Wei Wuxian took a quick shower in the adjoined room's bathroom, then he picked a shiny black qipao short dress with black 3D matte phoenix embroidery to wear. The dress was actually Shen Qingqiu's special design for him, and he loved it. It was edgy but understated, just what he liked. He completed the look with five centimeters Louboutin black pumps adorned with black spikes which emphasized his beautiful legs, and black onyx earrings. He took a deliberate touch with his makeup, black winged eyeliner, and ombre pure red tinted gloss. He knew what worked best for him since he often wore makeup and dressed like a woman back when he was still in his original body. Now, he looked just like a demon goddess who just ascended from hell.

He was just in the middle of painting his nails when Lan Wangji entered, and paused. Well, as a matter of fact, his sitting position was not flattering at all, but he needed the position to paint his toenails, and the other nails on his feet.

Lan Wangji's face was a mixture of amusement and adoration, and he was on the verge of smiling, seeing the weird position that Wei Wuxian was in.

"Please don't laugh." Wei Wuxian groaned in embarrassment. "I'm trying to reserve the last of my dignity here."

"What dignity?" Lan Wangji sat beside him and took over his feet to paint them. "Here, let me help you."

"You can do my nails too?" Wei Wuxian pretended to gasp. "I swear to god, if I didn't know you, I would have taken you as an android. Or a mythical being. There's no way a manly man like you should have any reason to paint a woman's toenails."

"Oh? And what kind of thing would a manly man do besides painting his wife's toenails?"

Wei Wuxian blushed, but he pushed on.

"Beating their chests loudly, exerting their dominance, fighting for the head of the pack's position, world domination, you know, man's stuff." He shrugged nonchalantly, while his heart was beating so loud inside his ribcage, he hoped the man did not hear it.

"Did you just compare me with a gorilla? I wonder if your education consisted of your parents just putting you in front of the TV and turning Animal Kingdoms on." Lan Wangji chuckled and shook his head in mock disbelief.

"No, they put the zombie apocalypse movie on. All. The. Time." Wei Wuxian smiled fondly remembering his parents. "I can quote you every single line in every episode of Walking Dead and all Resident Evil's movies. Alice was my hero." He was so proud it made Lan Wangji's heart melt in fondness.

"I'll just take your word for it." He kissed Wei Wuxian's slim ankle and moved up to his thigh in butterfly kisses.

"I used to dream of becoming Alice in Resident Evil, you know." Wei Wuxian shuddered in pleasure. He almost moaned out loud but he refrained from doing so by biting his lips. He tried to think about the zombie apocalypse, maybe that would help with his situation and diverted his dirty thoughts somewhere else. Unfortunately it did not work, since Lan Wangji was too potent for his own good.

"Oh? What's stopping you?" Lan Wangji continued to kiss the inner thigh while putting his ankle on his shoulder. He could see the beginning of the phoenix tattoo in Wei Wuxian's inner thigh, and he bit it lightly then lapped at it.

"My mother wouldn't like it if I killed anyone, so… oh…" Wei Wuxian gasped with pleasure. "If you keep doing that, we're definitely going to miss dinner."

"I have my dinner here, in front of me." Lan Wangji continued to nibble Wei Wuxian's leg, but the latter pushed him away, albeit still trembling from the ecstasy. Another second he would be a puddle of mess begging to be ravished right there and then. And it would be rude, since Lan Wangji's mother was the one who invited them. He was just fulfilling his filial piety toward the elders.

Lan Wangji sighed disappointedly and pulled Wei Wuxian on his knees and put on his heels. "I'm starting to regret this by the second." He offered his hand, in which Wei Wuxian took it. "Instead of spending quality time with you, we have to spend time with my family, who know no boundaries." Then he leaned close to Wei Wuxian and whispered in his ear. "By the way, you look very beautiful tonight, I almost want to ditch this dinner and lock this door for a week." Lan Wangji chuckled at the blushing Wei Wuxian as they went out of the room to see what the ruckus was about.

They went downstairs to find both Yuwen Xing and Qingheng Jun were already downstairs, and also Lan Xichen and Jiang Yanli. Hua Cheng was also there, as was Xie Lian, Shen Qingqiu, Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge. Dr. Xue was standing near the dessert table and munched on the fruit tart.

"Seems like a full house tonight." Wei Wuxian looked around while furrowing his brow. "Wonder what's the occasion."

