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WEI WUXIAN CAUGHT IT with a hand in one swift motion, almost naturally. His expression impassive to a fault---anyone who knew him would comment that his face did not look the same without a smile. Silently, however, he’s studying Jiang Cheng’s face, long since knew how to read his shidi’s expression the way he interprets riddles accurately as if a second nature. ❝I have no need for it, either.❞ he returns quietly, ❝I’ve no more intentions to touch demonic cultivation. Before, I had no choice. This time, I’ll really listen to you.❞ A part of him told him that he was finding excuses, but he knew inside that it was sort of justified in its own right. He owed Jiang Cheng for putting everything before him, before them, but it was because Wei Wuxian had always thought of himself and Jiang Cheng as one. It was an unruly behaviour of his that he acknowledged only when Jiang Cheng and his relationships were tested to the core.
He had never forgotten Jiang Cheng, if he were to be honest and admit to himself, it was more of cowardice---he could not muster the pride to see him again after Jiang Yanli’s death. He could not and dared not imagine the consequences of it. When Jiang Fengmiana and Yi Zuyuan perished in the hands of the Wens, he had felt the same fear as he had, his heart stirred in a way that was unfathomable, his fingers shiver at the thought of holding Jiang Cheng’s hands and saying soothing words ( he knew he was never good at it, and would never be good at it, at the same time he felt as if Jiang Cheng did not need it ). He had run away, when he had the chance, and now it felt more difficult than ever to make up for his actions.
❝He is alive and well, but I promise you he is not whole without his other half.❞ He manages to say boldly, suppressing the urge to flee when Jiang Cheng explodes in front of him. ❝He came back to fulfil a promise, if you’ll let him.❞
❝I haven’t slept very well the first few days I came back. Nowhere is nearly the same as Yunemng Jiang.❞ After all, isn’t that why Jiang Cheng had rebuilt it the same way it had looked before?
