The jail cells at the precinct smelled like urine, vomit, and something like rotten food and bad body odor and yet Jin Zixun was able to finally close his eyes because he was so tired from all the interrogations that lasted for days. His friends, Shu Minshan and Wen Xu, did the same. 

Wen Xu's father, Wen Ruohan, had washed all his hands off of his son's case, and he let the law do their job. Of course it was because of Lan Wangji who caught them red-handed, otherwise he would be in the precinct in a heartbeat with a top lawyer to find any loophole in whatever case he was involved in. This time, he could not do that, or else he would risk offending the Lans.

So, when they heard the door to the cell open, they were wondering who it was to visit them unannounced since they had become pariahs everywhere. When the man in the dark cloak entered, Su Minshan and Wen Xu cowered back to the corner, but the man grabbed Su Minshan and injected him with something, then it was Wen Xu's turn. Then the man looked at the still-sleeping Jin Zixun and he smiled before injecting the last dosage. 

Then he waited.

It did not take long for the dosage to kick in, and soon, he took all three men out of the cell, to do what he was told to do. Testing the merchandise. And there was nothing better than to let them loose on the one who was the reason for them to get caught.

Jiang Cheng had already finished his shift when he entered his apartment, to the smell of something good cooking. He walked to the kitchen to see Wen Qing was stirring something on the big pot. He put his bag down, loosened his tie and walked up to Wen Qing and sat on the kitchen stool. 

"What's cooking?" He was genuinely happy because Wen Qing seemed to be calmer these days. And she was willing to come to his place and cook for him. That was a huge progress since she refused to have anything to do with anyone ever since she was kidnapped and shot back then, which resulted in Mo Xuanyu's death. She seemed very guilty because she was the one who worked together with Mo Xuanyu's kidnapper, Meng Airan, and caused her unfortunate demise. But Jiang Cheng tried to be positive, since Lan Wangji did not seem too heartbroken about it. Which said something about his character. Other than the obvious flaw, he only admired Lan Wangji for his smarts.

Wen Qing looked at him with a smile on her face. Ever since that tragedy, she started to open her heart to Jiang Cheng, who always listened to her without any judgment. After a while, she started to come over and cooked for him. Nothing physical happened yet between them, but she could sense that she was starting to feel something toward this man.

"Go wash your hands and get ready to eat. I made pork ribs and lotus root soup, with honey barbecued pork belly." Wen Qing prepared the table and put the dishes out. 

"What's the occasion?" He washed his hands and quickly wiped it on the hand towel which Wen Qing had prepared. Ever since she came over more often than not, he noticed the small things that had started to appear, for example this hand towel. The old Jiang Cheng would have just wiped his wet hand on his pants instead of using this dainty, feminine stuff. Yet, he did not mind at all. It gave a certain homey feelings to his usual spartan apartment.

"Ah, there's a big sale on pork belly and pork ribs, so I bought them in a bulk. I made these and freeze the rest, I will come back tomorrow to cook something else with the rest of them." Wen Qing looked sheepish.

"Can you make triple cooked pork belly and crispy one?" Jiang Cheng sat at the table and started to ladle the soup while Wen Qing prepared a bowl of hot fluffy rice and gave it to him.

"Sure, I'll prepare it today, so that you can eat it tomorrow. It's better to sit for a day before you eat it." Wen Qing then took out the belly to thaw them before she marinated them.

"Stop." Jiang Cheng held Wen Qing's hand and pulled her to the table, then sat her down. "Eat first, you can do whatever you like later." He took another bowl and filled it with rice.

Wen Qing took it and they started to eat in comfortable silence.

It was until after they finished their meal that Jiang Cheng's phone rang. He picked it up and listened to the other side talk.

"I'll be right there." Jiang Cheng quickly stood up and took his gun and badge before he turned around and spoke to Wen Qing. "I'm sorry but I need to go. Someone broke Jin Zixun and his friends out of jail fifteen minutes ago. You are welcome to stay the night, since I doubt I will be home tonight."

Wen Qing nodded, "I'll wait for you."

Jiang Cheng paused for a second. He never thought that Wen Qing would agree, and something about her seemed off today.  But he had more important things to do now, so they would probably talk later. Then he nodded and left the apartment.

Jin Su was waiting in the dark for the party to be over, and that was when she would make her move, killing that bitch and claiming her position in her husband's heart. By now she was absolutely sure that the bitch was using some kind of black magic to make the perfect Lan Wangji neglected his duties as a husband and a father, she just had to save him from further degradation by that witch. She was thankful for the upgrade she was given, she felt much stronger, clearer, and she was so strong could lift a car. She was pretty sure that she could kill and obliterate the witch's body to cancel her black magic. So she waited, and waited, patiently, just like a predator stalking its prey.

The party was over a little after midnight, with Shi Qingxuan quickly leaving by herself, mumbling that she had something important to do with a flushed face and trembling body. Wei Wuxian and Xie Lian looked at her with amusement on their faces. They knew exactly what happened and they would grill her tomorrow, right now there were a few people left including Yuwen Xing, Qingheng Jun, and He Xuan. They were just about to leave when Wei Wuxian's hidden com device beeped, and Liu Qingge's voice was heard from it. He was hiding somewhere high to monitor their surroundings with his sniper rifle.

