THE GAME

Chapter 5

Nie Huaisang came out of the shadows with the help of his friends. His incident brought the gang together and they did everything possible to make sure he was in full spirits. Things did not go back to normal and Wei Ying now had another soul he wanted to protect with his life. Nie Huaisang had found a sworn brother. One whom he could share everything with.

One thing that never died was the tension between Wei Ying and his cultivation class lecturer, Lan QiRen. The older man kept looking for reasons to mark the omega down but Wei Ying was too smart for him. The semester soon came to an end and most students returned to their sects for the holidays.

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(Present Day)

Nie Minjue had to step in to stop the fight but the Jiangs were a tough nut to crack. They did not show any signs of weakness at all.
No one expected Wangji would try to bite Wei Ying again when he was trying to apologize. Wen Qing took YanLi and Wen Ning helped Huaisang out of the room. People outside started to notice the squabble as the place was trashed. "Pull yourself together! We're in a public place.", Minjue yelled at Xichen and Wangji. "When you want someone to forgive you, you don't start another fight with them." He added.

Jiang Cheng stood with his brother all the way until Nie Minjue took them out of the place. "Are you alright?", he asked, noting the cut on Jiang Cheng's lip. "Yes...I'll be ok as long as you tell those animals to stay away from us."

Minjue, "I'm sorry it had to come to this...As future sect leaders you four need to settle your differences...Let me take you home for now."

Wen Qing stepped in, "Sect Leader Nie, I'll take them home. You should go with your friends."

Minjue apologized once more and went back to check on the Jades. Lan Wangji had his head low again. He did not control himself once more and ruined everything. "I'm sorry brother...I don't know what came over me."

"Wangji, tell me the truth. What do you really want from Young Master Wei? Since the beginning of the year, I've watched your mood change easily whenever he's around...Your pheromones also seem to want to dominate him so bad when you get the least chance...I fear you might even go into a rut if nothing is done.", Xichen massaged his temple as he spoke. As an elder brother, he could not let Wangji face this alone. "Maybe it's time we spoke to Father about this," Xichen added. 

Wei Ying hid in his bed when they got home. YanLi went into his room with A'Cheng, holding a big bowl of ice cream and three spoons. "Hey, wild one...don't tell me you're still upset." Jiang Cheng put the ice cream on the side table while YanLi turned on the lights and pulled off the blanket. "I just want to sleep..." Wei Ying struggled to get the blanket back.

YanLi, "A'Xian, have some ice cream...". She strokes his hair as Jiang Cheng set the bowl on the bed. They all dug in.

"A'Xian, I'm sorry you're having troubles with the young master Lan. I know how much you wanted to be his friend."

"Jie, that was at the beginning of the year...Now I'm not so sure it's safe around him."

"Should we tell our parents? Maybe if they came in, there would be a solution." YanLi suggested. "Ha...You know how mother gets, she'll probably skin me alive if she found out." Wei Ying smiled.

Jiang Cheng, "This is the second time he's tried that...Imagine what would happen if you guys were left alone."

'Actually, this was not the second time...He's done it many other times and that's the reason why I stopped being friendly with Wangji', Wei Ying's conscience spoke in his head. All his life he believed he wouldn't need to hide anything from his siblings but this was something he couldn't bring himself to talk about.