#Wei Wuxian is a dad that will would take his kids to get chicken wings after they were embarrassed lol

[luhanvirus]

Better to confront an old mistress than new young mistress

Lan Jingyi was looking for a good man for his Dad after the whole Jin Guangyao fiasco, without noticing that the good man was right in front of him.

N/A:  Idk what I’m doing, another incomplete Xicheng AU with the juniors. Mention of homoparental families. 

For the #CultivaTober2020, sorry if my English sucks. 

Day 20: Pillar

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Lan Jingyi was looking for a good man for his Dad after the whole Jin Guangyao fiasco, without noticing that the good man was right in front of him when he came with his friends to Lotus Pier. Sitting in a table next to a decorated pillar.

"Would you like some spicy chicken wings?" Jiang Cheng asked to Jingyi, after discussing with his nephew as always.

Jingyi smiled radiant at the idea to eat his favorite dish, "If it's not too much to ask.”

"Of course not", Jiang Cheng says smoothing his sharp features with a faint smile in his face before to get back to kitchen.

"I swear sometimes I don't get why my uncle loves you", Jin Ling complains. Looking for a charger around the pillar to charge his phone.

"Well, unlike you I'm polite."

Jin Ling roll his eyes while Jingyi and Zizhen laugh a little, knowing that it's half truth.

Jingyi was just like Jin Ling, but respectful with rules and his elders.

"If you could see it, Zizhen. Jingyi has his own toothbrush in the house, my uncle Cheng even asks me why he didn't came to visit us if he don't come in two weeks."

"Seems like you uncle adopted Jingyi."

"Kinda", agreed Jin Ling. 

Well, if Jingyi has to recall, Jin Ling’s uncle has always been nice to him despite he fought a lot with Jin Ling in school.

He couldn't recall why they always fight in first place, but he remembers the day that the principal called both parents and suspended both of them for three days. Jingyi's Dad wasn't in the city that time because he was in a business trip, so uncle Wangji came in his place and Jingyi was really scared to upset his uncle with his behavior.

Unlike his Dad, uncle Wangji was severe and cold.

Worse than grandpa Qiren.

Puppy eyes wouldn't work on him like it would work on his Dad, so Jingyi panicked already in the principal's office.

Even Jin Ling get discouraged when he met Lan Wangji cold gaze for first time, chosing to hide behind his uncle left arm when he saw the man storming in the office. Feeling relieved that someone would protect him.

Neither of them expected that both men knew each other.

And then, maybe because of that, Jin Ling's uncle proposed to invite Lan Jingyi to his house so he and Jin Ling could make the paces. Perhaps they could be friends after that.

Jingyi thought that there was not way that uncle Wangji could accept.

Not like he wanted to go, so he didn't mind.

However, uncle Wangji just looked at the other man in the eyes in silence before saying that he would ask to Jingyi's father his permission. Betraying Jingyi's trust for first time.

That night, through the phone, his father asked him to give the other boy a new chance to meet each other and try to befriend him.

But Jingyi didn't wanted to befriend a jerk like him.

Know him and if you still didn't like him after that. Then there is nothing to do, A-Yi. Said his Dad.

Jingyi sighed in the phone, knowing that his Dad got a good point.

So he went to Jin Ling’s house at the weekend.

Surprisingly, Jingyi ended enjoying the noisy meal in Jin Ling's house. Adoring the pork ribs and lotus root soup cooked by Jiang Cheng while Jin Ling's other uncle Wei Wuxian came to the table to tell them crazy stories of his travels to make them laugh as he annoyed his little brother in the way.

It was so different from the meals in his house, Jin Ling family were so noisy and warm that it was easy to get along with them.

Plus, they were loud as him and Jingyi loved it.

When his father came for him that night, he already changed his mind.

Jin Ling wasn't that bad as he thought.

So he keep that in mind, letting things flow and taking them as they come. He came to Jin Ling's house the next week and the next week after that.

Before he knew, he spended a lot of time in Jin Ling's house and they became best friends.

Getting a place in Jiang Cheng's heart was just a blessing.

Jingyi loved the bad tempered man and his delicious food since he was a kid, unlike his last attempt of stepfather who couldn't get his heart with fake smiles and sweet lies. 

Actually, Jiang Chen cares about Jingyi without expecting anything in exchange.

And the most important thing, he respects his Dad.

For Jingyi, his Dad was everything. 

Which lead him to think about him as a good boyfriend material for his Dad.

"Jin Ling, does your uncle Cheng date someone?"

"What the fuck, Jingyi?" Jin Ling blinked, confused before to get mad with his best friend. " Fuck, I had enough with Zizhen's crush on uncle Wei. How you dare?"

Zizhen glared at Jin Ling from the other side of the table, offended.

"No, dumbass. I don't like him in that way", clarify Jingyi, blushing. "I was just wondering if he could date my Dad, you know. They would do a good match!"

Jin Ling arched an eyebrow, thinking hard.

Well, he always liked Jingyi's dad.

"Sometimes I don't know if you are an idiot or a genius", babbled Jin Ling as he dreams about the possibilities.

He liked this man for his uncle Cheng, he was handsome, polite and considerate. They could complement each other as well. Plus, he make his uncle smile and Jin Ling could count with the fingers of one hand how may people could made his uncle Cheng smile in that tender way.

How could you cheat a man like that, uncle Yao? Jin Ling thought again.

"Do you think it can work? I mean, I know that my Dad is still a little bit sad. But he will open his heart again with the right person."

Jin Ling drinks his ice cola. “I hope so.”

"If it works, you will be like step brothers", adds Zizhen. 

"Better to confront an old mistress than new young mistress", says Jingyi with a serious look in his gaze.

Jin Ling cursed. "Watch your language!"

“I would watch my language the day that you watch your language!”

Zizhen laughs as he blurted out of his mind. “Jingyi already acts like your annoying little brother, Jin Ling.”