Wen Ning called over a few dozens of disciples and protected them in person until they arrived at a large, beautiful residence. He snuck inside from the back door and led Wei WuXian to a smaller building.

However, just after Wen Ning turned around and closed the door, before he could even stop and take a break, Wei WuXian grabbed his neck again and questioned in a hushed voice, “Where is this place?!”

"It is somewhere safe, I guess." said Nie Huaisang.

"I don't have a good feeling about it." said Jiang Cheng.

"When did you ever said that you have a good feeling about something?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"He never does." said Wei Wuxian.

Even though he had been saved by Wen Ning, he couldn’t let down all of the guard he held against the Wen Sect’s people just like that. He had always be alert. Back then, following Wen Ning through the large residence, they had passed by many rooms. Most of the people inside spoke with Qishan accents. He caught all of the fragments of conversations that had passed through the window slits and heard the words ‘supervision office’!

Wen Ning quickly waved his hands, “No… I…”

Wei WuXian, “What do you mean no? This isn’t the supervision office set in Yiling? Which unfortunate sect’s region did you take this time? Just what do you want to do by bringing us here?”

"What?!" Wei Wuxian exclaimed.

"You brought us to the place of the enemies?" he added.

"And it's another supervision office. Just how many sects did the Wens destroyed in the future?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"More than what you have imagine." said Jingyi.

Wen Ning tried hard to protest, “Young Master Wei, l-listen to me. This is a supervision office. But… But I really don’t have any intention of harming you. If I wanted to, last night after I entered Lotus Pier, I could’ve gone back on my word right away. I-I wouldn’t have had to lead you here.”

Wei WuXian had always been maintaining high alert. He hadn’t relaxed at all and was ready to explode any moment. His head was dizzy. Hearing this, he still didn’t believe him fully. Wen Ning continued, “This really is a supervision office. If there’s anywhere that the Wen Sect’s people won’t search, it’d be here. You two can stay here. But, you mustn’t let anyone find you…”

After a pause, Wei WuXian finally forced himself to let go. In a low voice, he said to him ‘thank you’ and ‘sorry’ before laying Jiang Cheng’s body flat onto the wooden bed inside the room.

"Can we really trust him?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"I think we can." said Wei Wuxian.

"For now." he added.

"Don't ever doubt. My brother won't put the both of you in danger." said Wen Qing.

"We're not sure about that." said Jiang Cheng.

However, suddenly, the doors of the house suddenly opened. The voice of a woman called, “I was just searching for you! Explain to me properly…”

Just as he said not to let anyone find them, they were discovered at once!

"What the hell?!" cursed Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian together.

"You said no one will find out." said Wei Wuxian.

"Scared?" asked Wen Qing.

"Why would I? It's just that, he broke his words." said Wei Wuxian.

Wei WuXian immediately broke into a cold sweat. He quickly blocked himself in front of the bed. Wen Ning was so scared that he couldn’t even say anything.

Frozen, the two stared at the woman standing before the entrance. Or, one could call her a maiden. Her skin was on the dark side. Although her features were sweet, her expression was with utmost arrogance. The sun robe that she wore glowed red, its flames almost dancing around her sleeves and her collar.

The rank was extremely high, the same level as Wen Chao!

"It's just you." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"She wouldn't betray us, right?" he asked Wen Ning.

"I will never put my brother in harm." said Wen Qing.

"You should be grateful." she added.

"Your arrogance is just like Jiang Cheng." said Wei Wuxian.

"Strong on the outside, but a softie on the inside." he laughed.

"I'm not!" exclaimed Jiang Cheng and Wen Qing.

The three stood still for a few seconds. A series of hurried footsteps came from outside. Wei WuXian mustered up courage. Just as he was about to attack, the maiden moved before he could and, with a boom, she slammed the door shut.

A voice asked from outside the door, “Office Leader Wen, what’s wrong?”

The maiden spoke with indifference, “Nothing’s wrong. My brother is back. He’s feeling down again. Don’t wake him up. Let’s go. We can talk on our way.”

"Even Wen Qing dares to betray out sect." said Wen Chao.

"I am not betraying anyone." said Wen Qing.

"I am doing what I think is right." she added.

"Thank you, Qing-jiejie." said Wei Wuxian.

"Who are you calling jiejie? I will never be your sister." said Wen Qing.

"You will be one of my elder sister someday. You can say no but I won't let you." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"Are you collecting siblings?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Yes, so that we will be a one big happy family." said Wei Wuxian.

Jiang Cheng just raised his brows at him.

The people outside answered and followed her away. Wen Ning let out a breath of relief, explaining to Wei WuXian, “My… My elder sister.”

Wei WuXian, “Wen Qing is your elder sister?”

Wen Ning nodded, somewhat embarrassed, “My sister. She’s really powerful.”

She was indeed powerful.

"She is indeed." said Nie Huaisang.

"She can even scare the two men who said that they're not afraid of everything." he added.

"Except women." Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng mumbled.

"Women can make you question your existence." the two added.

