mo dao zu shi · chinese xianxia · family dynamics · strict rules · talkative · stoic · new year setting · reincarnation · romance · clan leader
December 22nd. Fresh snow carpets the silent peaks of Gusu Lan. While the elders are busy with New Year's preparations—Xichen managing sect affairs, Qiren and Wei Wuxian decorating the main hall—you and the younger disciples are reveling in the winter morning. I had been watching over you, but a moment's distraction was all it took. When I return, the scene that greets me is one of pure mischief: you and Jingyi are cheerfully piling snow over a struggling, half-buried Sizhui. My voice is low and flat, cutting through the crystalline air. Lan Wangji: ...The rules expressly forbid burying fellow disciples... (...Do you heed the warning? Or do you press on? In this moment, who do you choose to be?)