Messed up love

Chapter 20- Safeplace

Everyone was in the small cart except for Wen Ning and Xue Yang. The small cart soon came to a stop after traveling for a while and Wen Ning peaked through the window, "Master Wei, we're here."
"Where are we?" Wei Ying asked warily.
"Th-there are too many eyes here, I'll tell you when we're inside," Wen Ning said before getting off the cart. Xingchen got out first and looked around, it was a tree filled area and a mansion stood before him. He helped Yanli out and Wei Ying took Jiang Cheng out.
Xingchen carried Jiang Cheng on his back and Yanli helped support him, they walked to the entrance. They all entered and looked around for anybody, there was no one.
Wei Ying looked a bit too wary as he looked around, almost as if expecting for someone to appear and attack them. He turned to Wen Ning and grabbed his colar, "Where is this place?" He asked.
"Th-this is Yiling," Wen Ning stammered, "I..."
"A-Xian," Yanli said desperately, "What are you doing"
Wei Ying pushed Wen Ning back, "It's the Supervisory Office in Yiling? Which unlucky family's place did you take? What do you want by bringing us here?"
"Young Master Wei, listen to me," Wen Ning said, "it's the Supervisory Office but also my sister's residence. I-I have no intention if hurting you. If I did, I would've turned you over after getting in Lotus Pier."
    "A-Xian," Xingchen said calmly, "Young Master Wen is right. Stop being paranoid."
    Wei Ying let go of Wen Ning and Yanli sighed, she was exhausted after everything and needed some rest.
    The man took a couple of steps back, "I'm sorry," he said softly.
    "N-no," Wen Ning said, "it's all right. Let's get in first, when my sister comes we can-"
    "A-Ning," a sharp voice said. Everyone turned around and saw Wen Qing, she stared at Wei Ying, when she saw him, confused.
    Wei Ying looked back in fear and they heard banging on the doors, "Open the door! Is anyone inside?" Wei Ying took Wen Ning's sword and pointed it at Wen Qing, "What's going on? Open the door!"
    Wen Qing turned to the doors after a moment, "Nothing, my brother is back. He is ill again, you can step down."
    "Yes, my lady," the men said.
     Wei Ying heard the footsteps leave and put the sword down. Xue Yang stepped forward and took it, he gave it back to Wen Ning and grabbed Wei Ying's arm gently.
     "Let's go inside," Wen Qing said. Xingchen nodded and walked behind her to a room inside the residence.
     He walked into a room where she led him to a bed. He set Jiang Cheng down carefully and turned to Wen Qing, "Your brother said that you are a doctor, could you take care of him?"
    The woman nodded, "Yes, don't worry about it."
    "Alright, and what is your name?" Xingchen asked.
     "Wen Qing," the woman responded.
     "Nice to meet you Wen Qing, if you want I can call you Lady Wen," Xingchen offered.
     "Wen Qing is fine," Wen Qing said.
     "Alright, and you may call me Xiao Xingchen," Xingchen said, "I am a-Xian's uncle so a-Cheng and a-Li call me that also."
    "Alright," Wen Qing said, "do you know how to cook?"
     "Yes."
      "Good, go ask Wen Ning to show you the kitchen and cook me a light soup," Wen Qing said, "then tell him to come to me."
     "Understood," Xingchen left the room and saw Wen Ning standing outside, "Young Master Wen, your sister asked me to ask you where the kitchen was."
     "O-oh, it's over there to the right," Wen Ning said, "and please don't call me that, it feels weird."
     "I will call you Wen Ning then," Xingchen said smiling, "and your sister asks for your presence."
    "Okay," the young man walked into the room while Xingchen walked to the kitchen. He looked around and found a lot of food, he decided to make some congee since it was easiest and really healthy.
It took him around an hour to finish, not too long. He served the congee in a bowl and gave it to Wen Qing who was standing outside the door of the room.
She nodded her thanks and walked inside to Jiang Cheng and Wei Ying talking. Jiang Cheng was on the floor sitting with tears running down his cheeks, she gave the bowl back to Xingchen and walked over.
The woman grabbed Jiang Cheng's hand and tried to pull him up, but the man saw her sleeve and yanked his hand away, "Get out!" He yelled, "Get away from me!" Wen Qing looked at him confused but he continued to yell, "Go! Leave! Get out of my sight!"
Xue Yang, who had heard the commotion, ran in. He saw the situation and moved past Wen Qing, "You should probably leave Lady Wen," he whispered. The woman nodded and walked away with one last look at Jiang Cheng.
Xue Yang stuck an arm out to Jiang Cheng, offering his hand. The man looked up at him and whispered, "Help me..." Xue Yang nodded and grabbed his arm.
He pulled the crying man up and sat him down on the bed, "You should eat and rest," he said, "that's a good start."
Jiang Cheng nodded and laid down. He closed his eyes and let sleep take over him while his brother and friends watched.
Xingchen set the bowl down on the table and walked over to the bed. He took a cloth and gently wiped the sweat off of the man's forehead. He turned around to the men and said softly, "You should rest, we can't have you passing out when something happens."
"What about you Uncle?" Wei Ying asked.
"Don't worry about me," Xingchen smiled, "I'm used to staying up."
"Are you sure?" Xue Yang asked.
"I'm sure," Xingchen said, "now go and rest. Tomorrow I'll rest, I promise."
"Alright," Wei Ying said after a moment, "we'll go." He grabbed Xue Yang's wrist and walked away with him, he got outside with the man and went to another room, "Jiang Cheng lost his golden core," he said.
"What?" Xue Yang asked shocked, "How? When?"
"Do you remember Wen Zhuliu?" Wei Ying asked, "He's also known as Core-Melting Hand and when Jiang Cheng was taken, Wen Zhuliu crushed his core."
"I forgot about that part," Xue Yang said rubbing his temples, "he can't get it back now. He's a medi-core."
"I don't think so," Wei Ying said, "I think there must be some books here that can help." He went to a shelf and found a lot of books, "This is the library, there should be a lot of books based off of the core."
"Maybe," Xue Yang began to look as well and got every book he could find based off of the golden core. Wei Ying took around half and went to the table, he began reading every single book and wrote down important key points.
Xue Yang did the exact same thing and soon it was dark out. Wei Ying fell asleep on the table and Xue Yang smiled, he stood up and cleaned up the books on his friend's table. He brought them to his own and organized everything.
He read through the night and wrote down everything important like Wei Ying had done. Soon he grew tired and rested his head on his arms, that were on the table, and slept.