Lan Sizhui (蓝思追, Lán Sīzhuī) is a junior disciple of the Gusu Lan Clan.
Born Wen Yuan (温苑, Wēn Yuàn), Lan Sizhui is the last remaining blood descendant of the now-extinct Qishan Wen Clan. As a child, Wen Yuan and the rest of the Qishan Wen Clan remnants were sheltered by Wei Wuxian at the Burial Mounds, until the First Siege resulted in his family's massacre and Wei Wuxian's death.
Discovered by an injured Lan Wangji who came searching for Wei Wuxian's remains in the aftermath, the then-three-year-old boy fell into a high fever and lost all memories of his past. He was then adopted into the Gusu Lan Clan as Lan Yuan (蓝愿, Lán Yuàn) and given the courtesy name Sizhui.
Appearance[]
Lan Sizhui possesses a fair and refined appearance, with a dignified manner. He wears a faint smile on his face.[1]
He wears the white robes of the Gusu Lan Clan and forehead ribbon with cloud motif reserved for members of House Lan.[1]
Personality[]
Wen Yuan is a clingy child who tends to grab the leg of whomever was closest, including Lan Wangji[2] and Jiang Cheng.[3]
As a junior disciple, Lan Sizhui is both well-mannered and organized. He acts as the leader of the junior disciples in the Gusu Lan Clan during their investigations in Mo Village and treats everyone with respect and kindness regardless of status, including Wei Wuxian when he pretended to be the lunatic Mo Xuanyu.[1] He has a kindhearted nature, expressing guilt that the Demonic Left Arm had killed four people in Mo Village and injured many in the Cloud Recesses.[4]
Observant and intuitive, Lan Sizhui also informs Lan Wangji of that "Mo Xuanyu" appears not to be a lunatic.[5] He also suggests that the arm has been aiming for their Clan,[4] which Wei Wuxian later surmises to be close to the truth, as someone has indeed thrown the arm into the village to target them.[6]
Lan Sizhui sees beyond the black-and-white morality of the cultivation world, as he suggests that Wei Wuxian might not have been as evil as society claimed before knowing of the latter's identity.[7]
Lan Sizhui is the leader of juniors who attempt to join Wei Wuxian's self-sacrifice during the Second Siege of the Burial Mounds, showcasing his bravery and loyalty.[8]
Despite his general maturity, Lan Sizhui is not above occasionally losing his temper and joining in fights, such as while he and a hundred other juniors are held captive in the Demon-Quelling Cave,[9] or telling a lie to lessen embarrassment, such as his lie to Young Master Qin about Wei Wuxian's sleeping habits.[10] In addition, he is hesitant to admit to fear due to his anxiety that Lan Wangji would disapprove of him.[11]
Lan Sizhui also shows a playful side, teasing Wei Wuxian for his bankruptcy[9] and for teaching him how to hide naughty books as a child.[12]
Trivia[]
- Wei Wuxian once buried a young Wen Yuan in the ground to make him grow taller.
- In the same vein, Lan Wangji once buried him in a pile of rabbits.[13]
- Wen Yuan used to chew and drool on Chenqing to the point that Wei Wuxian could not play music on his infamous ghoul flute.[12]
- Despite having been spent most of his life in Gusu, Lan Sizhui was prone to seasickness while on a boat.[14]
- In the Audio Drama, the child Lan Yuan expressed a like of potatoes and a dislike of radishes.[15] In the Web Series, Lan Sizhui stated that he became fond of carrots as a child due to the fact that he often partook in the carrots fed to Lan Wangji's rabbits.[16]
- In the Web Series, Wen Yuan references missing an older sister. As "older sister" is also a common term of address, it is unspecified whether he misses an older sister by blood or another female who perished.[17]
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