A Way to Heal

Part 73

.

.

Lan WangJi's face was full of doubts and concern. Above all, what Wei WuXian saw when he returned to his seat was the unaltered despondency and chagrined eyes. Although he couldn't fathom the logic behind the enmity between his husband and Martial brother, he was very sure that Lan WangJi's now behavior is not so gentlemanly.

"Lan Zhan ", Wei Wuxian's voice was not carrying its usual cheekiness. Lan WangJi turned to face his husband, not uttering a single sound. "Did you forget why we are here?"

Wei WuXian looked around the cave. "They are Just watching and enjoying the chance while it lasts, Still don't understand the reason why we are here. But we know, don't we?". Lan Wangji was quiet as usual. "If I still wanted everything to be the same, then why are we sitting here? Why are we watching this if this torture will not end up giving us a happy ending?"

Now, WangJi had his eyes on Wei WuXian

"Wei Ying", he murmured. "I didn't say anything"

"You didn't. But your face says it all, Lan Zhan ". He turned to the other side. "A-Yuan, do you want to sit with your friends?", carrying a light scent of gentleness WuXian asked his son. Obviously, Lan SiZhui was confused by this sudden question.

"Why?"

"I have something to discuss with Lan Zhan ", said Wei WuXian and the unusual seriousness in his voice did scare the young one a little. He peeked at his other father and he could see the same expression in WangJi's eyes, a little fear. Without making a single noise SiZhui moved along to the other side.

Wei WuXian now had Lan WangJi's full attention on him.

"For some reason you do not like Jiang Cheng and I understand. I haven't said anything up until now about that. But from now on, I am not going to sit there silently watching, while my husband and Shidi continue with their cold war. I'm not asking you to be friends with him and I certainly do not expect you and him to be as close as XiChen ge and I . But there should be a minimum level of cognizance between you two which means I do not want to see both of you going to grab each other's neck the moment you are in the same vicinity. Do you understand?"

He said everything in one breath and stopped as if waiting for the other to swallow the meaning. Wei WuXian was not trying to coax Lan WangJi neither wasn't it an order. But the absence of his usual smile and playfulness was more than enough warning for his husband.

"He hurt Wei Ying"

"You think I don't know that?", WuXian asked, now lowering his voice to a mere murmur. "Of course he hurt me. There were even times when I couldn't look into his eyes because of the hatred seeping through them", Wei WuXian's voice was strained with a crack. He felt the veins in his forehead will burst out any moment.

"If the reason for your hatred for him is because he didn't stand up for me, then shall I ask, how would you feel if I treat your brother the same way you treat mine? What was Xichen ge, as the sect leader and as your elder brother, doing when you were punished and secluded? Did he stand up for you? Did he try to reduce your punishments? Did he fight with the elders for his Didi? You were his younger brother. Not a martial relationship but the same blood. WHAT EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUR BROTHER?"

Nothing. Lan WangJi, in fact, never thought about this until Wei WuXian brought it up. Why would he? He got punished by the sect elders. The leader didn't have a higher voice than the elders of the clan and it was a known fact. And to reprimand his brother for not taking his side, WangJi should be hostile to the punishment he got. No. Never in those secluded years did he feel remorse, rather WangJi was proud. This punishment was a symbol of his unwavering love and dedication for his Wei Ying.