When Jiang Cheng accused him, Wei WuXian couldn't defend himself at all, but he just couldn't bear it when such words were being directed at Lan WangJi.
Wei WuXian, "Jiang Cheng, just listen to yourself. What are you saying? Is it appropriate? Don't forget who you are. After all, you're the leader of a sect. Insulting a renowned cultivator in front of Uncle Jiang and Madam Yu's spirits-where is your discipline?"
His original intention was to remind Jiang Cheng to at least hold some respect for Lan WangJi. However, Jiang Cheng was the most sensitive. From those words, he managed to make out the notion that he wasn't fit to be a sect leader. Immediately, darkness crawled up his face, bearing an eerie similarity to how Madam Yu looked when she was angry. His voice was harsh, "Who's the one insulting my parents in front of their spirits?! Could you two please understand whose sect you're in? I don't care if you act so shamelessly outside, but don't you dare fool around inside our ancestral hall, before my parents' spirits! After all, they were the ones who brought you up-even I feel ashamed for you!"
Wei WuXian never expected such a huge blow to crash down on him. He was both shocked and furious, blurting, "Shut up!"
Jiang Cheng pointed outside, "Mess around outside however you want, whether under a tree or on a boat, hugging or otherwise! Get out of my sect, get out of anywhere my eyes can see!"
Hearing him mention 'under a tree', Wei WuXian felt his heart skip a beat-could Jiang Cheng have seen the scene where he crashed into Lan WangJi's arms?
His guess was not wrong. Jiang Cheng did indeed go out to find Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi. He chased after them in the direction that the street vendors pointed at. A voice in his heart seemed to tell him to which places Wei WuXian would definitely go. He caught up to them in just a while. Yet, he just so happened to see Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi enveloped in a tight embrace under a tree, unwilling to let go of each other even after so long.
Goosebumps immediately ran down Jiang Cheng's body.
Although he'd made guesses at the relationship between Mo XuanYu and Lan WangJi before, they were only attacks trying to offend Wei WuXian, not that he really doubted anything. He'd never thought that Wei WuXian would have ambiguous ties with a man, for after all, when they grew up together, Wei WuXian had never expressed any such interest. He'd always loved good-looking girls with a passion. On the other hand, it was even more impossible for Lan WangJi. He was famous for his asceticism, seemingly interested in neither men nor women.
But hugging like that seemed abnormal no matter what. At least, they didn't seem like normal friends or brothers. He immediately recalled that Wei WuXian had always stuck to Lan WangJi ever since he came back. Lan WangJi's attitude toward him was also different from what it was before he was reborn. At once, he was almost certain that the two really were in that kind of relationship. He couldn't turn around and leave, yet he didn't want to say a single word to the two, so he continued to hide himself as he followed them. Every single look and movement that passed between them seemed different in his eyes. For a while, the shock, absurdity, and slight disgust that he felt combined to overpower his hatred. It was only after Wei WuXian brought Lan WangJi into the ancestral hall that the long-suppressed hatred was awakened again, devouring his courtesy and rationality.
Wei WuXian was holding something back, "Jiang WanYin, you... apologize right now."
Jiang Cheng mocked, "Apologize? For what? For exposing your thing for each other?"
Wei WuXian raged, "HanGuang-Jun is only my friend-what do you think we are?! I warn you. Apologize right now-don't make me beat you up!"
Hearing this, Lan WangJi's expression froze for an instant. Jiang Cheng laughed, "Well, then I've never seen 'friends' like that before? You warn me? Warn me against what? If you two had the slightest trace of integrity left, you shouldn't have come here and..."
