Wanyin nods and waves Zizhen off. He watches as the boy leaves and then sinks back onto the couch.
"Should I be impressed or ready to disown him?" He jokes, holding an arm out for Huaisang to join him again. He wonders what it is about Huaisang specifically that was making his nephew suspicious. Unless.. did Jin Ling still harbor some loyalties to Jin Guangyao? If so, that could make this relationship very tricky. He's not sure either how much he can talk about that to Huaisang. Could he really muster up that kind of understanding? Hmm.
"Hungry?" He asks, offering up some food to help give himself time to think.
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When Zizhen gets back to the room, he'll find an awkward surprise. Jin Ling has made it about a meter from his bed before he clearly had trouble and.. just ended up sitting down. Or he made it further and this is as far as he'd crawled back before getting tired and again, sitting down. Either way, he's not in bed, he sitting on the floor looking totally winded and holding his arm funny.
"Hey," He puffs, like this is totally normal. "You look.. kinda like you saw a ghost."
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Jingyi puts a hand on Sizhui's shoulder. He counts it as a strong plus that Yuan didn't go racing after his father but listened to them. Not every new junior watching their parent march into battle like that would've been able to handle it. Of course, most didn't usually have their other parents also there.. well, whatever. He still thought he did well.
One of the town elders comes out to greet them and leads them to a house of a recently deceased old couple for them to use while they are there. It'll be a cramped fit, but there's a small barn for Apple too.
It's explained they can rest for a while and then there will be a meal prepared for them where the leader of the town Tian Niu will go over all the details with them.
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"Should I be impressed or ready to disown him?" He jokes, holding an arm out for Huaisang to join him again. He wonders what it is about Huaisang specifically that was making his nephew suspicious. Unless.. did Jin Ling still harbor some loyalties to Jin Guangyao? If so, that could make this relationship very tricky. He's not sure either how much he can talk about that to Huaisang. Could he really muster up that kind of understanding? Hmm.
"Hungry?" He asks, offering up some food to help give himself time to think.
~~~
When Zizhen gets back to the room, he'll find an awkward surprise. Jin Ling has made it about a meter from his bed before he clearly had trouble and.. just ended up sitting down. Or he made it further and this is as far as he'd crawled back before getting tired and again, sitting down. Either way, he's not in bed, he sitting on the floor looking totally winded and holding his arm funny.
"Hey," He puffs, like this is totally normal. "You look.. kinda like you saw a ghost."
~~~
Jingyi puts a hand on Sizhui's shoulder. He counts it as a strong plus that Yuan didn't go racing after his father but listened to them. Not every new junior watching their parent march into battle like that would've been able to handle it. Of course, most didn't usually have their other parents also there.. well, whatever. He still thought he did well.
One of the town elders comes out to greet them and leads them to a house of a recently deceased old couple for them to use while they are there. It'll be a cramped fit, but there's a small barn for Apple too.
It's explained they can rest for a while and then there will be a meal prepared for them where the leader of the town Tian Niu will go over all the details with them.