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"..." - Normal talking
"..." - Normal thoughts and flashback
"..." - Dawn's memory and singing
Warning: Mention of slight gore, you might want to skip it if you are not feeling comfortable to read it :)
Normal POV
The four of them rushed towards the direction of Burial Mound. Wei Wuxian felt more worried when he saw the black peak broke through the clouds.
Roads of fierce corpses can be heard from afar in the dark forest. It doesn't sound like one, but the entire group of them. Both Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji immediately made a sword seal with their hand to fly faster, with Dawn following beside them with ease.
As soon as they landed, the three of them saw a shadow running within the woods, screaming as it threw itself toward someone. Both Bichen and Suibian cut it in half with one-half stroke, causing the person on the ground to become pale.
Though, once he saw Wei Wuxian and Dawn, he immediately shouted, "Young Master Wei! Lady Dawn!"
Wei Wuxian then tossed out a talisman and urged the person, "Uncle Four, what's wrong?"
The aforementioned person began to stutter, "S-someone came after the two of you left, Wen Ning tried to talk to the person until he did something before he left and now... Wen Ning has gone haywire!"
Silence came in between them until Wei Wuxian broke it with a mutter, "Who could be so bold to come to Burial Mound and caused havoc? They must love messing with me"
Then, Wei Wuxian passed Wen Yuan to Uncle Four. He looked back at Dawn and she nodded in understanding before both he and Lan Wangji went deeper inside the forest.
This time, Dawn talked to Uncle Four, "Uncle Four, did you recall how the person looked like? Any objects that you could recall that might tried to manipulate Wen Ning?"
Uncle Four paused for a moment before he shook his head, "The person was covered from head to toe, he didn't seem to be doing anything but I did hear a sound of guqin strumming from afar. It was played in such a dark tune"
At this, Dawn frowned and muttered quietly, "Guqin? Think Dawn, what can you recall from the novel? Who else plays Guqin beside Hanguang-Jun?"
Then, her eye widen in realisation and gave a look at him, " Uncle Four, do take care of yourself and A-Yuan. I will go after Wei Ying and Hanguang-Jun"
He nods and after that, Dawn runs towards the direction that Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji had gone to. Once she had arrived, she could see Wen Ning dragging two other fierce corpses. They were being torn up, with blackish blood cascading off from them quite profusely.
Wen Ning was still beating them up, his snarls and figure tensed. It was as if he was not satisfied and wouldn't rest until they were turned into dust. Dawn could see Wei Wuxian talking to Wen Qing, who was standing in front of the group. Despite holding on to a sword, the look on her face confirms that she does not want to fight Wen Ning at all.
"Wei Ying! Hanguang-Jun! Wen Qing!" She shouted. All of them looked back as they heard her calling their name.
"How is the situation"
Wen Qing looks at her solemnly," It's not looking good. Not only did the guy causes A-Ning to a sudden rampage, but he had also destroyed the restriction seals at the blood pool and the Cave as well! All of the fierce corpses in the blood pool got out! Please save Granny and the others! They won't be able to hold much longer!"
After Wen Qing plead, a strange hissing sound came from above them. The group looked up to find a few fierce corpses that had climbed up the trees. They seemed to be curving around the top of the trees as if they were possessed with a snake-like instinct.
Dawn cringed at the sight of sickening mucus dripping between their teeth. The sound of their snarls caught Wen Ning's attention and look up as well. He tossed away the crushed limb and leapt onto the tree at once.
Let's not forget that the tree was at least twenty yards tall. To convert it, it was about 18 meters tall. To be able to leap up to such a height was an indicator of extreme explosive force.
After Wen Ning went up the tree, he began to tear the corpses apart from left to right. Limbs were flying everywhere and blood was raining down on the ground. He suddenly went off to the other side, snarling in dissatisfaction.
Wei Wuxian pulled out Chenqing and looked back at Lan Wangji, "Lan..."
