"What can I say, these things just seem to happen."

"The chaos comes where you are, then?"

"You flatter me."

"Not everyone would think that's a compliment!"

"Ah, but remember, I am a lunatic."

"Eh, the interesting people all are."

"Hah! That's not very Lannish of you."

She laughs. "I narrowly avoided setting any records for copying the rules by rarely being in the Cloud Recesses."

"Pfffffffft! Should you be saying that around Hanguang-jun?"

"Eh, dad's cool."

"Dad?"

"You haven't heard any of the gossip? I have the coolest dad." Both of them, even if she can only admit to one.

"I, uh, had not heard any gossip along those particular lines, no." This kid definitely looks older than thirteen, how had he not known Lan Zhan had a kid???

Shrug. "It's interesting what spreads and what doesn't."

"Anyways, we should probably keep searching for that soul-eater..."

"Yeah. See you," he says, and wanders off. 

Wangji looks vaguely troubled. 

"Something up?"

"He reminds me of--someone." 

"Oh." She shrugs. "I like him, but don't think he reminds me of anyone particular..."

His gaze flicks to all the witnesses who don't know about her secret dad. 

Time to go looking for the soul eater, then? (Possibly without witnesses?)

Well they can certainly get the fuck away from Jiang Wanyin and Jin Ling but Lan Jingyi will presumably be coming along with them. 

Hampers talking freely, but she's a lot more relaxed away from the Jiang Sect patriarch and his nephew.

Hm. 

Wangji sends Jingyi on an errand involving a local shrine. 

"He reminded me of your other father," he says quietly when they are alone. 

" - Really? How odd..."