"You did the right thing, my love." Huaisang reassures him softly - he knows he's biased, but he's also quite genuine about it, even if Jiang Cheng hadn't turned to him he would have thought so. The beautiful man he's currently draped over deserves true happiness, not settling and resentment for the sake of politics.
"Of course not!" Huaisang protests, laughing "I didn't even have any intentions when I stayed behind, I just thought you needed a friend... I'm very happy how things did turn out, though."
As manipulative as he could be, he wouldn't go that far - he never would have thought he could seduce Jiang Cheng, for a start.
He's about to say something else when there's a bang from the door - a servant had just turned the corner with food for Jiang Cheng, causing Zizhen to scramble to his feet and instead half falling into the door.
Huaisang shifts immediately, untangling himself from Jiang Cheng and rearranging his robes, moving apart from the other sect leader before anybody saw anything.
Zizhen hesitates, unsure if he should run away or not as the servant stares at him.
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Yuan gives his father a nod and a smile when he sees Jingyi dropping back to join the others, moving back himself so he can walk with his friend - he doesn't ask what they were talking about, not wanting to pry in case it was something private.
Wei Wuxian, on the other hand, immediately fills his husband in on the conversation.
Yuan sits with Jingyi while they eat, listening intently to the explanation of what's going on - he wants to be as prepared as possible, because the last thing he wants is to make any mistakes on his first night hunt.
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"You did the right thing, my love." Huaisang reassures him softly - he knows he's biased, but he's also quite genuine about it, even if Jiang Cheng hadn't turned to him he would have thought so. The beautiful man he's currently draped over deserves true happiness, not settling and resentment for the sake of politics.
"Of course not!" Huaisang protests, laughing "I didn't even have any intentions when I stayed behind, I just thought you needed a friend... I'm very happy how things did turn out, though."
As manipulative as he could be, he wouldn't go that far - he never would have thought he could seduce Jiang Cheng, for a start.
He's about to say something else when there's a bang from the door - a servant had just turned the corner with food for Jiang Cheng, causing Zizhen to scramble to his feet and instead half falling into the door.
Huaisang shifts immediately, untangling himself from Jiang Cheng and rearranging his robes, moving apart from the other sect leader before anybody saw anything.
Zizhen hesitates, unsure if he should run away or not as the servant stares at him.
~~~
Yuan gives his father a nod and a smile when he sees Jingyi dropping back to join the others, moving back himself so he can walk with his friend - he doesn't ask what they were talking about, not wanting to pry in case it was something private.
Wei Wuxian, on the other hand, immediately fills his husband in on the conversation.
Yuan sits with Jingyi while they eat, listening intently to the explanation of what's going on - he wants to be as prepared as possible, because the last thing he wants is to make any mistakes on his first night hunt.