He wanted to entrust Lan Wangji to protect the others while he stayed to deal with Wen Ning. As for Dawn, he knows that he needs her as well to calm Wen Ning down. Though, when Wei Wuxian turned around, Lan Wangji had already disappeared.
Just as he was about to panic, Dawn puts her hand on his shoulder and instructs him to listen. He paused and heard sounds of guqin strummed through the sky, killing off dozens of startled crows.
"He knows that you want him to protect the rest, so Granny and the rest are in good hands. Now, let's settle with Wen Ning, shall we?" Dawn gives him a soft smile, which he returned it and nodded. Wei Wuxian positions Chenqing to his lips and released a long note. As Wen Ning landed on the ground, he paused to where he is standing once he heard them.
Dawn then sang the same, dark hymns that Wei Wuxian had heard months ago. He could see dark veins returning to its original colour and his grey skin going back to fair skin. Wei Wuxian frown when he sees that Wen Ning is still struggling to gain control.
"Wen Ning! Granny and the rest are fine now! You are safe!" He shouted, hoping that it would ease Wen Ning.
Turning towards Dawn and Wei Wuxian's favour, Wen Ning has finally gained control of his resentful energy and calm down. Then, Wei Wuxian quickly plays his Chenqing to control the remaining corpses back to the blood pool.
"A-Ning!" Wen Qing shouted, running towards him and check his pulse. Her medical side kicked in to ensure that Wen Ning is alright.
"Jie... I'm sorry that you had to see me this way" Wen Ning gave her an apologetic look, but Wen Qing shakes her head in assurance.
"No, if it was not for that man... you wouldn't have snapped"
Dawn collapses on her knee once she had sung the final note and pant in exhaustion. Even though she had trained multiple times with Yoshio in controlling darkness, it was still not easy for her to control Wen Ning's resentful energy.
Hearing footsteps towards her, she looks up only to find Wei Wuxian. He was looking down at her worriedly before he let out his hand to pull Dawn up. As she stands again, she began to stumble on her feet and Wei Wuxian had to hold her by the waist to keep her still.
"Are you alright?"
Her cheeks began to hold a slight red tinge in embarrassment before looking up at Wei Wuxian, "Sorry, Wen Ning's resentful energy really takes up a lot of my energy. I'm surprised that I did not pass out in exhaustion"
Wei Wuxian looked down at her with a deadpan face and flicked her forehead softly, "You know that I don't want to see you in a coma state again. Now hold still"
"Huh" Dawn looks at him in confusion, only to yelp in surprise as Wei Wuxian carries her in a bridal style.
"Wah! I'm fine, Wei Ying! Just let me rest for a bit"
"Your legs are shaking like a newborn fawn trying to keep themselves standing, so hold on to me alright"
Dawn gives him a frown before she looks around her, only to blush at the smug and suggestive look on most of the Wen Clan's face.
"Oi! Don't think anything wrongly everyone!"
"What are you saying, Maiden Dawn? We are not thinking but just how cute you two are as a couple" one of the ladies shouted, making the rest hollered in response.
"She's right!"
"Just be a cultivators partner, won't ya!?"
Then, one particular voice stood out the rest, "Mommy! Daddy!"
"H-huh?" Both Wei Wuxian and Dawn spluttered out, their cheeks blushing in deep red tinge as both of them look at each other before looking away. Then, they saw Wen Yuan running towards them.
"Mommy! Daddy!"
"A-Yuan, since when did you call me Daddy? Didn't you call me Brother Xian moments ago?" Wei Wuxian questions him in bewilderment, though he doesn't seem to be against it.
"You always treat A-Yuan well, just like how Mother and Father do!" Wen Yuan looks up at them, with big innocent doe eyes shining on them cutely. Dawn shoves herself into Wei Wuxian's chest and had to stop herself from squealing at the cuteness.
Wei Wuxian looks down at her in amusement and comments teasingly, "Dawn, I know how irresistible I am that you can't keep yourself away from me. But do control yourself, alright"
"W-w-wah! I'm not!" Dawn tries to glare up at him defiantly, only to be interrupted by someone.
