WeiLan

WeiLan is the SLASH ship between Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei from the Zhen Hun fandom.

Canon
Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei are the two main protagonists originating from author Priest's web novel Zhèn Hún (镇魂) which translates to "Guardian" or "Town Spirit". A live-action drama of the same name, based off of the novel, was released in 2018. The drama gained a large following despite having to circumvent Chinese censorship.

Novel
Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei are first shown as having met after Guo Changcheng--a then-intern of the extraordinary criminal investigation unit Zhao is the chief of--falls off of a window ledge during the investigation of a case at the school Shen works at. Zhao introduces himself and as he does so, he notices that Shen Wei looks at him as though they have met before, unbeknownst to him that they have. Shen proceeds to lead Zhao to his desired destination in the school and Zhao continues to be suspicious of Shen Wei, noting that he is too calm in the midst of a murder investigation. When they part, Xiao Guo realizes that Shen Wei is staring after Zhao Yunlan longingly despite refusing to make eye contact with him earlier. Not 10 minutes later, the two meet again when Zhao Yunlan is falling off of a building trying to save a girl who attempted to jump off of it. Shen Wei catches him, and pulls the two dangling humans back up. Thus begins Zhao Yunlan's incessant flirting and Shen Wei's self-restraining denial as they start to work on cases together.

Live-Action Deviations
Due to Chinese censorship, explicit elements of romance between the two main leads found in the novel were severely dampened, painting the relationship between the Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei as simply a "bromance" or "close friendship". However, strategically-placed motifs and subtext were implemented by the directors to preserve the original relationship and hint at an implied romance. Many aspects of the novel were altered to make the drama more consumable to a screen audience, but the general plot outline is the same.

FIRST MEETING
Shen Wei meets Zhao Yunlan for the first time when Zhao Yunlan is sent 10,000 years into the past by a portal opened up by the combined power of the Four Hallows. To camouflage himself into the The Kun Lun of thousands of years ago in the drama is merely a Zhao Yunlan who has time-traveled. Contrastingly, the novel's Kun Lun of the past is truly Kun Lun and the present Zhao Yunlan is a reincarnation of him.

Fanon
in progress

FANFICTION
WeiLan on AO3

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan tag on AO3

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan on FanFiction.net

Quotes
"You're the only person in the world who doesn't have to apologize to me"

-Shen Wei to Zhao Yunlan; Chapter 75

Trivia



 * WeiLan is a portmanteau of Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei's names coined by the fandom. When the characters 巍 (wēi) and 澜 (lán) are combined, they roughly translate to what would be referred to as a tsunami in English. With 巍 meaning "towering" and 澜 meaning "swelling water", combining the two can create the image of a tsunami.