Chapter 5

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"No. Absolutely not." Wen Qing rebutted.

  "Wen Qing, please! Please do this for me!" 

  "Don't be foolish, Wei Ying! Get up! I will not do this! It's only a theory! It's never been done!" She snapped down at Wei Wuxian's kneeling figure, as bowed low before her. 

    Wei Wuxian refused to relent no matter how she refused. He could not give up, it was not in him to do so. If there was even a slight chance of success, it gave him a sliver of hope and he clung on to that hope desperately as he begged and pleaded with Wen Qing to do the surgery on him. 

  Wei Wuxian continued to kneel and plead to Wen Qing until his voice grew hoarse, cracking with suppressed tears and desperation; hopelessness seeping deeply into his bones.

"Alright! Alright, I said! Now stop with all this nonsense!" She grumbled and heaved a sigh as she stared at Wei Wuxian's hopeful face as he stood up.

"I will do the surgery, however, you must know and be aware of the risks, understood?"

"Thank you. Thank you, Wen Qing." He thanked her, his tone full of relief. He waited for the words she would say next as she had warned.

"This has never been done before since it is only a theory. You must know - the estimated chances for success rate are fifty-fifty. I will ask you again, one last time, are you sure you wish to go through with this?" Wen Qing questioned. 

Wei Wuxian replied without hesitation, the fire of determination burning in his gaze.

   "Yes."

 

   Jiang Cheng's lips trembled and his eyes stung with unshed tears while his hands fisted in his robes on his legs. A weight had settled upon his chest. He heard the muffled voices of shock and awe, voices exclaiming in denial around him at what was supposed to be impossible, a method that no one had even known about until this very moment, and the implication was as astounding as it was horrific.

He didn't want to think, he didn't want to feel like this.  It couldn't be! It couldn't be! It wasn't true! This couldn't be true!

 

He told me it was Baoshan Sanren! He told me… he told me... this… 

So… he lied to me all along? I never knew?!

How could I be so stupid!

Jiang Cheng lifted a trembling hand and held it over his abdomen, where his Wei Wuxian's golden core rested warmly within him. 

He looked up to meet Chenqing's hostile gaze, proving right after all. The look in Chenqing's eyes spoke volumes. 

Jiang Cheng paled, swallowing thickly, anger warring with pain and denial making him feel sick.

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