"Mn." Time for flying. Wangji enjoys flying while carrying Wei Ying very much; he does not mind moving to a different town at all.

At some point when this is all over and he goes back for Suibian he'll be able to fly on his own but he bets they'll manage to work something unbelievably sappy out even then. 

Before sending Lan Zhan into town he carefully removes the forehead ribbon, somehow still miraculously pristine despite everything, folds it up, tucks it over his heart, and sets about mussing up Lan Zhan's hair to complete the disguise. 

Well, this is exceedingly strange. His hair feels much lighter and looser than he's accustomed to; it takes concentration not to reach up and fix it.

He kisses Wei Ying and thanks him for his artistry.

"Ah, Lan Zhan, being unruly is what I'm best at, don't you know that?" Kiss. He considers his artistry critically, bends down, and scoops up a handful of road dust and smears it lightly across Lan Zhan's cheeks. 

"There we go. Hurry back and I'll help you wash it off." 

He makes a Face about the dust, but doesn't wipe it off.

Now it is time to go into town and discover where he can purchase some Materials.

Materials can be obtained! People are probably going to remember him, he definitely looks kind of sketchy, but he's sketchy with money so he can purchase Materials and as long as nobody makes the absolutely insane leap between ????probably a criminal of some kind???? dude and the esteemed second Second Jade of Lan, mission success and home free. 

When he gets back, Wei Wuxian is talking to Jiang Cheng, but when he sees Lan Zhan he breaks off mid-sentence and bounds up to hug and kiss him. 

Kiss! He rubbed off the dirt on his way back from town, but otherwise he still looks much shabbier than usual. "I found everything you needed."

"Thank you, Lan Zhan. I love you, Lan Zhan. I want to drag you off and have sex with you while you're still attractively rumpled, Lan Zhan." 

Wow, yes, Wei Ying should absolutely drag him off and have sex with him and Wangji hopes this becomes a trend. (Would it be worth being disheveled all the time, if - no, probably not -)

"Yes."

Wei Ying beams at him and drags him off and tears both their clothes off, marginally more carefully with his own so that he can take out the folded forehead ribbon and set it off to the side respectfully before pouncing. 

This is an enormously positive development. (He appreciates that the grass beneath them is quite soft, but pouncing would be a positive development even were this not the case.) 

"Is my being unpresentable truly so attractive?"

"It's rare. I can have you pristine any time, when is this going to come up again?"

"Never. You should take full advantage."

"Oh, I absolutely intend to." Kiss kiss kiss. His hands wander downwards. 

What a good place for his hands to be. Wangji produces a soft noise of encouragement and leans up to kiss him again.

Wei Wuxian kisses him for a long time before murmuring, "Ah, Lan Zhan, so beautiful, when I saw you again for the first time I realized I had forgotten just how beautiful you were. The most beautiful person in the whole world." 

"No." Untrue. Wei Ying is clearly the most beautiful person. Wangji will make this argument by kissing Wei Ying's neck very aggressively.

"A-ah!" he gasps, collapsing on top of Lan Zhan. 

"Love you." Kiss. 

"Ahah, Love you Lan Zhan." Kiss. "That was very distracting, my neck is awfully sensitive with all the abuse you've put it through." Kiss. "How am I supposed to take the initiative when you do things like that?"

Mm, good point. "I will stop."

He gently kisses Wei Ying's neck one more time and then relaxes back into the grass, baring his own throat.

It is a good throat and it deserves kisses. Kisses and a nuzzle and then, 

"What you said about the Wen brand--show me where?"

He guides Wei Ying's hand to his chest, to nearly the exact spot where Wei Ying had received his own brand. "Here."

And Wei Ying leans down to kiss it, gently at first, before applying himself to ensuring that Lan Zhan has a very different kind of mark there instead.