[ and maybe that's the problem - with him, that jiang cheng just lets his words bottled up inside him, the true meaning sinking like mud at the bottom of the river, heavy in his heart as wei wuxian catches up to him, keeping with his quick steps as of old, but with a certain distance between them. this too, could have been managed - there is still some room, if one could be a little less prideful, a little less flippant, if there were some third party here to bring both of them to heels as so often she used to.
he doesn't glance at him, instead keeping his gaze fixed ahead, at the path up the mountain slope. maybe the purpose of the silence is to wait, until they are safely away from any prying eyes or ears that may lurk in these desolate woods (because that sly fox over in the koi towers might hide more than one card up his golden sleeves), but it also merely just comes across as his usual hostility. ]
Couldn't have come at a worse time, you know. [ finally he mutters under his breath, spoken more through his teeth. ]
I expect you've heard about sister, no doubt?
[ who was, until just about not too long ago, had steadily progressing plans to be wed - a plan that came to another abrupt, grinding halt for no reasons whatsoever - but a reason that only seems clear now, in the light of what's happening now. ]
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he doesn't glance at him, instead keeping his gaze fixed ahead, at the path up the mountain slope. maybe the purpose of the silence is to wait, until they are safely away from any prying eyes or ears that may lurk in these desolate woods (because that sly fox over in the koi towers might hide more than one card up his golden sleeves), but it also merely just comes across as his usual hostility. ]
Couldn't have come at a worse time, you know. [ finally he mutters under his breath, spoken more through his teeth. ]
I expect you've heard about sister, no doubt?
[ who was, until just about not too long ago, had steadily progressing plans to be wed - a plan that came to another abrupt, grinding halt for no reasons whatsoever - but a reason that only seems clear now, in the light of what's happening now. ]