Lan Xichen stared at the bar in front of him before looking around, he doesn't usually come to these kind of place but for his work he needs too.
'Lotus Pier'
The name of the bar was lit in a purple neon lights, shoving his hands on his pocket he went inside.
As usual the bar is lively, the crowd is hyped. People that was dancing on the floor, the music is loud that it made Lan Xichen cringe lightly.
But he was here for work! His eyes shifted around looking for his target, he had been doing this stake out for a few days now
Still gathering evidence he could only observe the man as they sat on the private lounge. Lan Xichen went to the bar and sat down on one of the stool, fidgeting through his phone just so he won't seem to look too obvious. He was doing quite well on the side until he heard a voice
"Anything I can get for you sir?"
Lan Xichen looked up to see the bartender, but he got caught in surprise to see how good looking they are. The bartender was leaning against the counter, pale blue eyes and a well defined jaw illuminated by the lights on thr bar.
His lashes are kind of long too, he noted.
"I'm not a free drink to stare at sir" they responded with a light smirk and Lan XiChen immediately shook his head.
"Uh no sorry I was just..." he glanced at his phone and the bartender made a small 'ahh' noise.
"Did you got ditched by your date or something?" he asked.
Lan Xichen blinked but hey thats a good backup story! He nodded his head at that "Yes, they decided to end things through the phone apparently" he murmured looking down.
'that's some nice sob story chief'
Lan Xichen almost forgot about the small earpiece he and Lan Jingyi is actually listening to the conversation.
"Oh sorry to hear that... You are new here? I haven't seen your face"
"Yes I am.. I usually do not go to these kind of places since I do not drink but after that...
I wanted to try, probably going less the pain" he chuckled bitterly and the bartender nodded.
"If you want I'll prepare a special drink for you? You looked like someone who cant take too much flavor I'll make it mild"
"Sure thank you" Lan Xichen nodded and saw the bartender
Move around behind the counter. His eyes shifted at his target and saw that he was with someone already. He sent the message to jingyi before shoving his phone in his pockets.
The bartender placed the drink in front of him and Lan XiChen thanked him before taking a sip."
"taste good"
"Glad to know" the bartender started wiping the counter "It will be fine, you will probably find someone better, you seemed kind and very handsome too.." he trailed off and lingered his gaze towards him.
"Thanks"
"I'm Yu Wanyin by the way" he introduced himself.
'Is the bartender flirting at you Chief?!' Jingyi's voice once again interrupted.
"Nice to meet you Wanyin I'm Lan Huan" he gave him the usual alias he gives during his assignments.
"Nice to meet you too Lan Huan.. I'll just tend to the other customers then"
Wanyin moved to the man sitting four stools away from him and Lan XiChen stared at the bartender for a moment before resuming his task, taking casual sip from his drink the rest of the night is spent into observing his target and occasional chat with Wanyin.
A week passed and Lan XiChen found himself on the same bar. This would be the last day of his stakeout, after conforming the transaction that's going to happen in this bar a few officers is already stationed a few blocks from here to arrest their man.
Once again he found himself on the same stool and same drink he ordered last time and Yu Wanyin attending to his order.
"You returned..." he said while cleaning a glass.
"Ah yes.. I just need a gew shots" Lan Xichen raised his glass and their conversation started from there.
Of course he didn't forget his main objective here and while Jingyi had been saying a lot of side comments from his earpiece listening to his conversation with Wanyin.
When the target move Lan Xichen placed his glass down "I need to go.."
"That early?"
"I have work tomorrow"
Wanyin made a small huff and nodded but before Lan Xichen could slide away from the counter Wanyin reached out to him tugging his sleeve. "Are you gonna be back again here?" he asked.
".. I will try" Lan Xichen smiled and Wanyin also gave him a small smirk and nodded.
Lan Xichen left the bar and Wanyin stared at him, his friendly face earlier dropped into a scowl and he tossed the cloth on his hand and went through the bottle of drinks and poured one on his glass before emptying it.
"Boss.. That was.."
"A cop, I know"
Wanyin whose real name is Jiang Cheng pulled out his phone and huffed. "Hn.. It was so obvious the moment I saw him" he drummed his fingers on the counter. "But we could probably use this on our advantage" he said before leaving the counter his eyes glued to his phone
Where the information of Lan Xichen is displayed on his screen. He could feel the excitement rushing through him, Jiang Cheng likes baiting cops after all but he never went to far.. Just playing around getting information and then disappear from them or dumping them.
It gives him a little excitement specially they didn't know they are already under the charm of one of the most infamous leader of the Jiang group.
Jiang Cheng knew Lan Xichen would come back, he was certain of it and all he had to do is wait for him.
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Jiang Wanyin had been working as a secretary for nine years and finally decided to quit. Lan Xichen his boss wanted to find out why he wants to leave.
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Lan Xichen accidentally stumbled on Jiang Cheng who they thought k worded when he got captured by the Wens.
When Wei Wuxian returned to rescue him Jiang Cheng wasn't there anymore and since then he had never seen his brother and there was no news of his whereabouts.
He took over the Jiang Sect the search for Jiang Cheng stopped after ten years of no news. The remaining siblings were devastated but they had to move on and finally found peace on their respective spouses.
One day Lan Xichen had a night hunt and after he successfully finished.
He got lost in the town and ended up in a small village, it was a secluded place and probably hard to find if you happened to visit the town. He was tired and wanted to rest, he wanted to find his way back tomorrow instead.
Thankfully he spotted a small inn and spent the night.
In which Lan Xichen took the place of his brother to be sacrificed to the demon residing on the Lotus Lake. Stories said it liked beautiful humans and turned them into stones to preserve their beauty.
Lan Huan couldn't bear to look at the pristine white robes prepared for his little brother. The villagers are gathering outside their home, today is the day his brother Lan Zhan had been chosen to be their sacrifice.
The villagers had a story and tradition that was passed years ago and it had something to do with the weather today. Its been raining for a couple of months now, thunderstorms and heavy wind assaulted their village causing such grievances in their lively hood.
It was the third day of the school festival, JC finally had a free time after his game finished. He was just happily enjoying the food when his eyes suddenly got blindfolded. The sheer force and loud cackle he heard came from none other than Wei Wuxian.
Jiang Cheng knew that his class decided to do this Blind date booth, which he is fully against with thats why he decided to participate in sports. Wei Wuxian instigated the whole shit and promised not to get him involved but of course that gotta be a lie.
"What the fuck Wei Wuxian! You said I'm out of this!"
"Well someone paid really high to set you up today" he chuckled dragging Jiang Cheng towards their booth. Now he felt bad for the unfortunate soul who got dragged with this whole mess.
Jiang Cheng stared at his screen for a moment. The question made him pause and look back at the last three weeks where they spent time together, and the work they made, he would be lying if he says he didn't miss it.
JC is getting ready for his interview today, feeling nervous while waiting for WWX. He called him on the last minute because he picked up a wrong folder instead of his resume.
He waited at the parking lot until WWX arrived on his motorbike approaching him.
"Here ya go"
"Thanks, Godamnit" JC checked it before sighing.
"You look like a mess..." WWX handed him a handkerchief "Your hair is mess too"
"I think my hair is just fine" JC frowned and reached out to fix his hair.
"It's not" WWX started combing his fingers on JC hair pushing It back "You better look presentable"
"The fuck!" JC turned away and crouched down to take a look at his reflection on the tinted window of a car.