Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 67 - Golden Truth

He'd completely lost all intention to continue the fight with Jiang Cheng. Without saying anything, he picked Wei Wuxian up and turned to leave. Jiang Cheng was full of both shock and doubt. He was shocked that Wei Wuxian was suddenly in such a terrible condition, yet doubtful that this might be a pretense Wei Wuxian came up with to escape. After all, Wei Wuxian had often used this to pull pranks on him in the past.

...

"A prank?" Lan Wangji asked, "I've known for so long about his core. I didn't know he gave it to Jiang Wanyin, but I knew he didn't have one. I knew why he was weak. He was stabbed, he made himself into a lure, and he saved everyone in the mounds. Everyone else would recover far quicker then he would."

"It didn't look like a prank to me either," Wen Qing said, "he over exhausted himself."

"As I tend to do a lot," Wei Wuxian admits.

"You finally admit it?" Wangji asked.

"Oh, not do that," Wuxian said, "I won't admit much. Don't need you to look at me like I'm going to start turning into a saint and speak my mind."

"At least you admit it, that's why I'm happy, yet surprised," Wangji said.

Wuxian rolled his eyes and went back to focusing his attention on the screen.

...

Seeing that the two were about to leave, he shouted, "Stop!"

Lan Wangji seethed, "Leave!"

What came as well was Bichen, the force of which immediately flung out. Zidian also lashed, and the two struck, sending out an ear-piercing clash. Impacted by the noise, Wei Wuxian's head almost split into two. Like a dying candlelight that was finally blown out, he closed his eyes, and his head drooped as well. Feeling the weight on his shoulder, Lan Wangji retreated from the fight to feel his breathing. Without the help of its owner, Bichen was slowly being overpowered by the approaching Zidian. Jiang Cheng didn't really want to hit Lan Wangji, and immediately retracted his whip, but it was already too late. Just now, however, a figure leaped down from the side and blocked between the two.

Jiang Cheng looked to find that the uninvited guest was Wen Ning. Immediately, he raged, "Who let you inside Lotus Pier?! How dare you!"

He could manage to tolerate others, but definitely not Wen Ning, the Wen-dog who put his hand through Jin Zixuan's heart and ended both his sister's happiness and her life. Just a look, and he felt the urge to kill him right there. How dare he step foot on the earth of Lotus Pier—he really was looking for his death. Because of the two lives and many other reasons, Wen Ning had always felt guilty, and so he'd always been somewhat scared of Jiang Cheng, consciously avoiding him all the time. Right now, however, he blocked Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji as he faced him, taking the hard lash. A gruesome scorch climbed across his chest, but still he didn't flinch.

...

Without warning, a needle pierced Jiang Cheng's shoulder, "hey, you-?"

"Didn't I say if I see A'Ning get hit with Zidian again, I'd come after you?" Wen Qing asked seething through the teeth.

"Wen Qing, leave him, it's passed...even though I'm happy to see him get punished for it. You can't help with what has passed," Wuxian told her.

She took the needle back and looked at Wuxian, "fine-"

"Plus he gets hit more," Wuxian told her.

"What?!" Wen Qing.

"Jie, let it go," Wen Ning told her.