"Mn. Glitter talisman?" 

"Not a bad idea." 

She pulls out a piece of talisman paper and scrawls the strokes over its surface before flicking it into the cave, where it erupts into a silent bunny-shaped almost-firework. 

There is a pause, and then Lan Qiren emerges from the cave. He looks at Wei Ying--still in disguise, but come on--and demands, "Wei Ying? What are you doing here?" 

WOW OKAY this is objectively great news for Lan Zhan so. She's just going to let Lan Zhan explain...anything she cares to explain...instead of speaking up herself and probably ticking him off more. 

She steps into view beside Wei Ying and bows. "Uncle."

"--Niece. I am glad you are alright. What happened?" 

"Wei Ying and I left Qishan. We have Wen Chao held prisoner in the Unclean Realm. Sect Leader Nie provided men to help us find Lan survivors. Brother is alive; he went with the other search party."

The tension in his shoulders eases slightly, returning them almost to their normal level of stiffness. "I am very glad that both you and Xichen made it out safely." 

She bows again. “I am relieved to see you well, Uncle. Have you recovered from your injuries?”

"Yes. Time is one resource I have not lacked." 

"Are there others?" She nods at the cave behind him.

Headshake. "Not with me." 

Nod. "We have found nineteen before you." 

He takes a deep breath and nods. 

Wei Ying reaches for Lan Zhan's hand to squeeze it. 

Squeeze.

Is Uncle ready to go back to the camp with them?

He has nothing to pack or finish before leaving. 

Zewu-jun is also very relieved that Uncle is alive! 

Everyone is so glad! Including all of the Lan survivors. It is a happy night for everyone in their encampment.

Good. It is of course especially important that Lan Zhan be happy but it's not like everyone else can't use a break too. 

Wei Ying is trying really hard to be on her best behavior so as not to spoil things by pissing off Lan Qiren which means that she is sitting next to Lan Zhan, not saying anything and nearly vibrating out of her skin. 

She’s doing a very good job. Lan Zhan is proud of her. When they aren’t in front of Uncle, she is going to kiss her girlfriend a lot.

Hopefully that will be before Wei Ying snaps and says something desperately inappropriate! 

To distract herself from that possibility she grabs a stick and starts doodling talisman thoughts in the dirt. If the talisman notes are themselves the kind of thing that might send Lan Qiren into a minor qi deviation, well, at least he's less likely to look at let alone understand them. 

Lan Qiren can be distracted by discussion of strategy and current events. Hopefully.

She scuffs out anything incriminating when she's done with it, anyway. 

Once dinner is over and everyone is going off to bed, Lan Zhan leads her Wei Ying away into the woods and rewards her for her good behavior. Kiss kiss.