"Go and get a room" was a deadpan response by Lan Wangji.
Everyone went quiet as they heard Lan Wangji's comment. All of them could only stare at him with wide eyes in shock. Lan Wangji looked away with his usual composure, though everyone could see red-tipped on his ears to show that he was embarrassed.
Then, Wei Wuxian trembled until he burst out in laughter, his eyes glee with mirth, "L-l-lan Zhan! I d-d-didn't know that you have that kind of sense of humour"
Lan Wangji's ears were then covered everything in red. Dawn has to slap Wei Wuxian's chest in order to stop him from laughing, yet her eye shines in amusement as well.
Once Wei Wuxian calms down, she pats Wei Wuxian's chest and motions him to put her down. He gave her a look, but he still put her down gently and Dawn thanked him before looking at the Wens.
"Is anyone injured? Please raise your hand so that I can heal you guys. Do remember to not keep it to yourself just because you felt that you are being a burden, you are not, alright? So let me repeat, is anyone currently injured?"
Uncle Four then came forward and assures her, "Everyone is fine, Lady Dawn. You should take a rest instead, judging by the pale looking face you have there. Besides, Maiden Qing did not gain her title for nothing"
"Uncle Four is right, bring Hanguang-Jun along with the both of you. I will take care of this, but before that" Wen Qing walked towards her and take her hand to check her pulse.
"Make sure she rests once you are done conversing with Hanguang-Jun, Wei Ying" she looked at Wei Wuxian sternly. He nodded and looked at Lan Wangji.
"Of course, let's go and have a seat shall we?" without waiting for a reply, he hold Dawn's hand and dragged her along with him while Lan Wangji stays close to them. As the three of them walked up towards the mountain surrounded by chilly wind, Lan Wangji could see a hut standing close to the cave.
"The Demon-Slaughtering Cave?" Lan Wangji broke the silence between them.
"That's right, I came up with the name for it. What do you think?" He asked casually, though Lan Wangji didn't respond this time.
"You don't have to say anything. I know that in your heart, you would have definitely said 'not good'. After the news had got out about me being defected" Dawn looked away in guilt and tightened her hold on Wei Wuxian's hand, she tried her best to not let him heard any malicious comments, but to no avail.
She knows that he is an adult, but that doesn't mean that he deserves the comments in the first place. People might assume that he does not really care about what other people had said about him. However, the truth was that he did care.
Dawn knew that he wouldn't show his weakness to the world, but she could still see the hurt and sadden look in his eyes that it just breaks her heart. No matter how many times Wei Wuxian had assured her that he was alright.
"I picked up on some of the comments, saying that I'm someone who cultivates the demonic path, to begin with. That I'm a demon myself, so how could I be so shameless as to call my den the Demon-Slaughtering Cave?"
Again, Lan Wangji didn't comment. The three of them walked past the hut and entered the cave. Then, Wei Wuxian laughed which resonates an echo in the cave, "But in reality, all of them are wrong. What I actually meant with this name is not at all what they interpreted it as"
"How come?"
"Simple. I often sleep like I'm dead inside of the cave. A cave that kills a demon through slumber- wouldn't it be nice to call it as the Demon-Slaughtering cave?"
Both Lan Wangji and Dawn gave him a deadpan looked. She hit Wei Wuxian at the back of the head, which he yelped but she paid no mind and looked at him with a sickly sweet smile, "Wei Ying, didn't you say that you are sleeping in the comforts of the bed in the hut? Not in the cave?"
"That was when you are uncon-." He stops himself, but Dawn heard him and frowns to herself before she sighed.
"Please do look after your health in whatever you are doing, you would make everyone worry if you fall sick"
"But I do have someone that would tend me" Wei Wuxian hinted cheekily, but Dawn seems to be oblivious at the hint and thought of an answer.
