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"What are you doing?" Wei Wuxian tapped on Nie Huaisang's shoulder. He seemed to be looking out a hole in the wall for some reason.
"Wei-xiong!" Nie Huaisang jumped, startled and fanned himself to dry off the cold sweat.
"Don't scare me like that, Wei-xiong! And don't disturb me, I'm on a serious mission. I'm investigating something."
Naturally, that piqued Wei Wuxian's curiosity. He lightly pushed Nie Huaisang aside and peeked through the hole in the wall.
"Sect Leader Nie's dojo? You're peeping at your own brother? Huaisang-xiong, is the summer heat finally getting to your head?" Wei Wuxian laughed and poked at Nie Huaisang's forehead.
"No no no no, it's not who I'm investigating, it's the why."
"Is that supposed to mean something?" Wei Wuxian raised an eyebrow, feigning disinterest. But despite himself, he did want to hear what this was all about.
Nie Huaisang sighed deeply. "Fine, I'll tell you. For the past few days, I've been noticing that da-ge looks a bit...strange when he comes back from sword practice. A bit pink all over the face? Like he's flustered?"
Wei Wuxian clicked his tongue. "It's probably just–"
"Before you say exertion from the practice, it's not that. I know my da-ge. He gets all pink when he's tired and angry but those are different kinds of pink. This is not that. I'm just worried he might be sick, you know? Is he going through menopause, perhaps? It comes with all sorts of troubles like hot flashes, I've read all about it."
"Huaisang-xiong, I'm not even going to ask why you know all this, because you've really gone mad. Sect Leader Nie is probably fine, maybe he's trying out a new cultivation technique or something. If he catches you here, you will have bigger things to worry about. Like sword practice under your da-ge's supervision." Wei Wuxian snickered, knowing that'll bring back him back to his senses.
However, a distracted Nie Huaisang had already gone back to looking through the hole; a crease appearing in his forehead. Wei Wuxian also huddled up beside him to look. His forehead creased too.
On the other side, they saw both Sect Leader Nie and Sect Leader Lan emerge out of the dojo.
They saw Sect Leader Lan smile gently, whisper something, and then press a kiss directly on Sect Leader Nie's lips.
Wei Wuxian turned to his side and saw Nie Huaisang going slack-jawed at this befuddling display. He had dropped his fan. It didn't seem like he would recover any time soon either. Wei Wuxian himself felt pretty tongue-tied.
After all, that was a lot to take in.
Still, he said, "Well. I guess I was right about him trying out a new cultivation technique, huh?"