"His brother visits at a set time." Unconsciously, Wei Wuxian's hand tightens in his hair. "He has always been careful to leave the cave late in the evening and return early in the morning. Always."

How often has Wei Wuxian said, too concerned to be truly lighthearted, that Lan Zhan should take care not to get caught? Every time Lan Zhan reassured him he would be fine, he believed it. In recent nights, the worry had hardly even crossed his mind: of course he would take care. Of course he would be safe.

He cannot have been caught.