"Uh, yea, he was." Zizhen admits "they talked about..uh.. he mentioned something about his spies keeping you and him safe while your uncle was away, and how my cousin had written to your uncle and Nie-zongzhu said she'd never understand that he called off the wedding for her sake, and for yours, which I don't really understand? Oh and it sounds like they got together after the wedding was called off, but I guess like... probably that night or something? Like it sounds like Nie-zongzhu stayed behind when everybody else left..." he thinks that might be everything that's important for Jin Ling to know, but he tries to recall every detail of the conversation.
"Oh! And they want their relationship to be a secret so it doesn't do any damage to your uncle's reputation."
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If it had been Lan Zhan here, Wuxian suspects he would have made a different choice, but he likes to give kids a little more freedom and trust. He needs to focus on being a leader and keeping all of the juniors alive, he can trust Yuan to be sensible and he can trust Jingyi to protect him.
And if anything does go wrong, he isn't going to be very far away.
Yuan nods, his grip on his sword tightening as he moves to follow Jingyi, alert for any danger as they move out into the village.
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"Uh, yea, he was." Zizhen admits "they talked about..uh.. he mentioned something about his spies keeping you and him safe while your uncle was away, and how my cousin had written to your uncle and Nie-zongzhu said she'd never understand that he called off the wedding for her sake, and for yours, which I don't really understand? Oh and it sounds like they got together after the wedding was called off, but I guess like... probably that night or something? Like it sounds like Nie-zongzhu stayed behind when everybody else left..." he thinks that might be everything that's important for Jin Ling to know, but he tries to recall every detail of the conversation.
"Oh! And they want their relationship to be a secret so it doesn't do any damage to your uncle's reputation."
~~~
If it had been Lan Zhan here, Wuxian suspects he would have made a different choice, but he likes to give kids a little more freedom and trust. He needs to focus on being a leader and keeping all of the juniors alive, he can trust Yuan to be sensible and he can trust Jingyi to protect him.
And if anything does go wrong, he isn't going to be very far away.
Yuan nods, his grip on his sword tightening as he moves to follow Jingyi, alert for any danger as they move out into the village.