"Just heard from the police scanner that three little dumbasses apparently escaped custody. What are the odds that they will come here soon?" Shen Qingqiu told them from his position on top of a tree somewhere.

Lan Wangji heard the same, and he signaled Hua Cheng to bring their Grandfather and parents inside for safety.

"Oh and also I found a little rat has been observing you, she would probably show herself soon. If not, Binghe will take care of her."

"Roger." Wei Wuxian knew that he had to secure Lan Wangji and He Xuan inside too, he could not take risk, even if he already shared his power. Wei Wuxian then turned to face Lan Wangji, to beg him to go inside, although he knew it was futile.

"I will stay by your side." Lan Wangji pulled Wei Wuxian closer and kissed his forehead. "We're in this together, right?" 

"But what about He Xuan?" Wei Wuxian looked over at He Xuan, who looked very calm despite sensing that something was not right.

"He'll be fine." Lan Wangji looked at He Xuan and nodded. "You will see why he is the head of Western Yuwen's Corporation, the job that no one would want since it was very dangerous."

"Incoming at two o'clock." Liu Qingge spoke again. 

"The rat moves." Shen Qingqiu added.

"Well, it seems that we will have fun tonight. Right Xie Lian?" Wei Wuxian cracked his knuckles. "When was the last time we had this kind of trouble?" He chuckled while Xie Lian was thinking. 

"Please, you always make trouble everywhere you go. Don't think I forgot about the last time you destroyed my ride." Xie Lian chuckled remembering that. "Ah, those were the fun times."

Just right then, a figure in all black jumped down from the tree and headed toward Wei Wuxian at a very fast speed.

"Keep your dogs out of this, I'm itching for a good fight." Wei Wuxian moved away from them and blocked the figure movement only to see that it was Jin Su. "Hey, we meet again." He pulled a small curved knife out of thin air and slashed it at Jin Su. "You know, I'm kinda busy here, so I will finish you soon. Which part do you prefer? Arm? Leg?" Wei Wuxian spoke at Jin Su with an annoyingly teasing tone, and it caused Jin Su to get angrier as she took out her gun.

"I was thinking about giving you mercy, let you recant your black magic before I kill you quickly, but now I changed my mind." Jin Su shot him, in which he did not make a move to avoid the bullet, instead the bullet stopped an inch away from his face, as if it hit an invisible wall. 

"The arm it is." Wei Wuxian grinned and he cut Jin Su's arm in a flash with his small knife, leaving it hanging, but not fully separated from the body. 

Jin Su screamed and dropped her gun, but the next second, they all saw how the red plasm liquid repaired her arm, stitching it together like new. Then out of nowhere, her head was shot by a sniper bullet by Liu Qingge and she dropped down, unmoving. Wei Wuxian quickly moved closer to inspect her to see the nanites had already worked hard to repair her fatal wound.

"Interesting." He Xuan was amazed by Wei Wuxian's quick and efficient assassin-like move, and now the red nanites on the other girl's body. "I feel like I'm watching a scifi movie right now."

"Yeah? Try to live with her twenty four seven." Lan Wangji chuckled and Xie Lian laughed, because the statement was correct.

"I see you have a very interesting life, Wangji, and a very interesting fiance too." He Xuan observed them with keen eyes. But the next thing they knew, a car entered from the main gate and it stopped in front of them, with three familiar faces coming out of it. Their eyes were red, and their movements were faster than any human.

"This is a perfect chance to do some field tests, He Xuan." Lan Wangji waved at the fastly approaching men.

"You read my mind, Wangji." He Xuan grinned as he pressed his futuristic looking watch, and the next second his body was engulfed by a matte black nanites that formed a full bodysuit, from top to toe.

"Well well well, I see that you have something in your sleeve too, Lan Wangji." Xie Lian observed the Black Panther look-alike suit–sans the ears–and admired the sleek design. "Nanites and… biotech?" He asked Lan Wangji.

"Yes. The only prototype in the world." Lan Wangji answered while He Xuan started to move toward the three men with speed and executed one perfect fluid movement to wipe all three of them at once. But they only went down for precisely five second before they stood up again.

On the other side, Wei Wuxian also started to feel annoyed with Jin Su, who refused to die. And every time she was resurrected, her eyes became redder and she behaved more and more like an animal. The same thing happened to the three dumbasses, and Lan Wangji was about to help when Xie Lian stopped him.

"Let Xianxian do this. This is just like a child's play for him."

Lan Wangji looked at the situation and decided to see for a while when Hua Cheng joined them.

"Oh? He Xuan is playing too?" He observed him and Wei Wuxian. "Those are people injected with nanites?" He asked Lan Wangji.

"Yeah, the same one with the one we collected from the pier."

"Goddammit! They are like fucking cockroaches!" Wei Wuxian yelled in frustration. "You should be proud that I, Wei Wuxian, will show you the actual reason why I am called the Grim Reaper."