A Third Jade {Mo Dao Zu Shi}

♬Chapter 68♬

♬ℛℯ𝓌𝒾𝓃𝒹♬

Wei Ying and Lan Xichen were on their way back to the Jing room. Xichen was still conflicted about this whole situation. Could Guangyao really be capable of stealing something so dangerous? He didn't want to believe that his sworn brother would do such a thing.

As for Wei Ying, he was mainly worried about Chen Hong. Everything was happening a bit too fast for him, yet it was about time that the young boy stopped sitting in the dark and found the truth about him and his parents.

Wei Ying gasped as he saw flowers with a beautiful shade of purple just glistening under the moonlight with four rabbits peacefully relaxing.

"Cloud Recesses is a sophisticated and quiet place. To think there would be such bright and beautiful gentian flowers here" Wei Ying said. "There are only two places where you can find these flowers in the entire Cloud Recesses. This place is one of them. The other place is my mother's residence. Or should I say, the place she was imprisoned"

"Imprisoned?" Wei Ying was confused at Xichen's sad expression before Xichen continued, "Due to past grievances, Mother killed Father's teacher"

"Then... What happened after that?"

"Father fell in love with Mother at first sight. Despite everything, he went against the clan, and married her. After the ceremony, he locked her up and secluded himself as well. Mr. Wei, can you understand why he did that?"

"He can't disregard the fact she killed his teacher, and he can't disobey the clan rules. So he married her to protect her life. He went into seclusion to atone his sins"

Lan Xichen nodded, "Do you think he was right to do that?"

"I don't know"

"Then what do you think he should have done?"

"I don't know"

"Father ruined the rest of his life. Uncle grew harsher on all three of us. We were allowed to visit Mother once a month. Mother never complained. Her greatest wish was to hold her young ones in her arms every month. Wangji is the kind to ignore you the more you try to tease him. Mei was the complete opposite. She loved feeling Mother's warmth on her, and even caught on teasing Wangji, too. Wangji never said so, but I know that he looked forward to our monthly visits. He did. And so did me and Mei. But one day, Uncle told us not to bother going there anymore. Mother had passed away. But Wangji would still come here every month. He and Mei would wait from dawn to dusk. Wangji has always been a stubborn child. He met you when he was young. He believes that you are kind. He told Mei about you, too. Mei said that she had never heard Wangji speak of anyone besides her and me. No matter what happened, and no matter what they say about you, Wangji has always stood by your side, with Mei as his support"

Hearing this made Wei Ying feel bad for the Lan siblings, especially Lan Zhan and Lan Mei, "Clan Leader Lan, you met Lianfang-zun when you were young too, didn't you?"

"Cloud Recesses had suffered an attack back then. I carried the books of the Library Pavilion with me and ran away, hiding from the Wens. We didn't know each other. A-Yao didn't even know who I was. He risked his life to save me only because he couldn't stand the Wens' tyrannical ways. But Wen Xu has always been suspicious of others. If he found even a single trace, he would capture them and interrogate them. But even though he was bruised and battered, A-Yao never revealed my whereabouts. Mr. Wei, how do you expect me to believe that such a person would be two-faced, much less kill his brother, his own son, and his own colleagues? I've talked a lot today. Please don't mind me, Mr. Wei"