My Cloud and My Lotus

Chapter 16: Places

Jiang Cheng was looking around lotus. pier, not knowing everyone from kid to elder was looking at him. Some of them started to tear up for some reason. Jiang Cheng noticed it, but didn't mind it much. When he stopped at a pier, that was never there in there time line. He walked on to the dark wooden planks and reached the end only to find a large drawing of his parents. He see how beautiful his mother looked with her stern face and his father smiling as usual. It was kinda odd on why there was a portrait of his parents at a public pier.

The view behind it was gorgeous and was dazzling as the sun hits the water making it sparkle, the lotus that was floating around the wide lake as it petals brushed together. The peace was then placed back, when some woman screamed behind him. He immediately turned around the woman looked old many around on her late 50s to early 60s. The lotus pods that was used to be placed in a basket were now rolling down on the wooden planks of the pier. Some Jiang disciples immediately ran towards the scream of the old woman, and suddenly stopped like they had seen a ghost. Jiang Cheng walked over to the old woman and helped her up and picked up some of the fallen lotus pods and placed them back at her basket and suddenly asked.

"Are you alright Madame?"

The woman nodded slowly, the young jiang gave her the basket but the woman did not accept it. The Jiang disciple on the back who looked shocked aswell. The disciple bowed down immediately. The woman then touched his shoulder, and her eyes widen that this wasn't such a dream. There deceased sect leader was young and fully alive?!
He was moving not covered in blood, nor with his bloody purple robes. The younger Jiang raised his right eyebrow, on why they were acting like this and the disciple behind the woman was still bowing his head but coukd see tears dripping as it hits the dry wooden floor.

"C-Clan Leader...?"

The woman then finally spoke after a few moments at looking at him, the disciple looked up to see clearly. It looked like a younger version of their deceased clan leader.

"Me?"

The younger Jiang asked again, as the woman really finally confirmed in her mind that this is the younger version of there clan leader. Maybe the God's had seen there desperation, on seeing there clan leader again alive and safe not harmed from any danger that had crossed by there paths.

"Shit!"

Jin Ling spoke behind the wall near at the pier, with the rest of the three juniors. Jingyi who looked stunned and same with the other two, Jiang Cheng was caught by one of the Jiang disciples. But not just a Jiang disciples, but a survivor of the Yunmeng Jiang massacre. And had seen Jiang Cheng when he was younger.

"Who are you? again madam?"

Jiang Cheng asked with a confused tone and face. The old woman smiled at him and picked up the basket full of lotus pods. The Jiang disciple walked closer.

"Clan Leader is it really you?"

"What do you mean, it is really me? Aren't my. Future self here?"

And that's the moment that the old woman realize that this was not there sect leader. But the past self of there sect leader. When F.Wei Wuxian saw this he immediately dragged Lan Wangji with him to fetch the younger jiang. There were only two people the pier and no more. They then swoop on.

"Hello!"

He says with a smile on his face, as the other still with his expressionless face.

"Good afternoon, granny, can I borrow my baby brother for a moment? He's kinda...."

Wei Wuxian bent down to the old woman's ear and whispered.

"He's kinda have an illness making him crazy..."

Wei Wuxian said, maybe it will convince the old woman to let the younger jiang go. But the moment he realize jiangs are not easy to be. fulled. The woman furrowed her brows.

"Fine, just take Clan leader with you, but I don't want him being near with that Man."

Wei Wuxian understood who she was talking about, he nodded and. Took Jiang Cheng and his husband away from the pier.

"Why don't we start looking for an inn, Lan Zhan do you know were a-yuan is?"

"Mn."

Just at the right moment Jin Ling and Lan Sizhui were walking together, who clearly bought things.

"Ah! there you two are! A-yuan could you find us an inn? to stay for the night?"

Wei Wuxian said, but lam Wangji immediately dragged him away. The Jiang beside them furrowed his brows. Jin Ling walked over to his uncle who was. Looking at the two men walking over at a near by inn.

"Let's just get a different inn, Sizhui."

"Yes, of course."

"Why can't we just go with them?"

"It's better not to be near that devilish disgusting unholy sounds."

"What?"

"Just no."

The three young men start to look for an inn, and they found few different places. Everyone was near at a bakery and where they'll be staying in. Everyone was asked on we're future Wei Wuxian and Lan wangji were but the juniors did not asnewr it. They just soon forget about that topic and went to there designated inn.

Lan Jingyi and Jin Ling were in front of Lan Xichen and Jiang cheng, bickering with one another as always. As they arrived at the inn, Jiang Cheng didn't clearly quiet hear that he'll be sharing a room with Lan Xichen, and thought they had there own seperate rooms. We'll the two cousins were but nit for them. Lan Xichen looked around the inn and was quiet dazzaled by how detailed the wood art was, one of the staff answered that they were hand crafted by a very professional wood cutter.

It looked like from a peice of art to any humans eyes. He went back to his room to get some sleep only to see a young man on his bed. Wearing gray robes, he was about to wake the man up only to realize it was the young jiang sleeping.