"I wonder what he's even doing here..." Zizhen says thoughtfully "Did Jiang-zongzhu invite him just for... that..."
He has so many questions about how this happened and - more importantly - when it started. How much is this the cause of the wedding being called off? Should he be doing something to defend his cousin's honour at this point? He hopes they're being cautious (servants seeing aside), because this really isn't going to do great things for sect leader Jiang's reputation or his cousin's, and sect leader Nie isn't going to look that great either - he doesn't want to make a comment on that, though, he doesn't want to imply that Jin Ling's beloved uncle is an idiot.
Even though he might actually be one.
~~~
"I'll see you tomorrow," Yuan tells him brightly, waving goodbye as he heads up to the Jingshi.
When he steps inside and sees the candy, he remembers what Jingyi said and smiles softly, though he drags his gaze away from it and smiles at his parents.
"A-die, baba, good evening." he bows to them both.
"Ah! One day in and he's already the perfect Lan disciple! Look at how polite he is, Lan Zhan!" Wuxian jumps up to fuss over his now-blushing son and pull him towards the table. "Come in, come in, can we please eat the candy now?"
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2021-09-06 17:13 (UTC)"I wonder what he's even doing here..." Zizhen says thoughtfully "Did Jiang-zongzhu invite him just for... that..."
He has so many questions about how this happened and - more importantly - when it started. How much is this the cause of the wedding being called off? Should he be doing something to defend his cousin's honour at this point? He hopes they're being cautious (servants seeing aside), because this really isn't going to do great things for sect leader Jiang's reputation or his cousin's, and sect leader Nie isn't going to look that great either - he doesn't want to make a comment on that, though, he doesn't want to imply that Jin Ling's beloved uncle is an idiot.
Even though he might actually be one.
~~~
"I'll see you tomorrow," Yuan tells him brightly, waving goodbye as he heads up to the Jingshi.
When he steps inside and sees the candy, he remembers what Jingyi said and smiles softly, though he drags his gaze away from it and smiles at his parents.
"A-die, baba, good evening." he bows to them both.
"Ah! One day in and he's already the perfect Lan disciple! Look at how polite he is, Lan Zhan!" Wuxian jumps up to fuss over his now-blushing son and pull him towards the table. "Come in, come in, can we please eat the candy now?"