"Oh right, you have Wen Qing to look after you"
Wei Wuxian looks at her in disbelief before he shakes his head in amusement, "That's not the correct answer but okay"
The three of them finally arrived at the main area and Lan Wangji began to speak again, the lighthearted conversation from earlier dissolved as he gets back to the matter at hand, "What about the blood pool then?"
Wei Wuxian then points to a pool of water within the cave, "The blood pool is right here"
To the three of them, it was dim inside the cave. Thus, making it difficult to tell whether the water was black or red. It also gave an odour of iron, somewhere between light and heavy.
Previously, Wei Wuxian had set up a line of restriction to surround the pool. Though, it was destroyed by a man that had caused havoc earlier. So he had to set it up and tied it together again.
"The dark energy is dense" Lan Wangji commented once he felt the dark energy surrounding them.
"That's right. The dark energy is really heavy, which fits to nurture dark creatures. This is where I use to 'parent' the fierce corpses that were still in the middle of completion. Guess how many are in the bottom?"
Wei Wuxian then smiles before he continues, "To be honest, I don't know just how many of them either. But the water in the pool is smelling more and more like blood"
Dawn frowns as she listens to both Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji the entire time. She sighed when she remembered what Uncle Four had just told her and have to break the news to them.
"Wei Ying, Hanguang-Jun... you might not like who is the culprit that does this to Wen Ning"
Both Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji looked at Dawn, their eyes glint in seriousness and worry.
"Who is it then, Dawn?"
Dawn looked at them and open her mouth, only to blink in confusion and fear. She couldn't remember the culprit's name from the novel at all.
"What's wrong, Dawn" She couldn't hear Wei Wuxian's voice as she squats down and clenched her head, trying really hard to remember who was it.
"Why... why couldn't I remember his name!?" Dawn muttered softly, but both Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji heard her and looked at her in shock.
'For fuck sake, remember his name for Wei Ying and the Wens!' Dawn shouted mentally, tears welled up in her eye before it rolls down to her cheeks. Feeling someone wiping her tears, she looked up only to look at Wei Wuxian's grey eyes.
"Dawn, it's okay. Now it is not that important to find out who did this to Wen Ning, alright?"
"But..." She tried to protest, but Lan Wangji backed Wei Wuxian up.
"Lady Dawn, we should not be accusing anyone unless we could provide evidence to back up. Otherwise, we should back down for now"
Dawn went silent before nodding in defeat and wiped her remaining tears away, though she looked straight at Lan Wangji and ask, "However, Hanguang-Jun, Uncle Four told me that a man was covered from head to toe and seems to serve as a distraction. Not only that, but the man also has an accomplice. Uncle Four explained that he/she was strumming the guqin from afar and it was played in a dark tune."
At this, both Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian's eyes widen in shock, she paused to let them register before she continues, "I know that Gusu Lan is the only clan that exorcise demons or fierce corpses in using musical instruments. So do you know anyone that plays the guqin?"
Lan Wangji heard her question and frowned, then an image of a guy talking to Jin Guangyao appeared in his head. However, he doesn't want to contradict what he had said to Dawn and shake his head.
"I do have a person in mind, however, we can't blindly accuse him without showing any evidence. But I will talk to my brother about this, so do rest assure"
"Wait... dark tune? Lan Zhan, does your clan have such scores that could manipulate resentful energy?"
Lan Wangji shakes his head and explained, "Only the clan leader could proceed to the music room, but there shouldn't be such scores that could manipulate them..."
"Unless that person tweaked the scores and manipulate the notes" Wei Wuxian concludes, this was when they heard someone coming inside the cave and they looked back to see who it is. Then Wei Wuxian felt someone hugging his leg, he looked down to find that it was Wen Yuan.
"Wei Wuxian, when I said to bring Hanguang-Jun along. I expect you to welcome him yet you guys weren't seated" Wen Qing sighed and looked at Lan Wangji, "Hanguang-Jun, have a seat?"
