#mdzs.ets

“Wen Duzhe!” Wei Ying ran up to you as you exited the hut you were staying at.

“Wei Wuxian,” You stated as you walked slowly toward Wei Ying.

“Wen Duzhe?” Wei Ying questioned as he slowed down after noticing your mood.

“W.e.i.W.u.x.i.a.n!” You are slowly repeating Wei Ying’s name. Wei Ying stopped five feet from you before slowly walking away from you. “You idiot!” you started chasing after Wei Ying when he started running from you.

“Wen Duzhe, why are you chasing me!?” Wei Ying yelped.

“Why, huh? I don’t know, maybe because you left me with your Sect!” you yelled your reply. As mentioned before, you had done the same stunt at Cloud Recesses before at Lotus Pier. But then Wei Ying had left with Wen Qing, leaving your unconscious self at Lotus Pier. Standing between Madam Jiang’s and Jiang Cheng’s wrath was Jiang Yanli as you befriended the girl back at Cloud Recesses. “Jiang Cheng did not like me back then, and he definitely does not like me right now!” You tackled Wei Ying to the ground and pinched his cheeks.

“Wait! Wait! Yield! I yield!” Wei Ying yelped as you started bonking his head with yours. “Please have mercy!”

—

You are in a meeting to discuss the future of the remaining Wens with Lan Zhan, Wei Ying, Wen Qing, and,

“It’s that A-Ning!?” You squealed and pointed at the fierce corpse that is your cousin.

“Duzhe-xiongjie,” Wen Ning mumbled. You may or may not have cried at your failure to save Wen Ning from becoming a fierce corpse. After crying from not only being unable to save Wen Ning from his fate but also breaking down from the heavy burden you had carried since transmigrating into MDZS.

“Feeling better, Wen Duzhe?” Wei Ying asked as he gently patted your back. You sniffed before replying,

“Not really, but I will be,” You sighed.

“Duzhe-dimei[4],” Wen Qing called.

“Yes?” You replied.

“I... I know you're in shock, but I must ask, how long did you plan that?” Wen Qing asked.

“... Plan what?” You replied. That is a too stupid response you thought, internally screeching. Wen Qing looked at you unconvinced and disappointed.

“You know what I mean,” Wen Qing now looked disappointed and upset, not the angry upset that often appeared on her face. But the helpless upset that you would sometimes see only when Wen Qing thought she was alone. A hand gently grabbed your right hand, and it was Lan Zhan who was holding your right hand.

“Wen Duzhe, it is not good to lie,” Lan Zhan too looked upset in his subtle way. He was even patting your right hand.

“It was surprising to see you appear at Yunmeng and then poison your own clan, a simple spread of powder that easily weakened your clansmen,” Wei Ying said. You internally sweated as Wen Qing was in front of you, Wei Ying was behind you, Lan Zhan was at your right, and Wen Ning was at your left. You are boxed in, you cannot escape from this conversation.

“At Gusu too,” Lan Zhan added.

“Duzhe-dimei, please,” Wen Qing pleaded.

“...” You sighed. “Alright, I give,” You begin to explain that since your preteens, you had always known that your sect leader was an awful person and that his sons would be too. So you plan to poison everyone but the children, the elderly, and the innocents. You researched and experimented on plants that at first would remain dormant, only to become poisonous by another plant mixed in.

“And you tested yourself?” Wen Ning asked, remembering your lab in a hidden cave.

“Yes,” You replied.

“Duzhe-dimei!” Wen Qing went to your left to clench at your left hand, Wen Ning moved out of the way. “You-! You went to the infirmary so many times I-I, was that the reason?“ She checked your meridians as you nodded your head. You felt Lan Zhan pouring his spiritual energy into you.

“As mentioned, the poison is two steps. Part one was a tasteless, undetectable, dormant poison that was to be ingested with food I helped prepare, and part two was a powdered poison that was to be inhaled. I have fed everyone who shared our sect leader’s ideology part one, and during the battles, I spread part two,” You snickered “Well part one was not technically a poison as it would not have gotten past the poison test tasters, hence why the poisoning process was in two parts,”

“Wen Duzhe, your golden core, and dantian. Even your meridian is…” Lan Zhan said.

