Beyond The Mud [MDZs]

Chapter 15

"I forgot to bring fairy, now Jiujiu will definitely break my legs." Jin Ling didn't realize that he had mouthed his thoughts loud.

"Young Mistress, if you're scared you can go back." Ouyang Zizhen decided to tease the little sect leader. 

"Without me, you guys would be dead for sure." Jin Ling was not letting Zizhen have his way. 

"Hahaha you're right young Mistress, here let me read you my new poetry." 

The Baling Ouyang sect was associated with Yunmeng Jiang Cheng. Ouyang Zizhen and Jin ling had met each other whenever his father came to visit Sect leader Jiang in Lotus Pier. 

Jin Ling was forced to greet  the other child who was 3 years older than him. Ouyang Zizhen knew it was all obligations and he had no say in it. They really didn't like each other  much after their first encounter but after many such encounters they developed a mutual understanding of how they both hated these greetings. Jin Ling was a stubborn child while Ouyang Zizhen was a rebel, what a combo!

They both would sneak out of the meetings and run around the Lotus pier. Ouyang Zizhen would write poetry under the shade of trees while Jin Ling would play with fairy. But it was after Yi City that they both openly accepted each other as friends.

"Maidens will fall out of love with this disgusting poetry." Jin Ling read the newest description of Love that Zizhen had written. 

"Hey! it's my master piece, don't disrespect it like that" Zizhen was offended by it a little, after all he spent days writing this new piece for the one he loved.

"You're still going on about love crap? you know it is fake" Fake like their system, where they bowed to people with power and flattered them with words just to avoid getting on their bad side.

"What would you know about love?" it came out wrong, Zizhen didn't mean it like that. Of course how would Jin Ling know about Love? the Love his uncle gave him is disguised in his stern voice. 

"What? you're saying it's my fault that I don't  have  parents? It was those Wen Dogs!" 

Lan Shizui and Lan Jingyi heard their loud voices and followed them quickly but they stopped at the wrong time. Wen Dogs.

Lan Jingyi glanced at Lan Shizui who had no expression on his face but he clenched his fist to hide the pain. 

"Will you just  stop with past? Can't you move on already." it came out even more wrong but Lan Jingyi wanted to ease the pain of his brother. 

"That's right? I'm the one at fault, I'm always the bad guy and it was also my fault that Yunmeng Jiang Sect suffered the most by those Wen Dogs!"

Jin Ling stomped away, he was furious, he was mad but he was hurt the most. Lan Shizui took a deep breath and followed the Young Mistress cause nobody else would.  

Wei Wuxian heard it all, he felt remorse because everyone suffered- suffered because of him.

He decided to stay behind and calm the two kids, Lan Jingyi was furious while Ouyang Zizhen was drenched in guilt. 

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"Jin Ling!"

"Jin Ling Stop!" 

Lan Shizui grabbed the wrist of younger boy in front of him and he (JL) halted with a jolt. 

Jin Ling with one hand wiped his tears and let out a sob,

"Shizui, you know I didn't mean it. I just lose control whenever they mention Wen Dogs."