Chapter 71 (2/2)
Wei WuXian, ”Who cares if he regrets it Do we have to forgive hiized? Look at what his dad's like Maybe he'll be the Godda everywhere for women Have shi+jie be with hi's voice was frozen, ”See if he dares!”
After a pause, Jiang Cheng glanced at him before he continued, ”But, it's not like you have a say in whether he's forgiven or not Sister likes him, so what can we do?”
Immediately, Wei WuXian was speechless A while later, he squeezed out a feords, ”Why does she have to like such a…”
He tossed the pear away, ”Where's shi+jie?”
Jiang Cheng, ”I don't know Probably still at one of those places—either the kitchen, or the bedrooo?”
Wei WuXian left the duelling hall First, he went to the kitchen Half a jar of stea on the fire She wasn't there He then went to Jiang YanLi's bedroom She wasn't there either Last, he went to the ancestral hall There she was
Jiang YanLi was kneeling in the ancestral hall She cleaned her parents' memorial tablets as she whispered Wei WuXian poked his head inside, ”shi+jie? Talking to Uncle Jiang and Mada YanLi's voice was soft, ”Neither of you come, so of course I have to”
Wei WuXian walked inside He sat down beside her and cleaned the tablets with her
Jiang YanLi glanced at hi atyou'd like to tellI'm just here to roll around”
As he spoke, he really did take a roll on the ground Jiang YanLi asked, ”XianXian, how old are you?”
Wei WuXian, ”I'h, he finally sat up After he thought for a while, he still decided to bring the topic up, ”shi+jie, I want to ask you about so YanLi, ”Go ahead”
Wei WuXian, ”Why would someone like another person? IYanLi paused for ame about this? Do you like someone? What kind of a maiden is she?”
Wei WuXian, ”No I won't like anyone At least not tooa rein onYanLi, ”Three seems a bit too old How about one?”
Wei WuXian, ”No, I'ry! What should he do?”
Jiang YanLi chuckled, ”There's soup in the kitchen You can have soh?”
”If I can't, shi+jie can just pick me up, and then I'll be able to reach it…” As Wei WuXian spouted nonsense, Jiang Cheng just happened to step inside the ancestral hall
Hearing this, he spat, ”Fooling around again! Your sect leader, I, has already poured you a bowl and put it outside Kneel for o drink your soup outside”
Wei WuXian skipped outside before he turned around and ca? Where's the , ”Finished it There's only lotus roots left Don't eat them if you don't want to”
Wei WuXian attacked with his elbow, ”Spit out the , ”No objections I'll spit the that they started to argue again, Jiang YanLi quickly interrupted, ”Okay, okay How old are you two, fighting over some meat? I'll justYanLi made was Wei WuXian's favorite
Aside from how it really was delicious, it was also because he'd always recall what happened the first ti after Wei WuXian had been brought back by Jiang FengMian froa few leashed puppies Immediately, his hands went up to his face and he wailed, soon bawling his eyes out He was in Jiang FengMian's ar down no iven to so soFengMian coood friends', he refused to talk to Wei WuXian Quite a few days later, Jiang Cheng's attitude softened Jiang FengMian wanted to strike while the iron was still hot, so he told Wei WuXian to sleep in the sarow fonder of each other
In the beginning, though still sulking, Jiang Cheng was on the verge of agreeing But the bad thing was that when Jiang FengMian began to rejoice, he took Wei WuXian up and let hi was shocked speechless Ih and went out the room It was only because the couple had important matters to attend to and left in a hurry that they didn't start another argu locked Wei WuXian outside his roo to let him in
Wei WuXian knocked on the door, ”shi+di, shi+di, letCheng shouted with his back on the door, ”Who's your shi+di?! Give ive me back Love!”
Princess, Jasmine, and Love were all puppies that he used to own Wei WuXian knew that Jiang FengMian sent them away because of him He whispered, ”I' Cheng's Mian picked hile instance was enough for him to be happy for months A fire brewed inside of him, unable to be released All that he asked himself hy, why' Suddenly, he saw that a set of bedding that wasn't his oas now inside his roonation i him pickup Wei WuXian's sheets and blankets Wei WuXian waited outside for a long time When the door opened, before the joy could spread onto his face, he was boed shut again
Jiang Cheng told him from inside, ”Go sleep soonna steal my roo Cheng was mad about at all After a pause, he replied, ”I didn't steal anything It's Uncle Jiang who told ing up his father, al's eyes reddened as he yelled, ”Go away! If I see you again, I'll call a bunch of dogs to bite you!”
Standing outside, as Wei WuXian heard that dogs would co his fingers, he hurried, ”I'll go, I'll go Don't call the dogs!”
Dragging behind him the sheets and blanket that were thrown outside, he ran out the hall Having only arrived at Lotus Pier for a short period of time, he didn't dare jump around yet Every day, he obediently holed up in the places that Jiang FengMian told him to stay at He didn't even knohere his rooe to knock on other people's doors, scared that it'd disturb soht for a while, he walked to a corner of the hallhere there was no wind, laid down his sheets, and lay down right there But the longer he spent there, the louder Jiang Cheng's 'I'll call a bunch of dogs to bite you' echoed in his head Wei WuXian grew ht about it He tossed and turned under the blanket, feeling that a bunch of dogs surrounded hile sound After a while of tor up, he rolled up the sheets, folded the blanket, and fled Lotus Pier
Huffing and puffing, he ran for quite soht wind When he saw a tree, he cliht He cli to the trunk, and only calh up there He didn't kno long he'd been hugging the tree when, suddenly, a soft voice called his na later, a white-clothed girl appeared under the tree with a lantern
Wei WuXian recognized that this was Jiang Cheng's sister He stayed quiet, hoping that she wouldn't find hi? What are you doing up there?”