“Even if someone survived, the poison will devour their cultivation.” You smiled an empty smile.

“Then-!” Wen Qing channeled her spiritual energy as noticed what Lan Zhan noticed. “How are you still alive!?”

“It surprised me too, to be honest. I had planned to die after taking down the forces in Gusu, but here we are,” You shrugged. You were then hugged fiercely by Wei Ying from behind.

“Y-you stupid- foolish- whatever!” Wen Qing sobbed. Better me than Wei Ying, as this was his place, you thought.

“Better me than you guys,” You said.

—

After being scolded and lectured with the promise of being hut-arrested to heal. Your group went on to discuss the next topic, the future.

“I think we should change our last name,” You suggested. “It would be good to separate ourselves from Wen to something else,”

“To what though?” Wen Qing asked. You gave a shit-eating grin and looked at Wei Ying.

“To Wei!” You cheerfully suggested.

“Huh!?” Wei Ying flinched in surprise, which meant jostling you as Wei Ying moved to your left, throwing an arm around your shoulder. Lan Zhan is still holding your right hand and channeling his spiritual energy.

“You did a lot for my family, Wei Ying, and I would be more than happy if we could become family,” You said.

“I don’t refute that,” Wen Qing commented.

“I would like that as well,” Wen Ning added.

“Ah, but then there are the more bloodthirsty cultivators. We probably need a clan to back us up,” You looked at Wei Ying and then at Lan Zhan. “Since Wei Ying is here and given that Jiang Cheng doesn’t like me..” You trailed off and the others got what you meant, Yunmeng Jiang is a no-go. “Lan Zhan, do you think you could convince your family?”

“...hm, I will make sure,” Lan Zhan replied.

“Don’t stick your head out for us too much, Lan Zhan. I do not want you to be in trouble,” You added.

“I want you to be safe,” Lan Zhan said.

“Thank you,” You had a dumb thought and since you were still very drained, you voiced it “Eheheh I had a dumb thought, even if we became Yiling Wei, Wei Ying is considered a traitor to the Jiang, and I don’t know, what if Wei Ying and I married Lan Zhan,” However Lan Zhan stared thoughtfully at you and Wei Ying. “Lan Zhan?”

—

“Huh,” Somehow, you are in Jingshi which has been decorated in vibrant reds. You too are decorated in vibrant reds, in the bridal wedding robes red. Wei Ying is also sitting next to you, in bridal wedding robes, on the bed decorated in red. In the Jingshi which has been decorated in red for a wedding couple, technically throuple in this situation.

“You alright Shen Duzhe?” Jiang Yanli asked, giggling, after hiding Wei Ying’s shoes. Since you were to be married to Lan Zhan and Wei Ying, you decided to change your last name to Shen instead of Wei like all your other relatives.

“...No,” You replied.

“This was your idea,” Wei Qing said after hiding your shoes.

“I, I was joking,” You whined. Wei Qing was about to respond but heard a disciple announcing that Lan Zhan was coming soon.

“Your groom is coming soon, time for us to go,” Wei Qing and Jiang Yanli quickly left.

“Wei Ying, how the fuck did we get here?” You asked.

“It surprised me, too. After our meeting, that fuddy-duddy went and got permission for marriage, to me and you,” Wei Ying replied.

“I expected Lan Zhan to marry you, but me too?” You questioned.

“Huh? Me? Why not you? I thought he would marry you,” Wei Ying replied.

“Well, even though Lan Zhan does get annoyed with you, there is a look of fondness in his eyes towards you from what I observed,” You explained.

“Huh? When we go night hunting together, he sticks to you constantly,” Wei Ying said.

“What? We are not supposed to go by ourselves, though?” You questioned. You and Wei Ying stared at each other, probably. Your red veil and his red veil are hiding your face from each other. Wei Ying lifted his veil to show his face then he lifted your veil to see your face.

“Shen Duzhe, what do you feel about Lan Zhan and what do you feel about me? After all, I’m married as the main wife and Lan-furen but you married as just a consort,” Wei Ying asked.

