Lan Qiren's eyes were narrowed into a gap: "Don't forget what you promised me back then." Lan Wangji moved slightly and remained silent. Lan Qiren was shocked: "Lan Wangji, do you want to break your promise?" Lan Wangji's passive resistance was evident, Lan Qiren stared at his thin body in the candlelight, he was so surprised that he could not say anything.
There was a moment of silence in the hall, and finally someone couldn't help but ask, "Then why Wei Ying stole the relic of the late suzerain's wife? He doesn't know what the relic is, why did he steal it?"
As soon as these words came out, the elders in the hall whispered to each other, it seemed that a lot of people had same question. Much more people cast their eyesight on the Patriarch of Lan clan, "...What kind of relics is it?"
"It was said that the woman left it to the Sect Master before she died."
"What the hell is it?"
"I don't know."
About the relic, probably only one person knew. But the person had been silent, seeming to have no intention of answering everyone's questions.
This temporary enthusiasm for inquiry gradually dissipated, and everyone's topic turned again. "Wei Ying's behavior is really confusing. Is there any misunderstanding in it?"
Lan Qiren's beard trembled for a long time. He raised the note in his hand, "Lan Wangji, do you know why he stole your mother's relics?"
The meticulous kneeling figure under the hall seemed to be shocked for a moment. Seeing that Lan Wangji's face was slightly pale and he wanted to say something but hesitated, everyone understood a little for a while, and couldn't help leaning forward, eager to hear what he wanted to say.
Lan Wangji slowly looked forward, a trace of pain flashed in his cold eyes, and he said with great difficulty: "...I guess, Wei Ying, he doesn't want mother's relics, but in order to...force me to abandoned him."
The room was in an uproar.
"So Wei Ying intends to leave Lan family?"
"...Although Wei Ying is troublesome, isn't the relationship between them very good after getting married? Did he deliberately cut off the relationship of husband and wife?"
"...who knows what Wei Ying is thinking in his heart. Although He has good talent,he is stubborn and unteachable. He does what he wants and is lawless."
"Why should we ask him to stay in Lan family since he is such person?"
"...I guess that Wangji refused, didn't agree to let him leave, so Wei Ying deliberately committed the crime of theft, and completely cut off the relationship with the Lan family."
"Young couples always reconcile soon after the quarrel, they shouldn't have reached this point. Wei Ying is so impulsive. What should we do?"
"What should we do? He resolutely wants to leave. Is it possible that we beg him to come back? How will it end? Either we drive him away or let he divorce with Wangji."
"...Look at Wangji, is he willing to abandom that kid?"
Lan Qiren pointed to discouraged Lan Wangji in the hall, and said with grief: "He has commited such crime in order to leave you. You, do you still want to keep him stay??"
At this moment, a disciple came in and handed a letter to Lan Qiren.
He glanced at the signature of writer on the letter, opened it quickly. After reading the letter, his twisted eyebrows stretched a little, and he slowly said: "It's Sect Master Jiang's reply. It says that Wei Ying has confessed the crime. He handed over what he stole. It was intact. Sect Master Jiang will take care of it himself. A few days later, he will return the property and come here to apologize."
At Lan Qiren's side, Qingheng Jun seemed to let out a long breath of relief. He had been sitting for a long time without making any comments. At this time, he didn't say a word. Lan Qiren glanced at him and finally couldn't help it:" Elder Brother, what do you think about this matter?"
Upon hearing, Lan Wangji suddenly raised his head to look at his father. As the head of the family and the owner of the lost, the weight of words was naturally the heaviest. If he said that Wei Ying couldn't stay in Yunshen, and the result was determined.
Qingheng Jun glanced at Lan Wangji with a complicated expression. After a moment, he said seriously: "You choose the person by yourself, you decide by yourself." Lan Wangji's eyes were widened. The rest of the people knew what this meant: Let Lan Wangji made the decision.
Qingheng Jun's words were quite meaningful. If he himself forgave Wei Wuxian, he could say it bluntly, but now he did not do in this way, but let Lan Wangji decided. The first meaning was to respect Lan Wangji,the young couple decided their own matters on their own, the second meaning... If considered it carefully, it meant that he would let go of these things and Lan Wangji should be responsible for it. You should lead the person you chose all the way. Whether he was good or bad, glorious or harming others,you two went through thick and thin or took different paths. That was your choice, your responsibility. And you needed to bear all that happened.It was nothing to do with others.
Lan Qiren was dumb for a while, and said difficultly: "...what is meant to be decided by him? Wangji is determined to protect that kid. But Wei Ying...Wei Ying can do this kind of criminal act now. It shows that he has no respect to elders. If we indulge him more, maybe he will do something again the right way in the future—"
Qing Hengjun glanced at him indifferently, the two eyesight collided, the air was suddenly frozen, and Lan Qiren's voice stopped abruptly.
His next words were evident.
Doing something again the right way, just like the late suzerain's wife.
It was very silent in the hall. Even if a person was very unresponsive, he could understand Qingheng Jun's thoughts. A man who made a firm and decisive decision because of love at the beginning, found that same thing happened to his own son but did not interfere after many years, and still let it go, which just showed that he had been suffering from love and hatred for many years, but still did not regret it so far.
Or maybe, What happened to Lan Wangji was as same as him, but it's not same exactly.
He and Wei Ying were much better than the Qingheng couple back then. Things were not unchangeable. If he helped them, maybe they would be good couple forever.
After a long time, a light cough pulled everyone back from the heavy memories, and the gray-haired old Mr. Lan Qingya Jun suddenly said: "Now it seems that Wei Ying was stealing for the sake of stealing, not for the intention to occupy it. So it is not theft. If the property is returned afterwards, since the young man is impulsive and he has not done any major evil things. I think it is better to let it pass."
After hearing, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, and the few who did not have a deep prejudice against Wei Wuxian responded to Qingya Jun's words, and agreed: "The Lan clan really does not lose much in this matter, since the sect master is generous, we let Wei Ying come back and punish him, so that he can learn a lesson. This thing ends here."
It was unexpected turning point, Lan Wangji was no longer alone. After kneeling for so long that his knees were sore, the turning point came finally. He looked up at Lan Qiren with happy look that could not be suppressed, and his glazed eyes seemed to be shining like cat eyes.
The words of Qingya Jun, a very important elder, instantly turned the situation upside down, and Lan Qiren could hardly keep calm: "Can not be like this. This guy is stubborn and unteachable.How can Lan family let this kind of person—"
Seeing that he repeated the same words again, Qingya Jun seemed to unwilling to hear more. He pinched the root of ears with one hand, and interrupted, "This kid is not as bad as what you said, he is straightforward and natural. The mistakes he made were just innocuous little mistakes.
It's his nature. Give him time and opportunity to let him get along with Wangji,they love each other, gradually he will learn to be prudent and responsible. You keep saying that he will make big mistakes in the future, which is a sloppy judgment. The clan rules says, don't judge others arbitrarily, Qiren, should we also reflect on it? "
Writer: 浅巢的大虫, https://weibo.com/u/6650511523
Translator: Chou Langshi
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The way of couple
FanfictionWhen they were teenagers, Wei Ying and Lan Zhan were married and fell in love afterwards. Wei Wuxian was unrestrained and enthusiastic, always expressed his love and closeness to Lan Wangji any time, any where. Despite the mischief, he always smiled...
