"What's with this commotion?" 

Everyone suddenly got quiet when they heard the authoritative tone of the voice that came from behind them. Then, just like Moses parted the Red Sea, the people moved aside for the big boss himself to come inside the changing room.

Lan Xichen entered, followed by Nie Mingjue–the hordes of their security people waited outside. Both of them saw the Jiang's siblings and could guess accurately what happened. And when Lan Xichen's gaze fell to Nie Mingjue's little brother–who suddenly cowered behind Jiang Cheng–he immediately knew what happened. 

Who else had the means and money to do the things like hire the thugs to hurt Wei Wuxian or pay someone to trash his changing room? And it seemed that Nie Mingjue had also come to the same conclusion, as he turned to Lan Xichen and spoke in a very cold voice.

"Xichen, I will respect whatever decision you make regarding… those people." He waved to the three people like they were some insignificant gnats. "After all, it's not the first time that my brother did stuff like this." Nie Mingjue looked at his brother with disappointment in his eyes. "I thought you learned your lesson after I cut your funds, but turns out no." He turned around and left, leaving everything to Lan Xichen–who was now looking at them with a cold glance in his eyes. He then spoke to Luo Binghe who stood beside him.

"Don't let them out of this room, we will wait for Wei Wuxian to decide what's going to happen to them." Luo Binghe nodded, and Lan Xichen gestured to Xie Lian to follow him. "You sbould prepare to spin this story if it gets out of control…" Both of them left the room while talking about how they should handle the press if this got leaked out. There was too many people, and people tended to talk, so they should contain it before. And Xie Lian was the best in containing scandal like this.

Wei Wuxian ended his performance with a high note and a single solo guitar then when the last note hit, the lights went out. 

Everybody gasped in surprise since there's no way Lan Xichen would tolerate this kind of a mistake–a power failure? And that's when suddenly a spotlight shone on the stage. 

In the middle of the stage, there was a grand piano, with Wei Wuxian sitting behind it. He started the beginning of the new song that he created just yesterday, and the audience began to whisper since Wei Wuxian had never played piano live.

But then their whispers turned to another gasp when they heard the sound of the violin. It was so clear, and so full of longing, it put tears in their eyes. And when another spotlight was up, they couldn't believe their eyes.

It was the Second Young Master Lan. 

It was the best worst-kept secret in their world of high and mighty, that the Second Young Master Lan–Lan Wangji–was dating the hottest commodity of the Lan's Entertainment, Wei Wuxian. And although they were both of the same gender, no one really cared, since they were both very handsome and very influential. 

Who wanted to cross the Lan's family?

And besides, the sales of the fanfiction, fanarts and all the doujins were soaring high. It seemed that there were a lot of fujoshi out there who shipped both of them.

They played a beautiful haunting love song in a duet without any singing. But it was enough to convey the love they had for each other, and by the end of the song, there were almost no eyes that didn't get wet. They all clapped and gave a standing ovation for both of the beautiful men, when Lan Wangji held Wei Wuxian's hand and they walked back off stage.

Shen Qingqiu greeted them with a smile on his face as he dragged Wei Wuxian back to his changing room.

"You're going to have to see this." He gestured to Lan Wangji to follow them too. They entered his changing room and faced the barrage of people there, which confused Wei Wuxian. But Lan Wangji took a look at the people there–the Jiangs and little Nie–and he could deduce more or less what had happened.

"So, they're the stalker?" Lan Wangji spoke in a very cold voice. It seemed that the Lan's genes were superior in making feel like they were insignificant.

"Yes. We found them loitering here when there was no one around." Luo Binghe answered him in the same cold voice. He disliked the Jiangs, they were both shameless people who only thought about their own gain, and didn't care about Wei Wuxian at all.

"It was him!" Jiang Cheng suddenly shouted and pointed to Nie Huaisang–who looked mortified at the sudden exclamation. "I have nothing to do with what he did! He decided to trash your room and then hired people to kill you!" Jiang Cheng let go of Nie Huaisang's arms and took a step away from him. He decided to gamble that Wei Wuxian would take on his side, after all he was back together with Lan Wangji, and they would have tons of money. If he could get a portion of what he had…

When Jiang Cheng was deep in his thought, he didn't see that Nie Huaisang's expression had become… sad. After all, he did it all out of his love for the man, but he didn't even acknowledge him. Rather, he fed him to the sharks. 

He knew he had lost his brother's trust, especially since this was not the first time he did it. Back when he was with Su Minshan, he did it too–even almost got cheated by him out of his inheritance. That's why his brother restricted his allowance to not let anything like that happened again. But what a fool he was because once again he was blinded by a so-called love.

Nie Huaisang knew Jiang Cheng never loved him. He just used him as a stepping stone to get a richer man or woman who's willing to keep him. Hell, he even tried to seduce his brother–who looked at the man as if he was the most disgusting thing in the world. 