"Our engagement probably." Lan Wangji answered nonchalantly, but judging from the others' semi-formal dress, Wei Wuxian suspected that he was the only one who did not know about… all this. He peeked at Lan Wangji's suit. It was black, with a dark grey shirt, and a dark red necktie, everything was a match to his dress.

"Did you forget to tell me something?"

"Just relax sweetheart." Lan Wangji kissed Wei Wuxian's temple, since he was almost as tall as him in those heels.

"Now you're scaring me." Wei Wuxian pinched Lan Wangji's waist, in which the latter retaliated by dipping him down and kissing him.

"Now that's what I called an entrance." Yuwen Xing clapped her hands followed by the others, making Wei Wuxian blushed and tried to get away but Lan Wangji held him tight.
Yuwen Xing then spoke to everyone in the room, and everyone including Xiao Xingchen and the helpers listened to her tentatively.

"We're all gathered here, friends, family, to have dinner together, since Qingheng and I are rarely here, no other reason, and also because I want to know more about my daughters-in-law. So please, enjoy the food."

Wei Wuxian was walking to the bar when suddenly an arm hooked him and dragged him away from the crowd.

"So, spill," Shen Qingqiu put him down on the couch between Luo Binghe and Liu Qingge. "Both of you, restrain him until he tells us what happened."

"What happened to what?" Wei Wuxian was now confused.

"I heard that you were involved in a pedophile case?" Shen Qingqiu sat in front of him.

Wei Wuxian looked at Liu Qingge and whispered, "traitor." But Liu Qingge only shrugged nonchalantly while eating some popcorn shrimps.

"That's not Qingge's fault, I peeked at his laptop and happened to find his history. Su Ruoyun? Who's that? Was he somehow involved with that one that you investigated before… nevermind, I don't think you remember anyway." Shen Qingqiu groaned in exasperation. "Should we slam your head to the wall so that you can remember everything?"

"Please don't do that to my fiance." Lan Wangji suddenly appeared with Hua Cheng, who chuckled at Shen Qingqiu's suggestion. "But maybe we can ask Dianxia about it."
 
"The only way to make Xianxian remember everything is when he makes a... full connection with his donor. And that's you, Wangji." Xie Lian suddenly appeared and sat beside Wei Wuxian, after shooing Luo Binghe away. He then pinched Wei Wuxian's cheek fondly. "I wonder what makes you hold yourself back," Xie Lian chuckled and then he came closer to Wei Wuxian and whispered something in his ear, "I know you want it to… I can basically feel the electricity between the two of you every time you're in the vicinity of each other."

Wei Wuxian suddenly blushed when he grasped the meaning behind Xie Lian's words. Shen Qingqiu looked like he was having an epiphany, and then he frowned.

"You mean, you haven't done it yet?" Wei Wuxian jumped and covered Shen Qingqiu's mouth with his hands. Fortunately Lan Wangji did not hear him, but Hua Cheng looked at him with a renewed interest. This was so interesting.
 
"Shut. The. Fuck. Up." Wei Wuxian hissed at Shen Qingqiu, but he slapped Wei Wuxian's hands away.

"Seriously dude, what makes you suddenly become a virgin maiden? I thought you've done it like, million times already, judging by how horny you were when you're inside Mo Xuanyu's body." Shen Qingqiu hissed back. "You better do it fast before we all lose our patience. There are a lot of information that's only available in your brain, and we need to access it fast."

"I'm fucking trying, Qiuqiu, do you know how hard it is to contain my libido nowadays? But I need more… more from him."

"Oh Jesus effing christ, did you just spout nonsense? What more do you want from him? A knight in shining armor like in those harlequin novels? Check. An overbearing CEO? Check. A horny hunk with six pack who thought of nothing besides ravishing you? Check. That man is head over heels with you, what else do you need? His heart on a silver plate? Wait, he had done that already . Check. So why don't you wiggle your tight ass and ask him to fuck you already and we can move on with our cases?"

"Well, if you put it like that…" Wei Wuxian couldn't help but agree with what Shen Qingqiu had said. What stopped him?  
 
Well, he was afraid, for one. True, that man went to hell and back just to be with him. 
 
But.
 
The truth about this… vessel, was so much more than what meets the eye. It was a long and complicated story.
 
Would Lan Wangji accept him when he knows the truth about this body? The truth about his true identity?
 
Until he resolved his doubts, there would be no sexy smexy times yet. He was not ready to get his heart broken. Not until he was one hundred and thirty percent sure that Lan Wangji loved him for who he is, not for the image he had of him.