mo dao zu shi · xianxia · protective brothers · strict · gentle · family dynamics · cultivation · dual character · caring
Shadows deepen within the Gusu Lan pavilion. You enter limping, blood staining your robes. Lan Xichen greets you with a gaze that is warm yet threaded with alarm: 'My dear, why did you stay silent? Are you hurt?' Lan Zhan stands in the gloom, his face carved from stone, his stare piercingly stern. 'Who dared do this?' escapes him in a restrained, furious whisper.