Not that he has much left to cling to regardless; his filial responsibilities nearly all evaporated the second his mother passed on, chasing the echo of his father. Barely a difference of months.
Their only son, only remaining heir to the late General Xie An, unmarried and alone.
(Alone, is the part that wrenches something in his gut sideways. Almost as much as the guilt.)]
Can you do it?
[Xie Bi’an asks, nearly wringing his own fingers with bone-deep tension, though nothing in his voice breaks. Can you do it. Will you do it, he thinks, trying to swallow down the promise of uncertainty that hangs in the empty space between them.
In exchange for the promise of his estate, his treasured gifts and famed property. More than that, if that’s what this man wants— though he suspects if the stories about Wei Wuxian are true, offers without limits are likely as routine as breathing.]
kicks in ur door at last;
Not that he has much left to cling to regardless; his filial responsibilities nearly all evaporated the second his mother passed on, chasing the echo of his father. Barely a difference of months.
Their only son, only remaining heir to the late General Xie An, unmarried and alone.
(Alone, is the part that wrenches something in his gut sideways. Almost as much as the guilt.)]
Can you do it?
[Xie Bi’an asks, nearly wringing his own fingers with bone-deep tension, though nothing in his voice breaks. Can you do it. Will you do it, he thinks, trying to swallow down the promise of uncertainty that hangs in the empty space between them.
In exchange for the promise of his estate, his treasured gifts and famed property. More than that, if that’s what this man wants— though he suspects if the stories about Wei Wuxian are true, offers without limits are likely as routine as breathing.]