A Way to Heal

Part 33

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It had always been hard for him to bring it up, but, although the YiLing Patriarch was known for being ever-so invincible, he'd become a coward whenever he faced a dog. This couldn't be helped, though. When he was still young, before Jiang Feng Mian had brought him home, he grew up on the streets, often having to fight for food with vicious dogs. After several bites and chases, he gradually became extremely scared of all dogs, no matter the size. Jiang Cheng laughed at him because of this quite a lot of times. If he told others this, it would not only be shameful, but also believed by only a few people, which was why practically nobody knew of it. Wei WuXian almost died from the fright. As he saw a tall, white figure, he quickly shouted at the top of his lungs, "Lan Zhan, save me!"

"Jin RuLan , it is not good to use someone's weakness against them to get them to surrender", commented Lan QiRen.

"I didn't know he was afraid of them", Jin Ling said sincerely regretting it. Watching the horrified face of his uncle is more than enough torture, nobody could it's the same YiLing patriarch who rules the dead and alive.

"A-Xian, does he still do that?", he heard a whisper in his ears.

"No Shijie, your son is good now. But I should say this kid is completely you, Jiang Cheng", He pouted. YanLi smiled at her big brother acting too cute. "Are you not ashamed now? they are gonna know about your secret", she asked.

"NO. Most of them already know and now I'm trying to overcome it. So no problem". In the past there was a lot of time when YanLi and Cheng tried to make him befriend dogs so that Jiang Cheng could get his pets back. But Wei Wuxian being Wei Wuxian never tried to go near them, finally making them drop the plan.

Nobody made another comment about it. No mocking, no teasing, they didn't even look at him. During these years Lan Wangji was trying to find various methods to lessen his fear. Even though it was not 100% successful, there was a significant difference in Wei Wuxian's attitude towards dogs. Now he could be in the same room with puppies... What ?? It is a big difference.

Finding Lan WangJi after chasing this far, Jin Ling was shocked, Why would this lunatic show up alongside him again?! Lan WangJi had a serious personality and never chattered or joked. Even a few disciples of the same generation as him feel nervous when they see him, much less these juniors.

His level of intimidation was even worse than Lan Qiren's, back in those days. The dog underwent harsh training. Being different from the average dog, it was quite intelligent. As if it also knew that it couldn't behave rudely in front of this person, it howled a few times, then hid behind Jin Ling with its tail between its legs.As Jin Ling was using his dog to chase Wei WuXian down the streets and happened to be caught by Lan WangJi, his heart sank, It's all over. He'd definitely kill the spiritual dog that I took such lengths to train, and then give me a harsh beating!

"Lan Zhan, why are you scaring everyone?", Wuxian whispered in his ears. "Not scaring, Don't like ", He muffled a laugh and nodded at his husband's answer.

Yet, Wei WuXian ducked under Lan WangJi's arm and went behind him, seeming as if he wanted to climb up like climbing a pole. Feeling a pair of arms clasp around him, Lan WangJi froze for an instant. Taking this opportunity, Jin Ling blew two more whistles, and ran off with his black-haired spiritual dog.

"back then, he used to climb on top of the nearby trees or Jie would carry him", Jiang Cheng remembered the times when his dogs chased the little WuXian around Lotus pier. "that's how I had to give up on them. Brother vs dogs and my dogs lost"

"don't tell me you still hold a grudge against it."

"I do.. So I'm raising a bunch of big dogs in Lotus Pier to welcome you when you visit with your dear husband"