Who You Are

Chapter 32 - What Is A Servant?

"For this next section, I have to ask A'Ying, do you want to sleep through it?" Baoshan asked him.

"Next comes...Lotus Pier?" Wei Ying said through a wad of saliva in his throat.

Baoshan nodded.

"Yes," Wei Ying said not wanting to see it all.

He knows what was coming and he doesn't want to be traumatized through it a second time. So Baoshan gave him a sedative to allow him to sleep. Lan Zhan got worried. He knows that what happened to Lotus Pier was bad, but he didn't witness it to really know what the whole story was. He wasn't sure if he could handle it either...but he wanted to know why Wei Ying always blamed himself for what happened and why others blamed him.

"Alright, prepare yourselves, it's not going to be pretty," Baoshan warned.

...

"Sixth-Young-Master was captured!" They wailed.

Wei Ying and Jiang Cheng stiffened, "By who and why?" Wei Ying frowned.

"I don't know why he was captured!" One replied.

Jiang Cheng seethed, "Capturing people for no reason!"

Wei Ying pursed his lips, staying calm best he could.

"We just went to fetch the kites, they were far away, we went for them and found dozens of people! They were all from the Wen Clan! The leader was a young woman in a lot of pink."

Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying snapped to each other, 'The Wens are here?!' Wei Ying thought, his chest tightening and throat seizing, 'that's been happening a lot lately... maybe I should get it checked ou- dammit servant pay attention!' He shouted at himself, using Madam Yu's words usually shocks his system back into being a perfect.. Servant.

"She was holding a kite with an arrow, she asked who owned it when she saw us."

"Sixth-Young-Master said it was his, the woman got angry and yelled, 'How dare you!' then they seized him!"

Wei Ying gulped, "And then?" He asked while breathing, fighting through the invisible chains wrapped around his lungs.

"We asked for the reason, she was yelling repeatedly that he was plotting against them and ordered her men to capture the Sixth Young-Master."

Jiang Cheng clenched his jaw, "The Wen Clan is getting out of control!" He growled, and everyone rushed to agree.

Wei Ying lifted his hand, "Quiet!" He ordered, guilt then nipping at his skin but it had to be done. Normally, he'd never treat someone like that, to Wei Ying, everyone is equal, he knows how it feels to be on the bottom of someone's boot, nobody deserves to be treated differently.

"The Wen Clan is coming, "He continued, "Don't let them get the best of us, let me ask you, was the woman carrying no sword, looking flirtatious, and has a mole on her face?" He asked.

The disciples nodded and Jiang Cheng's hands balled themselves into fists, "Wang Lingjiao is such a-"

"What is with all the yelling?!" That shrill voice made them jump and snap to turn around.

Wei Ying lowered his head.

Yu Ziyuan and her maids advanced toward them, several useless but effective glares being shot in Wei Ying's direction to make him shrink more.

"Can't I live a peaceful life for one day?!" She complained.

Jiang Cheng began to explain as Wei Ying kept his eyes trained on the floor, "Mother, the Wen Clan is coming and they captured the Sixth-Young Master."