Wei Wuxian's eyes lit up in realization and chuckled sheepishly. No wonder he felt that he must have forgotten something. Lan Wangji had been here for quite a while and yet he had not settled down. However, all that could be sat on inside the cave were a few stone beds. Strange objects were spread everywhere, such as flags to sabres to boxes to blood tattered bandages and unfinished fruits. The surroundings were so messy and unorganized that it was almost painful to look at.
"But there's nowhere to seat here, is there?" he asked, though Wen Qing remained indifferent.
"Of course there is" Wen Qing then showed an unmerciful act by sweeping the things on one of the stone beds onto the ground, "Now there's a seat, isn't there?"
"Hey" Wei Wuxian protest, making Dawn looked away and tries to laugh quietly.
"Don't laugh, Dawn! Wen Qing needs to be careful of the items here, they are not that easy to make you know!"
As if Wei Wuxian's protest was some background music, Wen Ning looked at Lan Wangji, "Now, Young master Lan, sit and have some tea..." he shifted the tray in his hand nearer to Lan Wangji. Three teacups that are washed extremely cleaned, sat on the tray.
Yet, Wei Wuxian gave a glance at the tray and complains, "How dingy. Asking a guest to drink plain water- there aren't any tea leaves in here!"
Wen Ning looks at him timidly and answered, "I asked and they said that they didn't have any. Uncle Four said that they didn't store any tea leaves..."
Wei Wuxian then took up one of the cups and had a gulp, "This really does not seem right. Prepare some the next time a guest came over..." he was flabbergasted after he said that. After all, how could there be next time and how could there be another guest?
"So you still have the face to talk about it. Look at what useless things you bought, the few times you were asked to shop down the mountain. Where are the radish seeds that I asked you to buy today?"
"What useless things did I buy? I paid something for both Dawn and A-Yuan. Right, Dawn and A-Yuan?" He looked at them and hint to play along.
Though, Wen Yuan failed to see the hint, "Daddy is lying! He didn't buy anything for both me and Mommy at all!"
"You are alone in this, Wei Ying"
Wei Wuxian then hugs Dawn tightly and whined, "How could the both of you do this to Daddy! Why are you so mean Mommy Dawn?"
"Wah" Dawn spluttered out in surprise, her cheeks held a deep red tinge on it. He laughed as he looked at her reaction and pinched her cheeks.
"S-stop it, Wei Ying! I don't want the others to get the wrong idea"
"Hoh?" Wei Wuxian smirks and tugs her hair to her ear, "So you are saying that we should do this alone"
"Wei Ying!" Dawn shouts out in embarrassment, causing laughter to resonate the cave.
Just when the laughter was about to fill the cave, Lan Wangji turned around without saying anything and proceed to walk out the cave. Both Wen Qing and Wen Ning paused in surprise. Wei Wuxian call him out, "Lan Zhan?"
Lan Wangji stopped to where he was standing and replied, there's no hint of emotion from his tone, "It is time for me to return"
He then walked out the Demon Slaughtering cave without looking back. Wen Ning panicked, thinking that it must be his fault. Wen Yuan let go of Wei Wuxian's legs and shouted, "Brother!"
As Wen Yuan was about to chase after Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian carried him up and tucked him under his arm. Then, he walked using his long legs and he catches up to Lan Wangji in no time, "You are going? I will send you off then"
Lan Wangji remained silent while Wei Wuxian looks back at Dawn, "Dawn, take care of the rest"
"Will do, do have a safe trip Hanguang-Jun" Lan Wangji looked back and gave a curtsied nod. Then, both Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian with Wen Yuan tucked under his arm, walked out.
Wen Yuan looked at Lan Wangji, "Brother, you won't be eating here?"
Lan Wangji glanced at him and reached out to stroke his head softly. His eyes softened in warmth and kindness.
Wen Yuan thought that he was going to stay from his action. His face brightened up and whispered, "A-Yuan heard a secret. They said that they will be lots of good food today..."
Wei Wuxian, much to his displeasure, have to break his hope sadly, "This brother here has food waiting for him in his own home. So he won't be staying"
"Oh" was Wen Yuan's reply in disappointment. His head drooped down and didn't say anything else.
