Langzi's Links
Mother figure. The Vidyadhara do not have parents as they are a self-sustaining and reincarnation species, but Langzi was raised by the Vidyadhara's Preceptors who wished to groom him into one of them, hoping he'd be as powerful as his past life. When he escaped their influence, he naturally found himself in pursuit of a parental figure. Yaling- or Mom, as he calls her- is the caring and unconditionally loving guardian he has sought his entire life, not expecting greatness or him to achieve his "fate" in order to even be loved. Often gets into fights with children his age when they insult his Mom, and never seems to learn his lesson. Langzi is impossibly excited to be the older brother to Yaling's newly arriving twins.
Yaling's adoptive son and soon-to-be older brother to the upcoming twins. Langzi was the first of Yaling's new family to come into her life, and she doesn't regret a single moment with him. Despite her attempts to get him to not fight others in her stead, he still does, and a part of her wonders how much she can truly change that. It's nice to have people who care about her that much, though, and Langzi's been a massive help preparing for the twins. He, Yanqing, Bailu, and Meizhen have built up a true, proper little family for her and Jing Yuan - and she loves them all for that.
Langzi is always excited to meet new people, especially a higher level Vidyadhara with horns and a tail. Thinks Meizhen is very cool and respects her although she's hardly older than him. Can relate to Meizhen in the burden of only being a shadow of their past incarnations, and loves to hang out with her, as if trying to give her some semblance of a childhood during her time here. Langzi doesn't understand the greater politics and issues that Meizhen may be entangled in, but he thinks that being her company might be able to help
The young Vidyadhara she met on the ceiling of the General's house. While she finds him calling the General's fiancée "mom" rather confusing, she can't help but feel some jealousy and guilt. Did she have a parental figure like that? Did she want one? Even now, she's not sure, but Langzi is sweet and kind, and despite what he's been through, has the joys of being a child. That's something Meizhen hope he gets to keep.
She lost that childhood, and she doesn't want someone else to as well.