Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 39 - I Am Here

Lan Xichen nodded heavily. Nie Huaisang's eyes rolled up. He collapsed on the ground with a thud. A circle of people immediately began to shout.

"Sect Leader Nie! Sect Leader Nie!"

"Where's the medic?!"

Jin Guangyao's eyes still held tears, but appeared as if they were red with anger. He clenched his hands into fists and shouted with both grief and resentment, "Dismembered... Dismembered! Who in this world could've done such an insane act?!"

Lan Xichen shook his head, "I do not know. When we were searching for the head, the clues disappeared."

Jin Guangyao paused, as though he finally knew what was going on, "The clues disappeared... so you came to search me?"

Lan Xichen was silent. Jin Guangyao looked as if he didn't believe it. He asked again, "You wanted me to open the treasure room, because you were suspicious... that Brother's head is at my place?"

A look of guilt passed over Lan Xichen's face.

Jin Guangyao's head hung low, Qin Su's corpse still in his arms. After a while, he spoke, "... Forget it. Drop the matter. But, Brother, how did Hanguang Jun know that such a treasure chamber was inside my bedchamber? And how was it decided that Brother's head is inside my room? Koi Tower is quite fortified. If this really was my doing, would I have let Brother's head be discovered so easily?"

Hearing his questions, Lan Xichen couldn't seem to find any answers. Not only he, Wei Wuxian couldn't answer them either. Who could've expected that, within such a short time, Jin Guangyao was not only able to move the head somewhere else, but also prompt Qin Su to take her own life before everyone's eyes?!

As he his thoughts spun with desperation, Jin Guangyao sighed, "Xuanyu, did you tell this to Brother and all those people? What's the use of making up this sort of easily exposable lies?"

One of the sect leaders asked, "LianFang-Zun, who are you talking about?"

Somebody spoke coldly, "Who? The one standing beside Hanguang Jun, of course."

Everyone turned to look at him. The person who spoke was Su She. He continued, "The people who aren't from the Lanling Jin Sect might not have heard of who he is. His name is Mo Xuanyu. He used to be a disciple of the Lanling Jin Sect. Back then, because of his indecent conduct, he was thrown out for the reason of harassing LianFang-Zun. Yet, speaking from the hearsay nowadays, he has proven himself to the likings of Hanguang Jun, even following him wherever he goes. Why would Hanguang Jun, who has always been known for his grace and righteousness, keep such a person by his side? It truly is difficult to understand."

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"It's called love, you fucking idiot!" Wen Ruohan stated.

Jingyi giggled, "back then, people suspected Baba put some sort of charm on A-Die to deceive him."

"It's called falling in love, it's not a spell, or a charm," Wen Ruohan explained, "love can make a person go blind, but it won't do such vial acts of deceiving if it's with your true soulmate."

"Time and time again, it has been proven that Lan Wangji was never under any sort of spell," Lan Xichen explained, "you can clearly see he just loved the boy."

"At the time, I wanted to have Lan Zhan go back to you without me. He was willing to risk his reputation for me...I felt a bit guilty about that for the longest time," Wei Wuxian explained.