The three of them were quiet for quite some time until they reached the foot of Burial Mound. They stopped and waited, neither of them spoke.
It was then Wei Wuxian spoke up, "Lan Zhan, don't you think that this incident was a coincidence? This happens when both me and Dawn are out of the Burial Mound. Not only that, but you are also here in Yiling. Were you accompanied with another clan?"
Lan Wangji shakes his head, making Wei Wuxian frowns.
"No need to worry. I will report this to brother"
Wei Wuxian looks at him and nodded slowly, "Thank you for keeping us company today. Also, thank you for telling me the news about my shijie's marriage too. Have a safe trip, Lan Zhan"
Lan Wangji nodded and both of them part ways in a friendly note.
As Wei Wuxian, with Wen Yuan under his arms, walked up to the mountain. Wen Yuan asked, "Will Brother come back again or not?"
He contemplates for a while and answered, "He probably won't come back again"
"Why?"
Wei Wuxian looks at Wen Yuan in his arms, "There's no why. In this world, everyone has their own things to do and their own paths to walk. He is busy enough in his own clan, so how could he have the spare time to flutter around with the others?"
They weren't walking under the same path after all.
"Oh..." was Wen Yuan's reply, though he seems to be quite discouraged.
Wei Wuxian hums as he adjusts his hold on Wen Yuan, "Who cares about the crowded, broad road? I will walk the single-plank bridge all night! All! The!... all the night?"
He stopped when he noticed something unusual about the path that he was walking. He always walked up the mountain in the dark, but tonight, things were different when he returned.
The area around the little shacks was swept clean. Even the weeds were removed. A few red lanterns were hung up in the forest at the side and he noticed that all the lanterns were hand-made. It gives off such a warm light that lit up the pitch-black forest.
"Wei Ying! A-Yuan!" Both of them looked to see that Dawn was waiting for them. They could see that she was holding a tray that was filled with food.
Behind her was all of the Wens gathering inside the largest shack. The shack was made from eight wooden poles propping up a roof, able to hold all of the people. The building beside it was the 'kitchen', and so this becomes the dining room.
Wei Wuxian couldn't help but felt weirded out and walked towards the shack, "Why is everyone here today? Not sleeping? It's so bright with all of these lanterns"
The reason was that usually, at this timing, the fifty or so people would have finished their meals long ago and would be holed up in each of their shacks, with lights turned off. So he was wondering what is the occasion for it.
Wen Qing had just walked out from the kitchen, holding a tray and explained, "All of us hung them for you. We are still making a few more tomorrow in the mountain path. If you hurry around in the dark all the time, you will slip and break your bones sooner or later"
"I have you and Dawn here even if I break my bones, don't I?" Wei Wuxian yelped at the pain from the back of his head.
"Wei Ying, try not to give even more workload for Wen Qing. Besides, it's not like we're getting paid here. Don't complain if you do break bones and Wen Qing has to hamper your bones before she could put them back"
Wei Wuxian shivers at the thought and tried to not think about it. When he walked in the shack, everyone made space for him. There were three tables, and each of them has seven or eight plates, holding steaming food.
He looked at them in puzzlement, "What? No one has eaten yet?"
"No. We were waiting for you" Wen Qing replied. Then Wei Wuxian dig himself into a hole as he casually said, "Why did you wait for me? I ate outside"
Wen Qing then slammed the plate on the table. The red peppers in the dish bounced in unison as she fumes, "So that's why you bought nothing? Ate all the money away at the restaurant? I only have a couple of coins and I gave them all to you. Now, look at how you fritter them away!"
"Umm... Wen Qing"
Wen Qing looks at Dawn, "Yes, Dawn?"
"I'm also guilty of it since I'm the one that suggests we should eat when we saw Hanguang-Jun in Yiling. So don't blame Wei Ying, alright"
Wen Qing then sighs and nodded, then she saw Granny Wen walked out of the kitchen. Shakily holding a walking stick in one hand and a plate in another. Wen Yuan squirms his way out and ran towards her, "Granny!"
