Who You Are

Chapter 99 - How To Anger A Crowd

Jiang Cheng added, "Lend me your dog."

Jin Ling pulled himself out of the daze. He hesitated for a moment and only whistled after Jiang Cheng shot him two lightning-sharp beams from his eyes. The dog dashed over in just a few leaps. Wei Wuxian, body as stiff as an iron board, could only be dragged forward, walking one step at a time.

Jiang Cheng found an empty room and threw Wei Wuxian inside, closing the door behind him. The dog followed them inside and sat by the door. Wei Wuxian had his eyes tightly locked on it, afraid that it would pounce on him at the next possible moment. Remembering how he had been controlled in just a short amount of time, he exclaimed in his heart that Jiang Cheng really knew the best way to deal with him.

Meanwhile, Jiang Cheng slowly sat down by the table and poured himself a cup of tea. For a moment, no one spoke a word. The cup of tea was still steaming hot. Without having a single sip of it, he hurled it onto the ground.

Jiang Cheng pulled a curt smile on his face, "...Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Growing up, Jiang Cheng had seen Wei Wuxian's awful state countless times as he ran away from dogs. Others may have believed him if he denied it, but, in front of someone who knew him so thoroughly, it'd be impossible to argue. This was an obstacle harder to overcome than Zidian.

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Seeing this scene in front of him, Lan Wangji was pissed. He already hated Jiang Cheng, and now he is going to see just how bad he tortured his husband.

"Jiang Cheng, why?" Madam Yu asked, "I know I am not one to really favor Wei Wuxian, but why do you hate him so much?"

"Because he took you guys away from me, he caused Lotus Pier to turn to ruins, he ruined everything. He is always praised for something and I'm just compared to him. You and father never praised me for anything. Why can't I hate him? Huh? Can't I hate a person?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Jiang Cheng, I am sorry that we didn't praise you and treat you properly," Jiang Fengmian told him, "but this hate of yours is just taking too much control over you. No one said you had to like or dislike a person. Even so, you should still be respectful of them. You are a sect heir and you are just making yourself look bad the more to let your temper out."

Jiang Cheng didn't say anything. He didn't know what to say. He just wanted to be left alone. The day that he no longer had Wei Wuxian's core, he felt completely free of him for once. He doesn't want to rely on him or be compared. He just wants to be a cultivator who lives with his family at Lotus Pier.

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With a sincere tone, Wei Wuxian replied: "I don't know what to say to you."

Jiang Cheng whispered: "You really don't learn, do you?"

Ever since long ago, their conversations had been full of retorting and arguing. Wei Wuxian blurted out with thinking: "And you have not made any progress either..."

Jiang Cheng laughed from the anger, "Sure, then let's see which of us is the one who hasn't made any progress."

Remaining seated at the table, he shouted in a commanding way. The dog stood up immediately!

Being in the same room as it already made Wei Wuxian sweat in uneasiness. Seeing that the large, snarling dog closed in on him in less than a second, his ears were full of its low howls and his entire body numbed. He had forgotten about much of his early years of wandering on the streets. The only things he still remembered was the terror he felt as he was chased by dogs and the slicing pain of teeth and claws digging into his flesh. The fear that had been planted deep within his heart couldn't be overcome or eased no how he tried.