99. Helping Them

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His left hand locked both of the person’s hands while his right closed around their neck. Lowering his voice, he threatened with the most ruthless tone that he could conjure, “Don’t make any noise! Or else I can break your neck at once!”

"I'm really going to do that, if ever." said Wei Wuxian.

"You won't dare." said Wen Qing with a glare.

Held down firmly by him, the person hurried, “Y-Young Master Wei, it’s m-me!”

"It's really you!" exclaimed Wen Qing making her little brother shivers.

"What are you doing there?" she asked.

"Calm down, a-qing. I'm sure a-ning was just there to watch or get information." said Wen Xu.

It was the voice of a boy. Hearing this, Wei WuXian’s first reaction was, Maybe it’s one of the people I know, wearing the Wen Sect’s robes to spy amongst them?

But the voice was completely unfamiliar. He rejected the thought at once and his grip tightened, “Don’t play any tricks!”

The boy, “I… I don’t play any tricks. Young Master Wei, y-you can look at my face.”

Wei WuXian, Look at his face? Maybe he’s hidden something inside his mouth and he’s prepared to spit it out?

"I w-will never d-do that." said Wen Ning.

"Stop stuttering. No one is scaring you." said Wei Wuxian.

"It's just normal." said Wen Qing.

"Why?" asked Wei Wuxian.

Wen Qing raised her brows at him.

Keeping his guard up, he turned the person’s face around. The boy’s features were delicate. A youthful handsomeness surrounded him. This was the young master of the QishanWen Sect whom they had seen when peeking yesterday.

Wei WuXian was indifferent, I don’t know him.

He turned the boy’s face back around and continued to hold his neck, ordering in a low voice, “Who are you?!”

The boy seemed a bit disappointed, “I… I’m Wen Ning.”

"Am I supposed to know you?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"I never met you." he added.

"I a-also d-don't know." said Wen Ning.

Wei WuXian frowned, “Who is Wen Ning?”

In silence, though, he thought, Who cares who he is? No matter what, he’s someone with a rank. With him in my hands, maybe I could do an exchange!

Wen Ning spoke slowly, “I… A few years ago, during the Discussion Conference at Qishan, I… I… was shooting arrows…”

Hearing how slow he was, impatience rushed up Wei WuXian. He fumed, “You what?! Are you a stutterer?!”

"Don't you dare raise your voice at him." said Wen Qing.

"But what does he mean by the Discussion Conference at Qishan?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"We don't know either." said Jiang Cheng with an eye roll.

Wen Ning was so scared that flinched within Wei WuXian’s grip, as if wanting to roll into a ball with his hands around his head. He whispered, “Yes… Yeah.”

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