“I…” You pondered and thought deeply about your feelings. “I do like you and Lan Zhan, but you and Lan Zhan are destined to be together. I don’t know why I’m here,”

“...I want to sleep with Lan Zhan and you,” Wei Ying stated. 

“Huh!?” If your cheeks were any thinner, you might have blushed. Wei Ying made direct eye contact with you and he can tell you are flustered. The door to Jingshi opened and Wei Ying put back his veil and your veil as well. Lan Zhan was quick to find Wei Ying’s shoes and your shoes. Lan Zhan left Wei Ying’s and your shoes by the bed.

“Wei Ying, Shen Duzhe,” Lan Zhan called.

“Lan Zhan-er-gege~” Wei Ying replied.

“Ugh,” You replied in embarrassment. You begin to grow even more flustered, as now is the consummation. You internally questioned if you really were going to have a threesome. Lan Zhan stepped closer to you and Wei Ying. Taking off your veil and Wei Ying’s veil, you stared at Lan Zhan’s face, blue screening.

“Shen Duzhe,” Lan Zhan called. He was standing between your legs, holding you in his arms. You felt Wei Ying move to sit as close as possible to you, side-hugging you and laying his head on your shoulder. Your mind is too empty to think. Wei Ying chuckled near your ears and you shivered as his breath hit your ear. Lan Zhan moved his face close to yours but he ended up kissing Wei Wing over your shoulder. WangXian is kissing over your shoulder while they are hugging you.

“I think A-Duzhe needs a moment, how about you play with this wife first~“

[4]  Like how xiongjie probably means “older siblings” 弟妹 dimei would probably mean “younger siblings”

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I have not reached at any point, till now, of writing about kissing in any fanfiction

Somehow you befriended Wei Ying, but at the same time, he cast his misfortune on you and now you're forced to be punished with him. At least you can have a closer look at Lan Zhan, but you awkwardly make eye contact with him each time he catches you staring blatantly at him. You are also not looking forward to the teasing from the Wen son you-forgot-the-name-of or Wen Qing scolding.

“Lan Zhan! Lan Zhan!” Wei Ying called out repeatedly. Normally, you would feel annoyed at becoming an invisible third wheel, but this is WangXian in front of you. It is also entertaining to analyze Lan Zhan’s facial movements. You are already wishing for this moment to last a bit longer as in the future, you hope that these two will not be too mad with your actions as you already become attached to them.

“Wen Duzhe!” Wei Ying called out, snapping you out of your thoughts.

“Yes?” you replied.

“It’s dinnertime.” Lan Zhan announced.

“Oh, alright,” you got up and followed the two to the dining hall. You had actually finished long ago but wanted to continue to observe the two leads. Even when you are walking behind the two as Wei Ying is walking next to Lan Zhan, chatting his ears off, they occasionally glance at you. You truly wish that this moment would last a little longer.

—

“Ah” You shiver as though you have been doused in ice-cold water. You tried to stop Wei Ying from pulling on Lan Zhan’s forehead ribbon but were not only unsuccessful but the other end of Lan Zhen’s ribbon got tangled in your arm guard. Thus you and Wei Ying untangled Lan Zhan’s forehead ribbon with Wei Ying holding one end and your arm guard holding the other. You internally scream, oh fuck, repeatedly. Luckily, Lan Zhan was mostly mad at Wei Ying seeing as you yourself were not holding his ribbon and it took a bit for Lan Zhan to untangle his ribbon from your arm guard. “I-I’m sorry,”

“... Hm,” Lan Zhan replied, holding your wrist a bit too long.

—

This is it, you thought as you walked towards Lan Zhan, Cloud Recesses burning around you.

“Wen Duzhe?” Lan Zhan questioned.

“It’s been a while, Lan Wanji,” you greeted as you stood beside him. Your cousin noticed you standing beside Lan Zhahn.

“Duzhe-er! What exactly are you doing here?” He yelled. You simply smiled at him and threw the bag you had in your hand as high as you could, then pierced it with a knife, making the bag explode. Your special powder spread everywhere and slowly your cousin and his soldiers started coughing up blood, surprising the nearby Lans and Lan Zhan. “You! Ack, what did you do!”

