take a devil by the hands

Lan Zhan has not seen nor heard from Wei Ying in over a month when he returns to Yiling.

The town is no different to how Lan Zhan had left it, in the market stalls lining the streets and the tea house on the corner - he can almost see Wei Ying running at him while A-Yuan clutched at his leg, and closes his eyes against the flush of humiliation at how little he understood the child at first. But Wei Ying won't be in town today: he is not the person Lan Zhan has come here to see - though he is the reason.(Or - Wei Ying doesn't sleep - he avoids it at all costs. When he does sleep, it's interrupted by nightmares and terrors. Wen Qing worries about him, but he won't accept her help - so she does the only thing she can think of, and calls the only person more stubborn than Wei Ying.)