Back To the Past

Chapter Sixteen

"Well..."

Mother wasn't staring at Wei Wuxian. Her sharp gaze was fixed upon taking out the lotus seeds. The silence was loud. Only the whistling of the wind blowing existed as sound at that moment. Or if I could put my ear to Wei Wuxian's chest, I know for sure that it's beating uncontrollably. 

"Mother A-Ying hasn't done anything wrong." 

Mother looked up. She didn't say anything but her silence was worrying. 

"My Lady? Has something happened between them?" Father says. 

I turn towards A-Ying and notice that his body has stiffened up even more before we wouldn't have known how they would have reacted to Wei Ying and Lan Wangji getting married.

"Why don't you ask him yourself? Although It seems he's become mute." 

Father looks at Wei Wuxian and so does JieJie.  

"A-Xian what's going on?" Fengmian questions. "Did something happen that included the second young master of Gusu?"

Wei Ying doesn't answer. Nor does he look up. 

Why doesn't he say anything?

I frown. How does mother know about Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji?

"Mother..."

She slowly moves her gaze to me and so do Father and JieJie.

"Do you know about what Wei Ying was doing?" she questions although I think she might already have a clue. "Actually no. Let me rephrase that. Did you try to stop Wei Ying from ruining our name?" 

My frown deepens. 

Ruining our name? But he didn't do anything.

"My Lady please speak of what you have seen or heard regarding A-Xian." Father finally says the words I've been dying to say.

"Why? Is it so you can justify his actions again?" Mother stands up abruptly. 

No. Please no. I can't let them fight all over again. All we have ever seen them do is fight or avoid each other like a plague. Why can't they just...

talk?

"My Lady I haven't said anything." 

"Of course you haven't! And you won't either because Wei Ying can't ever do anything wrong. Right?" 

"I didn't say that A-Xian doesn't do anything wrong. Of course, there will be times when he will make mistakes."  Father says calmly. 

The atmosphere starts to become tense. The air becomes heavy around us. And I feel as if something is stuck in my throat. Wei Wuxian still hasn't said anything and I can't tell what's going on in that head. JieJie is standing next to him worried. And I'm starting to become frustrated with everything happening. 

Mother grits her teeth. The anger and hate are visible in her eyes.

"Oh, Fengmian! But that's not the same with your own son, is it? If it were Jiang Cheng doing what Wei Ying did-"

"Yu Ziyuan!"

"Heh...of course you'll have me shut my mouth."

"What did A-Xian do?" I say trying to intervene.

"Will you have the same thoughts about Jiang Cheng if he was one throwing himself at Lan Wangji!"

My eyes widen hearing her. 

"What..." Wei Wuxian whispers. "How-"

It doesn't stop. Just like it never did when they were alive before. The same arguing between them back and forth, nonstop. Mother slandering Wei Wuxian's name while constantly comparing me to him and father wordlessly listening to her.

"If no one had told me about it I would never have known about his shameless indecent act with Lan Wangji. And that son of a servant forced him to be like that with him." Mother yells angrily. "Wei Wuxian! How dare you break off Yanli's engagement and then throw yourself at the second young master. You-"

"That's enough!" 

Two words and silence again engulfed the atmosphere in the room. Father walks out without saying another word. JieJie tries to call him but he doesn't stop. I watch as he passes A-Ying to see if he would glance at him but he doesn't. He walks out leaving the four of us alone. However, that also changes when Wei Wuxian runs out without a word as well.

"Mother... A-Xian never tried to or even had the intention of breaking-" JieJie says quietly.

"Stop Yanli. You should stay out of this matter." Mother says and also walks out of the hall.

A deep sigh leaves my mouth. This was not how I wanted it to be. I should focus on avoiding the deaths and major events that led to catastrophes.  But I guess this is important too. How can I fix the blogger problems of the cultivation world when I can't even fix my family problems? Being alone after their deaths took a toll on me. Wei Wuxian wasn't there. JieJie got married. I was alone to handle everything. I never had to deal with this after becoming the leader.

"I'm going to look for him. JieJie please get some rest." I take her hands and kiss them softly.

"But that's all I ever do A-Cheng... Rest. I've always rested while watching both of you work hard, trying to prove yourself to mother and father. But that's okay. I'm not as strong as you or anyone so my opinion or say in anything doesn't matter. Please find A-Xian and take care of him." 

And that's it.

I'm left alone.

Again...

.

.

.

Who am I kidding? I may have been alone but at least in the past, I had people with me who supported me. He didn't.

He's alone.

Not me.

"I need to find him..." 

After a few hours

"Stupid Wei Wuxian! Stupid!" I hear a voice.

As I walk closer I see Wei Wuxian crouched on the floor with a pout on his face while he plays with the grass. 

"Yeah stupid." 

"A-Cheng!" 

A short Chapter but I hope you enjoyed it. The fight between the Jiang couple has yet to continue so comment down what you want in the fight. 

I want to write what my readers also want to see so don't be shy to comment down ideas or scenes you want to read.

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