“Well, one should always make sure to know where their food comes from,” you replied. Lan Zhan noticed the dark look in your eyes. “Was I not even a little suspicious when I took every opportunity to be on kitchen duty?” One by one, the Wen soldiers collapse as your cousin coughed up a bloody storm. “Of course, I believe that if you do not eat the food you serve, you should not serve it at all,”

Lan Zhan watched as blood dripped from your nose and placed a hand on your back as you swayed slightly.

“Unlike you guys, I have built up resistance. My time in the medical wing was not me having a weak constitution but recovering from poisoning myself,” You collapsed on your knees as Lan Zhan followed to support you. Panting slightly, your vision slowly blackened. You did this at Yunmeng Jiang too, which allowed the Sect to come out with not too much death and Jiang Cheng not to lose his gold core. “Lan... Zhan,” you slowly turned your head as Lan Zhan positioned you so that he could cradle you.

“Wen Duzhe,” Lan Zhan replied.

“Wei… Wei Ying, you need to,” you shuddered as the poison coldly coursed through you. “Find Wei Ying,”

“Yes, I will find Wei Ying,” At Lan Zhan's confirmation to find Wei Ying, you stopped resisting. “Wen Duzhe? Wen Duzhe!”

[1] From my research to make this gender-neutral!Duzhe. 兄弟姐妹 Xiongdijiemei means “siblings'' but that is an eyeful in pinyin so I shorten it to 兄姐 xiongjie to make it “Older siblings'' plus it looks better than gejie

[2] 堂弟 Tangdi means “Younger male paternal cousin”

After weeks of isolation with only Lan Yuan as company, someone else came to bother you.

“Wen Duzhe,” A stern voice called out after he slammed Lan Yuan’s door open. You refused to turn around and continued to gaze out the window. You can hear him marching up to you. “Wen Duzhe, how long are you going to continue to hide away?”

“... Does it matter? I’m nothing but a walking corpse on borrowed time,” You said after a moment of silence.

“Who said you are going to die?” He asked.

“I’m a Wen dog, aren't I? The last member of the tyrannical Qishan Wen Clan,” You replied.

“You are not going to die anytime soon,” He stated.

“Why? Are you going to torment me? To atone for my clan's wrongdoing?” You questioned.

“No,” He replied. You heard him sitting across from you. “You are alive because you… you are one of my Shixiong’s beloved people,” He explained.

“What?” You snapped your head to look at Jiang Cheng. This is out of character, you thought, blue screening.

“And because you saved the Jiang’s disciples, it’s sect Leader, and it’s Madam, the Yunmeng Jiang owes a debt to you,” Jiang Cheng said. “Yunmeng Jiang as well as Gusu Lan will pardon and support Wen Duzhe,”

“...Hahahahahahaha” You laughed out of despair and then sobbed. Which surprised Jiang Cheng as he rushed over to you as you keeled over as you cried. “Jiang Cheng, how am I supposed to live without my family? Without my Tangjie and Tangdi? Without Wei Ying?”

“Well,” Jiang Cheng started and looked by the doorway.

“Xiongjie…” Called out a soft voice. Ah, how could you have forgotten, your precious Tangdi became a fierce corpse.

“A-Ning?”

—

Jiang Cheng and Wen Ning were able to coerce you into a meeting with Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji. They all explained in detail what had happened during your coma. And the reason Jiang Cheng was so nice to you was because Jiang Yanli had actually visited your bedside often and he learned of the sacrifice you made from Wen Qing before her death.

“How ironic, I was ready to die yet I am the only one to live,” You sardonically smiled. “My gold core, dantian, and meridians are eroding away from my own creation. What use is there for me to still be here,” Your thoughts spiraled as survivor’s guilt ate away at you.

“Wen Duzhe,” Your right hand was held in Lan Wangji’s hands. “Please,”

“Lan Wangji, what are you pleading for?“ You asked.

“For Wen Duzhe to stay at Gusu and not go away too,” Lan Wangji replied.

