Those Three Months

Part 8

The ghoul child snarled at Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng, not at all hiding its enmity. Wei Wuxian raised his hand slightly for it to withdraw its fangs. His gaze swept back and forth between Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng. Among the three, nobody spoke up.

A few moments later, Jiang Cheng waved his arm and tossed something over. Wei Wuxian caught it without a second thought. Jiang Cheng, "Your sword!"

Wei Wuxian's hand slowly dropped.

He looked down at Suibian and only responded after a pause, "... Thank you."

Again, a short while passed before any words were spoken. Suddenly, Jiang Cheng walked over and struck him, "You brat! Where have you run off to in these three months?!"

Although the sentence itself seemed to scold him, his tone was full of joy. Although Lan Wangji didn't step forward, he eyes had always been locked onto Wei Wuxian. With the slap, Wei Wuxian paused blankly. A few moments later, he struck him as well, "Haha, it's a long story, it's a long story!"

The cold air that had been on him was in some ways watered down by the two strikes. There was anger within Jiang Cheng's joy. He hugged him tightly before shoving him back, yelling, "Didn't we agree to meet at the lousy town down the mountain? I waited for almost six days and didn't even see a shadow of you! If you died it wouldn't even have been in front of my eyes! For the last three months I've been so busy that my head's even gotten bigger!"

Wei Wuxian lifted the hem of his robe and sat down again, waving his hand, "I've already said that it's a long story. Back then a bunch of Wen-dogs were searching everywhere for me as well. They were waiting for me, caught me right there, and threw me to some hell of a place to suffer."

As he spoke, the blue-faced woman crawled toward him using both her arms and her legs. When she had been fighting, her face was almost hideous, but now, with her dark face against Wei Wuxian's lap, she somehow seemed to be a charming concubine, obediently pleasing her master. Giggling laughter came from her mouth as well. Wei Wuxian sat leaning to one side, his right hand stroking her soft, long hair over and over again.

As he watched his movements, Lan Wangji's face grew even colder. Although the scene made Jiang Cheng feel somewhat uncomfortable, at the moment, he was more shocked than anything else, "What hell of a place? I've carefully asked the people in the town, so how was it that everyone said they hadn't seen you?!"

Wei Wuxian, "You asked the people in the town? They're all a bunch of naive farmers scared of bringing themselves trouble, so who'd dare tell you the truth? And the Wen-dogs have definitely done something to shut their mouths. Of course all of them said that they hadn't seen me."

Jiang Cheng cursed, "Those old idiots!" He quickly added, "What hell of a place? Qishan? The Nightless City? Then how did you get out? And you've become like this. What are... these two things of yours? They actually listen to your command. A while ago Second Young Master Lan and I took the task of assassinating Wen Chao and Wen ZhuLiu at night, but somebody had gone before us. I can't believe that it was you! You were the one who changed those talismans as well?"

From the corner of his eye, Wei Wuxian saw that Lan Wangji had always been looking at them. He smiled, "Pretty much. If I say that I found a mysterious cave somewhere and there was a mysterious book that a mysterious expert had left, and then when I came out I was this powerful, would you believe me?"

Jiang Cheng spat, "Wake up. You've read too many legends in those picturebooks, haven't you? How could there be so many experts in the world? With secret caves and books everywhere!"

Wei Wuxian turned his palms up, "You see? You don't believe me even if I say it. I'll tell you about it if I ever get the chance to."

Jiang Cheng glanced at Lan Wangji. He knew that it was probably something that shouldn't be said in front of disciples from other sects and wiped the joy from his face, "Alright, then. You can tell me about it later. It's all good as long as you're back."