MingYu

26

"I mean, they've.. stopped everything! Spooking us, tattling on us, pranking us! Everything!" 

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but stare. "You want them to do all that?"

At that, their shidi wilted. "Well, no but after the indoctrination, they've been weird weird. Like they were already weird before, but now they're even more weird...." Upon Jiang Cheng's blank look, he paused. "...I'm not making any sense, am I?"

Jiang Cheng didn't even deign to respond to that. Jiang Yanli chuckled. 

"It's okay," she said soothingly. "They're just captivated by something currently. You know how kids can get when something new and shiny appears before them." 

There was silence for a moment before shidi says mournfully, "That shouldn't make sense as it much as it does." 

Jiang Cheng patted awkwardly in consolation. Their life had veered off weirdly the moment Wei MingYu came.

"How insolent!" Wen ZiHao roars in fury. "Know your place!"

Wei Wuxian seemed to have just realized what he'd thoughtlessly blurted out. It was amusing to see his face crescendo through various emotions before settling upon panicked. 

"I apologize, Your Excellency," Wei Wuxian speaks up daringly, maneuvering himself with ease despite being bound. "I must have been in a daze to utter such words in your presence." 

Indeed, he must've been. He was after all fed a large quantity of alcohol that may or may not have been mixed with some sleep inducers. 

"Wei Wuxian," Wen Ruohan speaks up, looking amused. "I see that you resemble brother, in both behavior and looks."

Wei Wuxian immediately looks uneasy.

"I've heard about your skill with talismans. My personal favorite was those barriers preventing unwanted people from coming in." 

Now, Wei Wuxian looked absolutely uncomfortable. Whether it was because Sect Leader Wen had brought up his skill [which, Wen ZiHao had to admit, was not that well-known. It was only because of that foolish merchant that traded with the Jiangs that they'd found out] or the inconvenience those inventions brought [which also had not been known until that shameful day], Wen ZiHao didn't truly care.  

"Would you like to work with us?" 

Anyone who dared to assume that was a question was an idiot and deserved to be tortured for eternity in the Inferno Palace. 

"...What do I get in return?" 

Wen ZiHao had to raise an eyebrow at the audacious question. Hmmm, it seems that Inferno Palace would be receiving a guest today.  

Wei Wuxian wanted to cut out his tongue, sew his mouth shut and then go into seclusion. 

"...What do I get in return?"

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD TRY TO BARGAIN WITH WEN RUOHAN?!?!??

Wen Ruohan laughed. Like, a full hearty laughter as though Wei Wuxian had been telling a joke and had failed spectacularly.