"No?" Lan Zhan's lips press tight after the word; the courtesy name is a deliberate snub, pushing at his tenderest feelings. He knows it. Wei Wuxian is baiting him. He's always baiting him. "I must be mistaken, having carried Wei Ying to safety and made sure he was fed. Or is this someone else? Hanguang-Jun and Yiling Laozu?"

This isn't what he wants, he screams inwardly. He doesn't want a goddamned fight. He just wants this man to stop hurting himself. Why is it so hard to have Wei Wuxian care about himself?

"Don't answer," he says after a pause that makes him nearly choke on the words. "Confidant of a lifetime. Is that life is over, then? Wei Wuxian is buried, and the only thing that remains is Yiling Laozu?"

What am I to you?