Dawn pales as well and walked towards her quickly, "Granny Wen, let me take this plate okay. You should be resting"
"It's alright, Lady Dawn"
Wen Qing seems to think otherwise, "I told you to leave them alone. You don't have to help, Granny. Just go and have a sit. The smoke is too big in there. Your legs aren't good and your hands are shaking. If you fall, we are not going to have many plates left. It's not easy to bring all of this porcelain up the mountain..."
As for the other Wens, they were arranging the chopsticks and pouring tea in each cup while saving the main seat for him. With this, Wei Wuxian founds it hard to comprehend.
In the past few months, it's not like he couldn't tell how most of the Wens here were somewhat scared of him.
All of them had heard about the ruthless reputation that he had during the Sunshot Campaign, about the cruellest ways of venting his anger that so many talked about. They had seen with their own eyes on how he uses his corpses to kill others as well.
The first few days in the burial mound, Granny Wen's legs always shake in fear whenever she saw him. Wen Yuan always hid behind her as well. They started to approach him after some time had passed.
So you could imagine the shock and surprise when they saw how gentle he was with Dawn. The warmth and fond look in his eyes whenever he conversed with her, with Dawn returning the same look. The people in the cultivation world would be in disbelief if they heard that Wei Wuxian does have a soft side.
All fifty pairs of eyes were staring at him. Although fear was still present within those gazes, it was also stemmed with veneration, along with some caution and some ingratiation.
Wen Qing looked at him and said, "These past few days, you have worked hard"
Wei Wuxian looks back at her in surprise and slight fear, "You... you are suddenly talking so nicely to me. I'm kind of scared?"
Wen Qing was irked at this and her knuckles cracked in response. Wei Wuxian shut up at once.
She calms down and continues, "In truth, they all wanted to have dinner with you once so that they could thank you. But you are either jumping up and down, running around or shut inside of the Cave and staying there for days upon end, not letting anyone disturb you other than Dawn"
Wen Qing paused and looks at the Wens, "They didn't want to hold up your work and annoy you. They thought that you didn't like interacting with others and didn't want to talk to them, so they were embarrassed to talk to you. We didn't express our gratitude when you revived Wen Ning, and Uncle Four said that we had to have dinner together with no matter what"
Then she gave him a look, which Wei Wuxian response back with a nervous smile.
"Even if you ate so much when you were outside that you are about to die, come and sit down with us. It's fine even if you don't eat. Just have a seat and we can have a chat and a few drinks"
At this, Wei Wuxian's face brightened up at the mention of drinks, "Have a few drinks? There's wine up here?"
A few of the older Wens had been glancing in his direction in a bit of a nervous manner. Hearing this, one of them replied, "Yeah, yeah! There's wine, there's wine"
He held up a few sealed bottles by the table and passed them to him, "Fruit wine, made from the wild fruits on this mountain. It's quite rich!"
Wen Ning was squatting by the table and elaborate, "Uncle Four likes to drink as well. He knows how to make them by himself and made them especially for today. He's been trying for a lot of days"
At this, Uncle Four smiles in embarrassment and stared at Wei Wuxian nervously.
"Really? Then I will have to try some!"
He took a seat at the table. Uncle Four hurriedly opens the seal on the bottle, pour it on the cups and give him with both hands. Wei Wuxian smelled the wine and praised, "It really is rich!"
All of them were settled down on their seats. When they heard his praise, all of the beamed as though they had received the greatest compliment ever and began to eat.
"You know, I shouldn't be getting all the credits here. Dawn has also helped out" Wei Wuxian said.
Dawn looked at him in surprise before smiling at him softly, "You deserve the praises for what you have done, Wei Ying. The rest of the cultivation world may think otherwise, but the Wens and I know you better. Now enjoy this occasion alright"
Wei Wuxian smiles before he gulps his drink, his entire path doesn't seem really dark anymore if he had the Wens and Dawn with him by his side.
End of chapter 28