Wei Ying's destroyed heart (Complete) Edited

39: Aiming for Empathy.

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Lan Ying sat in his room with Lan Zhan behind him, combing his hair. To his surprise, this was something that would calm him down when his nerves were acting up. The fact that Lan Zhan had noticed his nerves and just removed the ribbon and used the comb without a single word warmed his heart every time.

They had been back for almost five hours and the sect leaders were undertaking Empathy on the Wen Sect Leader and the girl he called his daughter.

'That feels really good.'

'You are being calmed by me doing this and I am being calmed by do this. We both stay calm from the same action ... perfect harmony.' Lan Zhan smiled softly as he ran the comb through Lan Ying's long hair. 'When the Empathy is finished, and the leaders agree on the punishment, they will call on us.'

'I know, but .... That worm tried to take you away from me and marry you off to some disgusting female who is not even his daughter.'

'They will see.'

'That part of my heart ... is not back yet.' His voice was almost silent but knew his husband would hear it.

'I know. I know that there is a piece of your heart that may never be able to forgive me, or others, that piece of you heart may never be mine totally, but I will always be here.' He lifted the long black hair and kissed his neck softly then wrapped his arms around him and held his back against his own chest. 'There are times I can see in your eyes that there is still anger in your heart towards me. I will wait longer than your anger can last.'

'I know.'

'Maybe one day, you will let me preform Empathy ...'

'You can't really want to see that.'

'I do. Maybe it's best for you also.'

'What do you mean?'

'Think about it, you went through those times all by yourself with no one to confide even the smallest things too ... I'm not saying it will removed the anger, hatred or anything but just maybe, if you share it, it will help you.'

'Just give me some time to think about this.' he turned around and looked into those amazing golden eyes he loved so much. 'I want to decide if I want to make you go through all of that.'

'I will wait ...' a knock interrupted him. 'Who is it?'

'It's me, may I come in?' XiChen called softly.

'Yes.' However, Lan Zhan didn't remove his arms or let Lan Ying move from him.

XiChen walked in trying not to let the pair see his distress. 'We have looked into both of them and it is not good. We have all agreed they both are guilty of conspiring to kill Lan Ying and force WangJi into marriage ... Sect Leader Wen was involved in almost everything Wen RuoHan did back then and thought he could take back the mantle of Chief Cultivator after the wedding by killing my brother and I. The ... girl would then be placed as the sect leader here in GusuLan and have this sect loyal only to the Wen's. This sect leader had already planned this part before he and two others were to appear to have split from their sect. If their sect was destroyed, they were to entrench themselves in with everyone before restarting the Wen Sect and ... well ... the only thing none of them planned on was the pair of you getting married with our approval ... or falling in love in the first place.'

'Their punishment?' Lan Ying asked placing his hand over Lan Zhan's as it rested around him.

'The only punishment deemed worthy of all the crimes the pair have already committed. Do you both remember those few Lan sect members who vanished just after Lan Ying arrived here this time?'

'I heard some of the students whispering about it.'

'Well, it turned out that he had them and two from each of the top sects and ... he has been trying to turn them into controllable puppets with that shardof Yin Iron. Since he is relatively weak in cultivation compared to us, he has had no real luck.' He noted the fury in the couples eyes.

'He killed them all?'

'Yes.'

'Then I hope you will allow me to bind their souls after they die. That way no one will be able to bring them back even the way I was brought back.'

'I was hoping you would offer to do that.' He knelt before the pair. 'Just so you know. We all still approve of this marriage. The documentation is legal and they never had a leg to stand on since it is a legal marriage.'

'Even if it was not, I would never marry anyone else.' Lan Zhan firm reply made Lan Ying smile.

'She will receive the same punishment as the sect leader?' Lan Ying asked.

'Yes. She happily agreed to do this ... but she had no intention of killing you until you gave her a child.' He watched a twin look of disgust fill both of their eyes.

'Brother, when Lan Ying is ready, I will perform Empathy on him.'

'But ...' he looked confused.

'The two and a half years he was out there by himself. Utterly alone.'

'Are you alright with this Lan Ying?'

'Yes ... I suppose for Lan Zhan to understand why that piece of my heart is still unable to ... trust utterly yet, is to allow this.'

'Okay but do this in small doses ... not all in one sitting.'

'Then I will send SiZhui to inform you of when the punishment will take place.'

'Thank you.' Lan Zhan looked from his brother to Lan Ying.

'I know there is no way you will allow Lan Ying out just yet brother.'

Later that evening, just before dinner, SiZhui had arrived with the news that the pair would be put to death the following day.