He wasn't surprised that Jin Ling ran off with Wuxian. He was... numb. Very numb. The whole ordeal had been harrowing. The man he had been co-parenting their nephew with was not the man he thought he knew, the temple more in ruin than working order, and...it was all extremely overwhelming. He had no idea where Xichen wandered off to, though he was fairly certain it was to seclude himself.
So much death. It reminded him of Lotus Pier, and he had to suck in a breath to school himself. And then he heard a voice through the chaos of people rushing about, trying to make sense of what had happened. Walking over in measured steps, feeling the burn of his own wound stretching and cracking on his chest, he came to a stop before Huaisang. He wasn't certain what to make of it all but one thing was clear:
Nie Huaisang managed to avenge his family when Jiang Cheng could not.
His eyes slipped over to the wound on his friend's leg. It was still oozing. "Can you walk?" Carrying him was doing to make things more difficult and he could already feel the damp ooze from his chest.
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So much death. It reminded him of Lotus Pier, and he had to suck in a breath to school himself. And then he heard a voice through the chaos of people rushing about, trying to make sense of what had happened. Walking over in measured steps, feeling the burn of his own wound stretching and cracking on his chest, he came to a stop before Huaisang. He wasn't certain what to make of it all but one thing was clear:
Nie Huaisang managed to avenge his family when Jiang Cheng could not.
His eyes slipped over to the wound on his friend's leg. It was still oozing. "Can you walk?" Carrying him was doing to make things more difficult and he could already feel the damp ooze from his chest.