Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

What I've Done Pt 5

Jiang Cheng waited for his mother out front, his father was in the healing ward being looked at after Jiang Cheng reluctantly went to see what happened and called for help. He wasn't the smartest of his siblings and he certainly didn't have their gentle nature, but he was far from stupid and while many mistake his prickly personality for aggression, his siblings know what he means. Admittedly, he wasn't happy about suddenly getting a new brother, nor that he had to send his dogs to live in the kennel, but his mother had explained that Wuxian has had a terrible life and was traumatized by wild dogs where he had lived before. His mother also gave him a firm lecture about his temper. She actually scared him with a "what if" that sounded like it had actually happened, instead of it being just a scenario that will never happen.

"A'Cheng, you need to learn to express yourself without anger or aggression, especially to your siblings. You never know when one day, if you pretend to hate your brother, others will take it as real hatred. This could lead you to doing something unspeakable, like killing innocents simply because of their family name or blaming your brother for the death of Your sister when it was never his fault to begin with. Your anger can blind you horribly and by the time clarity comes back, it will be too late, the world would have changed and you would be alone, leading a sect that was destroyed and barely clinging to life, raising a nephew and hunting down ghosts of your brother to kill him again and again and again... It will never end, a'Cheng and you will never be happy... "

Jiang Cheng had taken what she said in carefully. He watches his sister, who has always been kind and gentle, but now she was sneakier. She also restarted her Cultivation training. He noticed she took got special training from their mother, but it wasn't the same as his. He learned to lead, he was given tasks and lessons to learn to control his temper as well as get the best outcome possible of any situation. He was even given training with a whip. He took to those swimmingly! He has always admired the beauty and grace his mother displayed when she used Zidian, had always played pretend with a makeshift whip, pretending he was fighting side by side with her, his own whip in hand and they would devastate the opposition!

Maybe his childish whims will one day become reality, but first he needs to focus. His mother and her maids land before him and he barely dips his head in a proper bow before he is telling her that something happened, that his father is in the healing ward and Wuxian is in Jiejie's room, having cried himself to sleep only a handful of minutes before. He barely finishes speaking when three Seniors rush up and inform her of much the same, stating that Sect Leader had ordered them to run drills for the children and then they had heard a commotion and went to see, only finding Jiang Yanli, a terrified Wei Wuxian and an unconscious Sect Leader. Madame Yu barely listens beyond that, already a whirlwind of robes as she runs to her daughter's room. Jiang Cheng on her heel.

They get there and all of them taking calming breaths, no need to scare Wuxian further than he is. Jiang Cheng enters with his mother and quickly climbs onto the bed with his brother and curls around him. The slightly older boy curls ito him, clinging to his robes and Jiang Cheng holds him, listening carefully to his sister explain what had happened in full detail. He is horrified to hear that his father planned to take Wuxian as a second bride all because... He isn't sure what, but the look of absolute fury on his mother's face meant that something was going to happen and soon.

Jiang Cheng watches her leave like a deadly cloud, careful to not wake Wuxian and he makes a silent promise then: He will never be his father. He will protect his brother and sister and make sure they are loved and happily married...