But he tried. He tried so hard to make the man love him. Even when he had to hurt another man to do it. And now he regretted everything. If only he could find someone like Lan Wangji who loved Wei Wuxian to the point of almost madness, he would die happily.

Then he decided that this was enough. He would not run away from his mistake again. This time he would face it, and maybe… maybe he would finally find some peace.

"Yes, I did it. I thought if I scared Wei Wuxian a little, he would be back to his family, but turned out I was wrong. He's already with his real family after all." Nie Huaisang sat on the couch and sighed heavily. "I'm sorry, Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji, all of you. I have no excuse."

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian watched as the small man shrunk deeper into himself, like he was done with everything. Lan Wangji then squeezed Wei Wuxian's hand, to give him courage.

"Hey, I didn't know that he was going to do it, Xianxian, I swear. All I want is just what we are owed…"

"What you are owed?" Wei Wuxian suddenly snapped back at Jiang Cheng's words. "Tell me, what do I owe you?" He moved forward with a menacing posture. 

Enough was enough. He couldn't believe that he gave in to the Jiang's demands even though he owed them nothing. The debt of being taken in when he was still a child was already paid in full when he gave up everything including the love of his life, to accommodate his so-called family.

Jiang Cheng took a step back and fell into a couch where Jiang Yanli was sitting and observing their conversation. This was the first time that he felt the menacing presence from Wei Wuxian, the pushover. Usually he just nodded and handed them all the money without any words. But now… he was different. And it made him scared shitless.

But then Jiang Yanli interfered with her soft spoken words, after all, she knew how to control her brothers, and Wei Wuxian was always wrapped around her little finger.

"Xianxian ah, don't be too angry. He meant that now we are in dire need of your help because of our family situation. It's not like you don't have enough money to help us a bit." She shrugged nonchalantly like she was a queen and Wei Wuxian was her subordinate. "Besides, you don't want your nephew and your soon-to-be-born niece to live in poverty, right?" Now she smiled sweetly as if it was her right to demand for everything that Wei Wuxian had.

Lan Wangji almost exploded when he heard the words that came out of Jiang Yanli's mouth, and apparently Luo Binghe, Shen Qingqiu, and all the other people there was also sick of it. They couldn't help but think of how this beautiful lady was as poisonous as a snake. But Wei Wuxian only smiled sweetly at his sister.

"Yanli-jie, you don't have to worry about the wellbeings of my nephews and soon-to-be-born niece. I promise I will take a good care of them, since they are my blood after all." 

Jiang Yanli smirked at her apparent win. Shewas about to say her gratitude when Wei Wuxian continued to speak.

"But." He stopped Jiang Yanli from speaking. "I will not provide for your family, and Jiang Cheng, and Madam Yu anymore. Don't worry, I will give you and Madam Yu each a moderate house and one small car–a minivan for you and your growing family, jie–but I will not give you money. You are all still young and healthy, and I think it's about time that you get a work to provide for yourself, like normal people. You too, Jiang Cheng. You can stay with your parents until you get a work. I'm sure they won't mind."

Jiang Yanli was stunned because her charm did not work on Wei Wuxian as usual, and she got angry. Her life, her husband, her dignity, were all in line. If she didn't get money, she would be the butt of the jokes of the society, and her husband could divorce her too. What would she do with two brats and no money? Work? It was never in her dictionary. She studied Japanese as her university subject, because it was in all the rage at that time. And she never used it. She never worked for a day in her life. She was supposed to marry a rich man and being the socialite wife after she pumped out a kid or two. Not like this. Not like this.

"How could you?" Jiang Cheng yelled at Wei Wuxian. He was sick to the stomach thinking that he had to work like normal human. He was Wei Wuxian's brother! The superstar! The boyfriend of one of the richest men alive! Why only him could enjoy the fortune? "You're such a selfish man! We took you in when you were just an illegitimate kid from a whore who seduced my father! We fed you, and we clothed you! We even pay for your study in music! We are the reason you can be this famous, and now you bail away from helping us?" He took a step forward but Luo Binghe's men restrained him. His eyea were blood red and he was frustrated, while Jiang Yanli was crying beside him. It was all a mess there. 

But Wei Wuxian did not budge at all, as Lan Wangji was afraid he would. Instead, he held Lan Wangji's hand in his and he smiled at his half siblings.

"I think, by giving you free rein to my money for the last five years, is a payback enough. Don't you think so, Lan Zhan?" Wei Wuxian looked at Lan Wangji softly, with love in his eyes. He was so lucky he met this man when he needed him the most. He was his rock, his compass, his everything. And for him to start a new life, he had to end the old one. 

"My lawyer will contact you guys for the settlement of everything. I sincerely hope everything will work out for you." He signaled Luo Binghe to take the three of them out of his changing room.