How much of the past are you willing to change? A mishap during a night hunt sends Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji, Jiang Cheng, Lan Xichen, Nie Huaisung, and our adorable ducklings to the time of the Sunshot campaign. Our older war veterans see their old gh...
Let's see what the rest of our time-traveling friends are up to, shall we?
Jiang quarters
"When will they be back?? How will we know they did it??" Jiang Cheng was pacing around the room as his sister watched him with worry, the floor might have a sinkhole soon, and fondness for how her brother cared for his brother.
"They'll be back soon, they left only a day ago, they need time!" Jiang Yanli said softly
"What if he comes back and says he wants to be with Lan Wangji? What if he leaves Yunmeng and goes to stay in Gusu? What if..."
"I thought I told you to shut up!! Or else I'll break your legs and stuff them in your mouth!! If that's what makes him happy let him!! Honestly, do you think you can control him? He's not someone you can lease like a pet! Now stop pacing like your pants are itching and sit down, we need to plan what Yunmeng can do once the war is over! A-Ling, Xicheng, and have got their clans into getting ready with some plan... so should you!" Jiang Wangyin said as he sat in front of his sister
"How can we help?" Jiang Yanli asked as her brother sat next to her facing his future self
"First you need to show a united front. And that means you need to stop listening to what others say, everything they say, from what they say about his parents to ours to him being better than you and all, I know it's hard I still can't do it completely but to a extend I have made peace knowing he's not me and I'm not him, we can't be the other, we both have our own strengths and weaknesses..."
"But..." the young leader of the Jiang clan began when
"Shut up and listen, Mother never saw beyond her hate for Wei Wuxian's mother and the fact that he was better than me in everything... Cangse Sanren left with her husband... she made her choice and that was not our father, she chose Wei Changze over all those men that wanted her... I mean just look at Wei Wuxian what about his looks or personality looks or is he like our father?? Nothing!! Nothing of him looks like him! It might shock you but Uncle Qi...(cough) I mean grandmaster Lan of our time once told me he looks so much like his father with his mother's eyes and smiles" he continued not noticing his sister caught his slip
"A-Xian looks a lot like his father? He would be happy to hear that!" Jiang Yanli said, knowing just how much Wei Wuxian loves to hear about his parents
"He does... so that alone is proof... don't listen to other people look for the truth with your own eyes but in this case, I would say just forget the issues of the older generation and work with this generation better!" Jiang Wangyin said
"Just one more... you once said I would someday know just "how much he's done for me, for us" What did you mean by that?" Jiang Cheng asked
"Why did you miss your chance to fix it?" Jiang Yanli asked
"I can't answer that first one... Wei Wuxian should do that, but don't corner him... he won't say it in our time, it wasn't him that said how much he had done for my family, someone else told me... why? Only so that I won't keep blaming Wei Wuxian for things that were already confirmed he didn't do, they were confirmed but I still blamed him..." the older man said looking at the siblings
"And as for why I missed the chance to fix it because it won't have worked with us, we have kept the past behind us but there is something we still can't fix and I'm not sure can be ever fixed... let's stop with that... we're burning daylight and we need to have a plan by the time the others get back from Defan"
"How can we make Yunmeng a better place? How can we make it safe for people after the war, how can we get our trades again?" Jiang Cheng asked
"Simple just use what you already leaned have, I know you might think Father never taught you anything but trust me he did, I never noticed it because of my jealousy in seeing him give Wei Wuxian attention and not me. Father did teach you and I think he was proud of you of us, how we took the title and responsibilities" the older man continued.
"There are some merchants left in Yunmeng and I know Grandma Yu will send help too, but still we need allies, my marriage will not do much good if Jin Guangshan and this Jin Guangyao will be out to have innocent blood spilled. We need a connection with the others too" Jiang Yanli said
"A-Jie!!! I never would have thought you would have such a good sight on politics but yes, you're right that was my first step, getting their help was good and also getting some more discipline won't hurt, the war makes many homeless so offer them some lands close by to Lotus Pier it would bring in more people who want to start a new page in their lives and for allies don't worry Xicheng and I have a plan" Jiang Wangyin spoke
"You seem close to sect leader Lan...getting on well with at least one of your brothers-in-law A-Cheng?" Jiang Yanli asked with a tilted head and voice filled with amused and hidden meaning
"Having a good relationship Lans are good A-Jie... if they have the chief cultivator from their clan then having a close connection would do good" Jiang Cheng said missing the look of amusement in his sister and his older self's desperate effort to not look at her.
"Yes... yes... a good 'sect relationship' would do good indeed" she said sipping her tea
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