouldn't get violent with him.
''Ah! Do you like your daddy's suits? Maybe you are gonna be a business man too!'' Or a lawyer/judge or whatever profession his alpha had. He is not sure and he is not going to ask (he does not know how to begin with). Lan Yuan rolls over his father's clothes, taking a special liking with one of his coats, it must had a strong smell of his alpha scent that makes him relax all wrapped around it.
He finds always the same on the pockets: Cash (coins and big bills); card presentation from people he can't even read, notes from work, pencils, forgotten keys, tissues still on the packages and Candies that he used to bring for him after work.
He's eating one right now actually. It tasted good, it's pretty similar for the ones his uncle used to give him to him and his siblings, the thought makes him smile sadly for a moment, a knot forming in his throat. He really hopes Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yanli made it safely to Lanling.
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The Lan's family has been taking care of the family business and legacy ever since Wen Ruohan decided that they were old enough to do it. when their parents died, Lan Qiren took them immediately under his protection; back then Lan Qiren had already been married to their uncle, Wen Ruohan, back them they also had their first child, their cousins.
Wen Ruohan was… a particular person. He was not exactly bad. Never made any disctions between his children and them, never show affection but was overprotective when needed. The oldest alpha made it clear when he was displeased but rarely let them know when he was proud.
It was a very, very complicated family, Lan Wangji does not see himself living in any other one; that's the base to start his own family, it will be difficult to him to express his own feelings and thoughts with his omega, especially when they do not share the same language.
Wei Ying does not seem to remember his own mother tongue, nor Lan Zhan and the rest of them; only thing it looks he has not forgotten is his own name. Again, it was such a luck they had Meng Yao on their side, if it wasn't for him, maybe they would never had found him.
''Mr. Lan, Miss Wen will like to speak with you?'' Lan Zhan stays quiet because they were on his brother's office, he does not like intruding.
''Of course, you never need to ask'' Lan Xicheng says kindly as he smiles. Wen Qing is their sister in everything but blood, the first child of Wen Ruohan and Lan Qiren.
Wen Qing gets inside the room still wearing her white coat and her miserable expression on her face thanks to the exhaustive schedule she had at the hospital. ''Good afternoon, boys'' She drags the words out of her mouth, Lan Zhan looks or a chair and brings her to his sister, Wen Qing smile because it's the fluffliest on the office. ''Ah! Thank you, A-Zhan. Glad to see you face again, it looks like you have been quite busy at home, huh?'' The youngest alphas cheeks are tainted with red at her teasing, Lan Xichen's laughter did not help him at all.
''He has barely left his nest. Can smell all the fun he has been having at home…'' Lan Xichen adds to the conversation, much to Lan Zhan's embarassment. ''It reminds me of Yao and me with our first pup. Don't put that face didi, it's normal if your behavior, right, sister?''
''Definitely. It actually recomend to you some homeoffice, at least until the baby it's a year old. During this period it is fundamental that the baby is scented as much as possible for both parents, as well as for Wei Ying to be in contact with his alpha, it seems… it seems that before he was found he was having some rough treatment, you should make sure he feels safe and sound'' That sours them a little only for a moment: Wei Ying was found slaved, in poor conditions and certainly afraid of his own shadow.
It's nice to have a doctor on the family so close to them,, this way both Lan Wangji and Lan Xichen could ask whatever they needed when necessary and there wasn't anyone more truthful than her for these matters. ''Make sure to bring him and the baby to my office before the month ends will you? Wanna give them an evaluation''
''Mn, the appointment it's set on the 27TH, from 10 a.m to 11:30 a.m, I'll take them there personally''
''Good, good, your omega has recovered smoothly but I would like to keep an eye over him just in case'' Lan Zhan nods in agreement; for the rest of her visit Lan Xichen and her discuss the inventary her hospital will need for this year and when they'll provide it. Both Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji owned a very wealthy medical company, they hardly charge anything to Wen Qing's hospital, most of the time refusing full payment; no that she minds anyway.