“Too…” Your thought cleared as you looked at Lan Wangji who kneeled before you with his head hanging down. You took a quick glance at Lan Xichen and Jiang Cheng and huffed. These idiots are worried about a fallen cultivator who was related to Wen Ruohan, they even went as far as to hold an intervention with the fallen cultivator. “Whatever, I give,” You mumbled

“Wen Duzhe,” Lan Wangji said as he looked at you.

“There are still some more things I need to do,” You said.

“What else do you need to do?” Lan Xichen asked. You stared at him then smiled an empty smile.

“You’ll see,” You said.

“Wen Duzhe, what are you planning?” Jiang Cheng demanned.

“Xiongjie?” Wen Ning questioned.

“Just preventing something,” You replied. Lan Wangji held both of your hands.

“Wen Duzhe must not die,” Lan Wangji stated but you just smiled. “Wen Duzhe,"

—

Meeting Jin Ling was great, he is a cute baby, and seeing Lan Yuan interact with him was even cuter. Meeting Nie Mingjue was not, however. Jiang Cheng invited you to Jin Ling’s birthday and while Jin Guangyao and Jin Guangshan were probably not happy about it since Lan Xichen and Jiang Fengmian supported you he can’t do anything to kick you out.  And it was nice meeting Jiang Fengmian though.

“Ack,” As you were on your way to the bathroom you were wall-slammed by Nie Mingjue.

“You,” Nie Mingjue said.

“Hello, Sect Leader Nie,” You greeted.

“I’m watching you,” He said.

“I know,” You replied.

“You're untrustworthy,” He said.

“Despite defeating evil?” You asked.

“You are a wen,” He replied.

“A wen who killed off the rotten roots. You and the others are the ones who finished off the good green roots,” You said.

“You betrayed and dishonorably defeated your sect,” He said.

“What else did you want me, a single person, to do? Raise a secret army? Usurped Wen Rouhan? I don’t want power and I put my life on the line to defeat them all!” You yelled. Nie Mingjue was about to yell back before you coughed up a storm. You did not escape your own poisoning unscathed after all. The poison has entered your heart and while you are taking medicine to dilute it, it leaves your heart pretty weak so being riled up is not suitable for you. Blood dripped from your mouth and onto the floor, some of it got on the bottom of your robe and Nie Mingjue. You slowly slide down the wall as you become dizzy.

“Wen Duzhe!” Lan Wangji pushed Nie Mingjue away from you and lifted you into his arms. The conversation, the slight anger towards the situation, and the guilt of ruining Lan Wangji’s night pushed your heart and you ended up passing out.

—

“Duzhe-xiongjie! Duzhe-xiongjie!” Someone whisper-yelled at you slowly stirring into waking. You turned to who was calling you and it was Nie Huaisang, someone you had actually needed to meet.

“Ah, you're here,” You said.

“Yes, we need to discuss it quickly. Lan Wangji has been guarding your room and I don’t think I can sneak in again,” Nie Huaisang stated. This was the thing you needed to do, together with Nie Huaisang, you planned to prevent his brother’s death. The reason Nie Huaisang believed you was because he trusted you. You guys hung out often, when you were not third-wheeling WangXian or when Wei Ying was pulling you around, during your lecture days, and even after when it was over. Plus you hinted at him with your knowledge and he respected that you did not want to reveal in full of your knowledge.

“I wrote some plans down, it’s in that drawer over there,” You pointed at and Nie Huaisang went to grab it. You and Nie Huaisang discuss as deeply as possible before Lan Wangji returns.

—

“Xiongjie!” Lan Yuan called as he ran up to you with a basket of lettuce. “A-Yuan as food for the bunnies!‘ He giggled.

“I see that,” You smiled.

“Lan Jingyi greets Wen-Qianbei!” Lan Jingyi greeted. You smiled at him and patted his head. You are glad that Lan Yuan made a friend.

“I see that you learned mannerisms,” You commented.

“What! Xiongjie, me too!” Lan Yuan whined tugging at your sleeve after setting down the basket.

“Yes, yes, Lan Yuan did good too,” You patted Lan Yuan’s head. You sat down with Lan Yuan and Lan Jingyi and threw a blanket over yourself and the two children. They cuddle up to you.

