Hearing this, the two exchanged a glance. Lan SiZhui perked up.
Wei WuXian, "I'm all ears to your story."
After some thought, Young Master Qin began slowly, "It's not really much of a story. I'm not too familiar with him either. When I was young, I grew up at my grandmother's house in a rural village. He was one of the servants of my grandmother's household. As we were of similar age, we grew up playing with each other."
Wei WuXian, "That's called a childhood friend-how come you say you're not familiar with him?"
Young Master Qin, "Because as we grew up, we drifted apart."
Wei WuXian, "Take some time to think. Have you ever offended this servant in any way?"
Young Master Qin, "There has been one instance, though I'm not too sure how serious it was either."
Lan WangJi, "Go on."
Young Master Qin, "The servant has always served my grandmother by her side. Because he was quick while working and was about the same age as me, my grandmother took quite a liking to him, often praising him for being clever. As a result of this, he also grew somewhat proud, always following the juniors of our clan with no regard to the difference between master and servant. Later, my grandmother even let him go to school with us.
"One day, the teacher left us a difficult problem. Amid the discussion, someone came up with a first answer. Just as the class was expressing their approval, the servant suddenly spoke up and said that it was wrong."
Young Master Qin, "At that time, that servant had only been going to school for a few months, yet we've been schooling for a couple of years. It was needless to say who was right. Immediately, someone proved him wrong. Yet he was extremely stubborn, insisting that the previous person answered wrong to show us his way of solving it. In the end, the entire class felt annoyed by him, and together chased him away."
At this point, Lan SiZhui couldn't help but spoke, "Young Master Qin, even if he annoyed you, he never did anything too extreme... Why drive him out?"
Wei WuXian, "Young Master Qin, from this it sounds like your whole gang of juniors offended him. Do you hold a unique position in this? Or else he wouldn't have only sought after you, but rather visit everyone part of the group."
Young Master Qin, "Back then, I was the first to tell him to leave. It was only a casual remark at first, yet who knew everyone had long since been fed up with him, and the situation broke out. Surprisingly, he had quite a temper. He went back, telling my grandmother that he wouldn't come again, and he really never came back."
Wei WuXian, "I'll ask you two more questions. You must answer in truth, Young Master Qin."
Young Master Qin, "Go ahead."
"My first question." Wei WuXian's eyes shone brightly, "You said that 'someone came up with a first answer'. Does this 'someone' happen to be you?"
After a pause, Young Master Qin replied, "Is this important?"
Wei WuXian, "Then, my second question-regarding the solution to that problem, in the end, who was right and who was wrong?"
Young Master Qin had on an unpleasant expression. He flipped his sleeves, his voice cold, "The incident happened years before now. Please excuse my inability to recall every single detail. But in all honesty, who has never acted on impulse when they were young, doing inexplicable things, meeting inexplicable people. Please don't tangle yourselves in such an incident. Right now, all I want is to deal with this matter as soon as possible."
