It doesn't actually take him that long to clean up the mess in the other room, and he makes use of the gentle music from his husband's guqin to ensure Xiaowen's resentful energy doesn't cause them any trouble - they have seen the last of that bastard and that's all there is to it.

Once he's finished dealing with it and making the guest room spotless, he gathers up all of Yuan's belongings (there's no way they're going to let him stay in that room again) and heads back to the other room with them.

"Lan Zhan?" he asks softly as he closes the door behind him, frowning at the expression on his husband's face.