Wei WuXian continued to stay quiet Jiang YanLi raised the lantern, ”I saw you You left your shoe under the tree”
Wei WuXian glanced down at his left foot before finally exclai YanLi, ”You can co down There are dogs”
Jiang YanLi, ”Cheng wasto sit on Your arrow sore really soon, and you'll fall down”
Noto the tree, refusing to co YanLi put the lantern under the tree and extended her arms to catch him, too worried to leave Thirty o of the tree trunk and fell down Jiang YanLi hurried to catch hiround a few ti is broken!”
Jiang YanLi comforted him, ”It's not broken It shouldn't be fractured either Does it hurt a lot? It's fine Don't move I'll carry you back”
Wei WuXian was still thinking about the dogs, sobbing, ”Are… Are the dogs there…”
Jiang YanLi pros come, I'll chase them away for you” She picked up the shoe Wei WuXian left under the tree, ”Why did your shoe fall off? Does it not fit?”
Wei WuXian forced back the tears of pain, ”No They fit”
In truth, they didn't fit They were quite a few sizes too large But this was the first pair of shoes that Jiang FengMian bought hio out of his way to buy another pair, and so he said that they weren't too big Jiang YanLi helped hi I'll fix it for you e get back”
Hearing this, Wei WuXian felt soain
Living in other people's homes, the worst that could happen was toYanLi put hi in her steps as she spoke, ”Ying, nosaid to you, don't bother about hi with himself Those puppies were his favorites Dad sent the upset He's actually really happy that soo back for a long time I only ca happened to you and went to wake ht wind carried forth a series of sobs Jiang YanLi quivered in fear, ”What was that sound? Did you hear it?”
Wei WuXian pointed, ”I heard it It came from inside that pit!”
The tent to the pit and careful looked inside A small silhouette lay face-down at the bottom As he lifted his head, they could see two streaks on his muddied face, washed off by his tears He choked, ”… Sister!”
Jiang YanLi sighed in relief, ”Cheng, didn't I tell you to get others and search for hi only shook his head After Jiang YanLi left, he waited for a while He felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles, and so he decided to go chase after the a lantern, he tripped on so halfway down the road and fell into a pit He scratched his head as well
Jiang YanLi stretched her arer brother out of the pit She took out a handkerchief and put it against his bleeding forehead Jiang Cheng seelance at Wei WuXian Jiang YanLi, ”Is there so pressed the handkerchief onto his forehead, his voice low, ”… I' back the sheets and blanket later, okay?”
Jiang Cheng sniffed, ”I brought thes and couldn't walk It was still so YanLi could only carry one on her back and the other in her ar wrapped their arms around her neck She had to stop and take a breath after just a few steps, ”Just what am I supposed to do with you two?”
Their eyes were still brihter
At last, one step at a tied to carry her two brothers back to Lotus Pier In a hushed voice, she woke up the doctor and asked hi's wounds Afterward, she repeated 'sorry' and 'thank you' countless ti at Wei WuXian's legs, Jiang Cheng's face was full of nervousness If any other disciple or servant learned about this and told Jiang FengMian, after Jiang FengMian kne he threw Wei WuXian's sheets out and Mian would definitely dislike him even more This was also why he only dared chase after the hoorried he seemed, Wei WuXian took the initiative, ”Relax I won't tell Uncle Jiang I only hurt ht”
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng sighed in relief He swore, ”You can relax as well Anyti how the two finallyYanLi cheered, ”That's the spirit”
Having stayed up for alry as well And so, Jiang YanLi went to the kitchen and busied herself for a while, standing on tiptoe She warmed up a bowl of lotus pork rib soup for each of the
Squatting in the yard, Wei WuXian put the eazed at the stars sprinkled across the sky, and then sJi in the streets, he recalledat the Cloud Recesses
On a whi to direct their conversation toward those days as well But, Lan wangJi re was different from how they were back then
Yet, when he returned to Lotus Pier, to the Jiang siblings, he'd be under the illusion that nothing had changed at all
Wei WuXian suddenly wanted to find the tree that he once hugged
He stood up and walked out of the training grounds The disciples along the way nodded at him in respect All of them looked unfamiliar The shi+di who liked monkeys and refused to walk properly, the servants who one
Across the training grounds and outside Lotus Pier's gates, there was a wide pier No ht, at the pier, there'd always be vendors selling food Fro oil came a wonderful aro, ”Big servings today, huh?”
The vendor grinned as well, ”Young Master Wei, you want one? I'll give it to you for free Not charging anything”
Wei WuXian, ”I'll have one Charge it still”
Beside the vendor sat soried their knees as they shi+vered, as though they were both cold and tired After they heard Wei WuXian speak, their head shot up
Wei WuXian widened his eyes, ”You?!”