Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 35 - Empathy with Chifeng Zun Pt. 8

One day, the moment he returned to the main hall of the Unclean Realm, he saw about a dozen folding fans, all lined in gold, flattened out one next to the other in front of Nie HuaiSang, who was touching them tenderly, mumbling as he compared the inscriptions written on each one.

Immediately, veins protruded from Nie Mingjue's forehead, "Nie Huaisang!"

Nie Huaisang fell at once.

He really did fall to his knees from the terror. He only staggered up after he finished kneeling, "B-b-b-brother."

Nie Mingjue, "Where is your saber?"

Nie Huaisang cowered, "In... in my room. No, in the school grounds. No, let me... think..."

Wei Wuxian could feel that Nie Mingjue almost wanted to hack him dead right there, "You bring a dozen fans with you wherever you go, yet you don't even know where your own saber is?!"

Nie Huaisang hurried, "I'll go find it right now!"

Nie Mingjue, "There's no need! Even if you find it you won't get anything out of it. Go burn all of these!"

All of the color drained out of Nie Huaisang's face. He rushed to pull all of the fans into his arms, pleading, "No, Brother! All of these were given to me!"

Nie Mingjue slammed his palm onto a table, causing it to crack, "Who did? Tell them to scurry out here right now!"

Someone spoke, "I did."

Jin Guangyao walked in from outside the hall. Nie Huaisang looked as though he saw a knight in shining armor, beaming, "San-Ge (third brother), you're here!"

...

"How did I succumb to so much rage?" Nie Mingjue asked, "Huaisang, I'm sorry."

"It is okay, Da-Ge (First brother). You may have not liked it then, but you let me be after a while anyway," Huaisang said, "I just wasn't cut out for the saber...I just have a different talent."

"Yeah, coming up with a perfect plot to get revenge for your brother," Jin Ling told him, "was it worth it?"

"Sort of," Huaisang said.

"I am back now, no more of that. Just continue with being smart and I'll focus on leading again," Nie Mingjue told him.

"Okay," Huaisang said.

...

In reality, it wasn't that Jin Guangyao could calm Nie Mingjue's anger, but that since Jin Guangyao came, all of Nie Mingjue's anger would be directed at him alone, having no time to scold others. Thus, there was nothing wrong with saying that he was Nie Huaisang's knight in shining armor. Nie Huaisang was absolutely delighted. He greeted Jin Guangyao again and again as he grabbed the fans in haste. Seeing how his younger brother reacted, Nie Mingjue was so outraged that he almost found it amusing.

He turned to Jin Guangyao, "Don't send him those useless things!"

In a hurry, Nie Huaisang dropped a few fans on the ground. Jin Guangyao picked them up for him and put them into his arms, "Huaisang's hobbies are quite elegant. He's dedicated to art and calligraphy, and has no propensity for mischief. How can you say that they're useless?"

Nie Huaisang nodded as fast as he could, "Yes, Da-Ge is right!"

Nie Mingjue, "But sect leaders have no need for such things."

Nie Huaisang, "I'm not going to be a sect leader, though. You can be it, Brother. I'm not doing it!"

As his brother's glance swept over, he shut his mouth at once. Nie Mingjue turned to Jin Guangyao, "What did you come here for?"