[ he knows what jiang cheng means by it; the words prickle along his wrists and the back of his neck like a bitter wind that has picked up and slipped its fingers underneath the layers of black-and-red he wears. tucking his hands into his sleeves, he rolls his shoulders back and tosses his hair - certainly, he puts on a show like he's unaffected, but he knows that he does not go to lotus pier anymore. he hasn't, not since he'd taken the remnants of the wen into his arms and escorted them to safety. he won't, because he's responsible for them.
jiang cheng looks disgusted with him, for all he's become.
that's fine, then. one more thing he can rely on, to keep them both from having to obey the command of those who had fashioned themselves into the new regime among the remnants of the old cultivation world. he can press this point, that jiang cheng finds him a hateful thing, a reminder of the hurts he's been forced to handle alone. wei wuxian is more than happy to play the villain, if it means continuing to save his former shidi - whether he wants it or not. ]
It's a fitting place for someone like me and those who live under my protection, remember? We don't belong to that society anymore, which is why I'm soooooo surprised they'd think that tethering the illustrious Lotus Pier to my heels is a wise decision.
[ he picks up the pace, to fall in at jiang cheng's side, a careful distance kept between them where once there would have been shoulders pressed to one another's
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[ he knows what jiang cheng means by it; the words prickle along his wrists and the back of his neck like a bitter wind that has picked up and slipped its fingers underneath the layers of black-and-red he wears. tucking his hands into his sleeves, he rolls his shoulders back and tosses his hair - certainly, he puts on a show like he's unaffected, but he knows that he does not go to lotus pier anymore. he hasn't, not since he'd taken the remnants of the wen into his arms and escorted them to safety. he won't, because he's responsible for them.
jiang cheng looks disgusted with him, for all he's become.
that's fine, then. one more thing he can rely on, to keep them both from having to obey the command of those who had fashioned themselves into the new regime among the remnants of the old cultivation world. he can press this point, that jiang cheng finds him a hateful thing, a reminder of the hurts he's been forced to handle alone. wei wuxian is more than happy to play the villain, if it means continuing to save his former shidi - whether he wants it or not. ]
It's a fitting place for someone like me and those who live under my protection, remember? We don't belong to that society anymore, which is why I'm soooooo surprised they'd think that tethering the illustrious Lotus Pier to my heels is a wise decision.
[ he picks up the pace, to fall in at jiang cheng's side, a careful distance kept between them where once there would have been shoulders pressed to one another's