Zizhen pretends to stay casual, but he's keeping a close eye on Jin Ling as he helps him back to the bed. He's a little concerned about the usage of his injured arm, but tells himself it's still healing and it doesn't mean anything, he'll be able to use it again soon and be strong again in no time - right?
He wonders if they should worry about Liling being held up by Jin Ling's uncle, if maybe she's getting in trouble for telling them about the two of them, but he really hopes that's not the case - maybe they're just giving her instructions for when Jiang Cheng is away, he doesn't think they'd do anything bad to Jin Ling's most trusted servant. He hopes. Jin Ling doesn't seem too worried about it, so he settles on the bed and turns his focus to the food.
He hides a smile when Jin Ling snatches the bun right away, pleased to see his appetite seems to be increasing.
"This looks delicious as always, thank you." Zizhen tells the servant with a smile.
~~~
The problem with begging Wei Wuxian for mercy is that the person who is usually the best at making him calm down and actually consider mercy in the midst of his rage is the very person he's also being begged to stop.
More of the villagers join the man in begging for mercy, realising just how badly they have messed up, and for a very long moment it's looking bad for all of them.
Then Yuan stirs enough to croak out a pained "Baba..." and the chaos stops as abruptly as it began. The resentful energy dissipates as Wuxian stops playing and takes in a shuddering breath. He turns dark eyes on the pleading man.
"Stay there. Do not move." he says harshly, stalking past the terrified villagers to drop down beside Yuan.
The young man is only really half conscious, his eyes glazed and unfocused. His fingers are curled into Jingyi's sleeve, clinging onto him, and he reaches his other hand for his father as he approaches.
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2021-09-21 11:15 (UTC)Zizhen pretends to stay casual, but he's keeping a close eye on Jin Ling as he helps him back to the bed. He's a little concerned about the usage of his injured arm, but tells himself it's still healing and it doesn't mean anything, he'll be able to use it again soon and be strong again in no time - right?
He wonders if they should worry about Liling being held up by Jin Ling's uncle, if maybe she's getting in trouble for telling them about the two of them, but he really hopes that's not the case - maybe they're just giving her instructions for when Jiang Cheng is away, he doesn't think they'd do anything bad to Jin Ling's most trusted servant. He hopes. Jin Ling doesn't seem too worried about it, so he settles on the bed and turns his focus to the food.
He hides a smile when Jin Ling snatches the bun right away, pleased to see his appetite seems to be increasing.
"This looks delicious as always, thank you." Zizhen tells the servant with a smile.
~~~
The problem with begging Wei Wuxian for mercy is that the person who is usually the best at making him calm down and actually consider mercy in the midst of his rage is the very person he's also being begged to stop.
More of the villagers join the man in begging for mercy, realising just how badly they have messed up, and for a very long moment it's looking bad for all of them.
Then Yuan stirs enough to croak out a pained "Baba..." and the chaos stops as abruptly as it began. The resentful energy dissipates as Wuxian stops playing and takes in a shuddering breath. He turns dark eyes on the pleading man.
"Stay there. Do not move." he says harshly, stalking past the terrified villagers to drop down beside Yuan.
The young man is only really half conscious, his eyes glazed and unfocused. His fingers are curled into Jingyi's sleeve, clinging onto him, and he reaches his other hand for his father as he approaches.