THE UNTAMED HEART

Chapter 31: Yiling

Jiang Cheng looked at Wen Qing and saw that her hands were bloody, he entered and walked towards her, he asked:

"Qing, what happened?"

Wen Qing:

"Why are you here?"

Jiang Cheng:

"I was worried for you."

Wen Qing:

"Only for me or are you also worried for Wei Wuxian too?"

Jiang Cheng:

"What is this now?"

Wen Qing:

"You better start worrying for your senior brother too, Wanyin, he is laying in there because of you. He is laying in there because you pushed him so much and worsened his condition, you caused him to spend more energy than he could compensate for!"

Jiang Cheng angrily looked at her as she started pulling him to a secluded corner:

"Qing, he was supposed to help me."

Wen Qing:

"Me, me, me. When it is your a-jie, you are worried that she might get tired, you even take some of her work off her shoulders, when it is Jin Zixuan you don't force him into anything, you even let him help her. When it is me you can't even dare to say a single word... But when it is Wei Wuxian, you keep bringing up that he was supposed to help you. Wanyin, he was already helping you wholeheartedly, you only see when he is playing around with A-Yuan or when he is sitting on the pavilion, scribbling something, answering to some of the letters. Did you know that he and A-Ning had been brewing Lotus Breeze Wine to export? You know what he has been doing, you were there at Koi Tower, do I have to repeat? Either start forgiving or let him go before you hurt him any more."

Jiang Cheng looked at her with tears in his eyes:

"What am I supposed to do then?"

Wen Qing:

"Do you want to be the Pride Twins of Yunmeng? Then be it. Tell it to the whole world, don't expect the world to come up with it. Look at Chifeng-Zun and Second Master Nie. Chifeng-Zun praised Second Master Nie saying that he was the best at astrology in the whole sect. Now everybody praises them, they used to slander Second Master Nie because he wasn't practicing the blade, now they are all praising him because of his merits during the Lotus Pier battle. Wanyin, everybody praises Wei Wuxian's merits during the Sunshot Campaign, what is so hard for you that you are ignorant to acknowledge even those praises?"

Zidian started glowing and Jiang Cheng shouted:

"Dad praised him when he was alive, saying that Wei Wuxian understood our family motto better than any of us. He was better than me, always better. Archery, music, cultivation, swordsmanship... I always, always beneath him. Nobody ever saw my efforts!"

Wen Qing:

"Is that why everybody is praising you for your bravery? The youngest sect leader, rebuilding his sect, his house got wrecked twice in a short amount of time, his disciples increased the fastest, he showed what courage is by marrying a woman surnamed Wen... Are you deaf?"

Jiang Cheng looked at her:

"Really?"

Wen Qing:

"Did I ever lie to you? When you told those leaders that you had right to marry a war prisoner, and they stood by you because of the truth, did I lie to you?"

Jiang Cheng shook his head, took a deep breath:

"Come back to Lotus Pier."

Wen Qing: