Zizhen is about to bolt when the door is flung open and Jiang Cheng looks about as angry as Zizhen's ever seen him - or more accurately, it's the angriest Jiang Cheng has ever been at him. Zizhen will talk back to his father and stand up for his friends, but he's never faced that kind of fury and he's honestly terrified.
Huaisang gives the servant a kind smile and encourages them to leave quickly once the food is left on the table. Unfortunately, Zizhen is not getting the same kindness, in fact once the servant has left, Huaisang flicks out his fan and just watches with interest.
"I-I- I was just- I wanted-" all Zizhen's excuses died on his lips in the face of the threat and he shrinks back a little in fear "Jin Ling was... worried...." he confesses in a small voice.
~~~
Wuxian notices his concern, of course he does, he can read his husband like a book, though it takes him a little time to put the pieces together and realise it must be to do with his brother's own somewhat tragic experience with sworn brotherhood.
He thinks he's got time to change his mind, though, to realise that Jingyi and Yuan are about as far from Meng Yao or Mingjue as you can get.
Yuan listens to the tales with interest, joining in with the other juniors to ask questions.
"Alright," Wuxian says eventually "let's get moving, the village isn't far so stay alert, monsters don't always wait politely for you to talk to the locals before they attack."
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2021-09-16 20:35 (UTC)Zizhen is about to bolt when the door is flung open and Jiang Cheng looks about as angry as Zizhen's ever seen him - or more accurately, it's the angriest Jiang Cheng has ever been at him. Zizhen will talk back to his father and stand up for his friends, but he's never faced that kind of fury and he's honestly terrified.
Huaisang gives the servant a kind smile and encourages them to leave quickly once the food is left on the table. Unfortunately, Zizhen is not getting the same kindness, in fact once the servant has left, Huaisang flicks out his fan and just watches with interest.
"I-I- I was just- I wanted-" all Zizhen's excuses died on his lips in the face of the threat and he shrinks back a little in fear "Jin Ling was... worried...." he confesses in a small voice.
~~~
Wuxian notices his concern, of course he does, he can read his husband like a book, though it takes him a little time to put the pieces together and realise it must be to do with his brother's own somewhat tragic experience with sworn brotherhood.
He thinks he's got time to change his mind, though, to realise that Jingyi and Yuan are about as far from Meng Yao or Mingjue as you can get.
Yuan listens to the tales with interest, joining in with the other juniors to ask questions.
"Alright," Wuxian says eventually "let's get moving, the village isn't far so stay alert, monsters don't always wait politely for you to talk to the locals before they attack."