“Qianbei! Tell us the next part now,” Lan Jingyi demanded.

“Alright, alright,” You had been telling stories from your previous lives to Lan Yuan and Lan Jingyi. And Jin Ling too when you visit Lotus Pier. “Robin Hood then…”

—

Currently, you are in a tense lunch with Nie Mingjue, Nie Hauisang, Lan Xichen, Lan Wangji, and Jin Guangyao. Nie Mingjue is glaring at you while Lan Wangji is subtly glaring at him. Lan Xichen and Nie Huaisang are trying to stop him but to no success and Jin Guangyao is smiling his fake smile. Earlier, you were hunting with Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji but unknown to you and Lan Wangji, Lan Xichen intentionally led the two of you to Qinghe Nie and met up with Nie Mingjue. Where Nie Mingjue happily invited Lan Xichen to lunch, he tensely out of courtesy invited you and Lan Wangji to lunch.

But it is convenient to your plan as you took a glance at Nie Huaisang. He smiled at you. You hope Nie Huaisang won’t be too mad at you for your slight deviation from the plan. No doubt Jian Cheng will be enraged when he hears what happened and you apologize in your heart for what your action will do to Lan Wangji.

—

This is it, you thought as you heard Nie Huaisang’s shouts. It is time to prevent Nie Mingjue’s qi deviation. You quickly ran to where Nie Mingjue, Nie Huaisang, and Jin Guangyao were and threw a knife to cut the strings of Jin Guangyao’s guqin. Nie Mingjue’s crazed gaze turned to you and he pushed Nie Huaisang out of his way to storm you.

“Da-ge! Stop! Duzhe-xiongjie, run away!” Nie Huaisang yelled and grabbed onto Nie Mingjue's sleeve but he was again pushed away and felled. You stared straight at Nie Mingjue as he charged at you and simply held onto him as he stabbed you straight through your stomach. As blood drips from your mouth you attach a necklace to Nie Mingjue. A special necklace made with a bright silver chain and a soft pink jade hanging, just for Nie Mingjue. The Yin energy was drained from Nie Mingjue into the necklace and yourself. Nie Mingjue’s saber was pulled out of your stomach as he fell away from you and you yourself fell away from him. “Da-ge! Duzhe-xiongjie!”

“Wen Duzhe!” Lan Wangji’s face appeared, panicking, in your view but slowly your vision was blackening.

“A-Jue!” You heard Lan Xichen yell.

“Duzhe-xiongjie! you-” Then Nie Huaisang's face appeared beside Lan Wangji’s, he was mad but also scared.

“I can’t live without them,” You whispered “So I will do one last act of goodness before meeting them,”

“Wen Duzhe, please, don’t go,” Lan Wangji cradled you like he did back during the invasion.

“I’m tired, Zhanzhan,” You mumbled.

“...” You can see his face fall to grief and agony “Will…Will Wen Duzhe find Wei Ying and at least see me before you go?”

“Ah,” You see his resignation and grief as clear as a blue sky despite the blackening vision from blood loss. “Of course,”

“Duzhe-xiongjie! Don’t you dare!” Nie Huaisang yelled uncharacteristically, and similarly to Jiang Cheng’s anger. You can feel Nie Huaisang grip your left arm. But you had already slipped into the darkness.

—

You are standing by Lan Yuan’s bed as he sleeps. A part of your mind recognized that you were dead but you just blankly lifted Lan Yuan’s blanket up to his chin.

“Xiongjie?” Wen Ning called. You blankly turned to look at him and just stared. He took in your appearance and his face filled with grief “Xiongjie, you are…” He cut himself off and looked at Lan Yuan. He took a deep breath, out of comfort then needing to actually breathe, and then kneeled to you. “Rest well, Xiongjie. Thank you for everything,”

—

“Wei Ying!”

“Wen Duzhe!”

And that’s a wrap.

Idk what happened to me but I just vomited Ending Two’s plot so sorry if was hard to follow, I'm open to criticism for this fanfic

Seriously, idk where my motivation came from

I was churning these out during work

I plan to write an extra for Destiny’s Design as Duzhe’s relationship with others was barely touched or the aftermath.