THE GAME

Chapter 6

The following day...

The Jiangs and the Lans were seated in one of the conference rooms at the Cloud Recesses. Qingheng-Jun and Madam Lan exchanged glances as they noted the huge frown on Madam Yu's face. Aside from that, the Jiang Siblings looked like they were in mourning, sitting across the two Jades and Lan QiRen.

Madam Yu, "Well, is anyone going to say something, or do I have to start a war?". Fengmian and his children were not surprised to hear that. Qingheng-Jun cleared his throat and gave the angry woman a soft smile. "There's no need for tension to rise... We've seen the video and my son will take full responsibility for what he did."

Madam Lan, "Sect Leader Jiang, Madam Yu, we are aware Wen Ruohan had already made arrangements to get young master Wei Ying engaged to his eldest son, Wen Xu. Given the current situation, we'd like you to reconsider."

"What else would you have us do? We haven't even settled the arrangement between Lan Xichen and my son, Jiang Cheng...If it were a secret we would have overlooked this blunder but this video came from the media!... I managed to shut them up for now, but we both know that won't last long." Yu Ziyuan said, not giving her husband the chance to speak. Jiang Cheng stiffened upon hearing his mother's words. 'Me and that goodie two shoes, fuck no!', he thought to himself, quickly taking a sip of water and rested the bottle back on the table.

The Lans had already discussed their end result following Lan Wangji's confession the previous night. He admitted wanting to mark the omega on several occasions even when Xichen tried to convince his parents it was not intentional. Being the clan noted for raising gentlemen and great humanitarians, it would wound their reputation if they were branded abusers and probably cause an uproar among the three genders in the lands if Hanguanjun did not fix his mistake.

Madam Lan, "We want our son to get married to Master Wei as soon as possible."

Madam Yu, "It's the right thing to do, however, it cant be before the wedding between Jiang Cheng and Lan Xicheng.". Qingheng Jun and his wife agreed to that and were ready to set up another meeting.

It took a while for Wei Ying to process what he just heard. "I won't do it.", the words seeped out, reminding the adults that he was sitting right there. "What did you just say?", Madam Yu asked with a venomous frown. "Mother, I...I don't want to marry him. Won't that be giving him just what he wanted from the start?", Wei Ying replied.

"You have no say in this matter, Wei Ying. You lost that privilege when I raised you...", Madam Yu gave a taunting smile. Everyone else thought her words were cruel but they dare not interfere between mother and son.

Wei Ying stepped out of his seat and kotowed on the ground before his mother and father, begging them not to accept the marriage but they said nothing even when he began to cry. "Son, it's for your own good. Being an omega is not easy and as a father I have to protect your dignity.", Fengmian tried to make him understand.

Wei Ying, "But I don't care what people will think about me... I don't want to get married and leave home."

Madam Yu, "What home? Have you ever thought of what people will say about your family? Do you know your sister's marriage will take place in a year? What would the family think of her if they find out you nearly got raped on more than three occasions? Won't they think your sister has probably gone through a similar thing? Stop being a brat and get up. How dare you act weak in front of people!! Didn't I teach you better?"

Lan Xichen noticed how much it bothered Wangji to be rejected by Wei Ying. His face did not show but Xichen could tell by the way he clenched his fist and kept his eyes low. He didn't think much about his parent's decision concerning his mate. Xichen was well aware that his parents would choose someone suitable for him. Too bad it was someone with anger issues.