Wen Qing could be considered a famous cultivator of the QishanWen Sect. She wasn’t a daughter of the QishanWen Sect’s leader, Wen RuoHan, but instead the daughter of one of Wen RuoHan’s cousins. Although they were far cousins, Wen RuoHan had always had a close relationship to this cousin of his. On top of that, Wen Qing was exceptional in the liberal arts and studied medicine as well. She was a talent, and thus she was rather favored by Wen RuoHan. She often followed Wen RuoHan to the banquets of the QishanWen Sect, which was why Wei WuXian found her face familiar. She was a beauty, after all. He had also heard from somewhere that she had an elder or younger brother. But, perhaps because he wasn’t as talented as Wen Qing, not many people talked about him.

Wei WuXian exclaimed, “You really are the younger brother of Wen Qing?”

"You're lucky to have her as an elder sister." said Wei Wuxian.

"Just like me and ChengCheng to shijie." he added.

"If that's my elder sister, I can say that maybe we will have a fight everyday." said Jiang Cheng.

"As if you can still fight back." said Wei Wuxian.

Wen Ning thought that what he was surprised at about was how such an excellent, well-known sister could have such an average brother. He admitted, “Yeah. My sister is really good. I… I’m not.”

Wei WuXian, “No, no. You’re really good as well. What I find surprising is that your sister is Wen Qing, the Office Leader, and you dared take us…”

"Don't underestimate yourself, Wen Ning." said Wei Wuxian.

"You're too good and too kind of a person." he added.

"T-thank y-you." said Wen Ning with a blush.

"You can't take compliments?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"As if you yourself can. You're even more redder than him when you're blushing." said Wei Wuxian making Jiang Cheng glare at him.

Suddenly, Jiang Cheng shifted on the bed. He scrunched his eyebrows lightly. Wei WuXian immediately turned around to check on him, “Jiang Cheng?!”

Wen Ning hurried, “He’s awake. He needs medicine. I’ll go get some.”

"That's great. A-cheng will be fine." said Jiang Yanli.

"And we will finally find out the real reason why he came back there." said Nie Huaisang.

"Because, I failed to believe that he came back just for hus parents bodies." he added.

"There's no other reason for him to come back other than that." said Sizhui.

"We are not sure." said Jin Ling.

"Jiujiu is a secretive man. There's a lot of things he hides on himself." he added.

After he walked out, he closed the door behind him. Having been passed out for so long, Jiang Cheng finally woke up. Wei WuXian had originally been ecstatic. But, soon afterward, he knew that something was wrong.

Jiang Cheng’s expression was rather strange. It was calm, almost too calm.

He stared at the ceiling, as though he wasn’t at all interested in the situation that he was in, as though he didn’t care about where he was either.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"I expected him to throw a fit about his situation but not this." he added.

"His eyes looks empty." said Nie Huaisang.

"Jiang Cheng, you're scaring me." said Wei Wuxian.

"I never thought that one day I would be able to scare." said Jiang Cheng.

"It's serious." said Wei Wuxian.

"Nothing go wrong, right? So why are you acting like that? Stop looking at me like I'm dying there." said Jiang Cheng.

"Don't you feel anything?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"I just feel like it would be bad. Why?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"And you know that I believe your guts are always right." said Wei Wuxian.

"What are you trying to say?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Jiang Cheng, you're dying!" Wei Wuxian exclaimed making Jiang Cheng smack hus head.

"I won't die, you dumbass." said Jiang Cheng with a glare.

Wei WuXian didn’t expect him to react in such a way. Sadness, happiness, anger, shock—he had none of these. His heart skipped a beat, “Jiang Cheng, can you see me? Can you hear me? Do you know who I am?”

"Do you suspect that I lost my memory?" asked Jiang Cheng in disbelief.

"A torture won't take my memories away." he added.

"Just making sure." laughed Wei Wuxian even though he felt anxious.

Jiang Cheng glanced at him. He didn’t say anything. Wei WuXian asked him a few more questions. Arm supporting himself, he finally sat upright. He looked down at the mark of the discipline whip on his chest before laughing bitterly.

If the discipline whip struck, it’d be impossible to wipe away the mark of shame. Wei WuXian comforted him despite this, “Stop looking at it. There has to be a way to get it off.”

"Nothing can make that scar disappear." said Jiang Cheng.

"I don't even deserve it." he added.

"Don't think too much about it, a-niang." said Jingyi.

"My a-niang finally moved on from that since a long time ago." he added.

"He moved on, but he will never forget." said Jiang Cheng as he glared at Wen Chao.

Jiang Cheng slapped him. His strike was so weak, so powerless that Wei WuXian didn’t even flinch, “Hit me. As long as you’ll feel better.”

"That's unusual." said Wei Wuxian.

"Jiang Cheng always hit me with force." he added.

"Something is wrong." said Wen Qing.

"Nothing bad happened to him, right?" asked Jiang Yanli.

"Of course, something bad happened to him because why would he act like that when nothing is wrong." said Nie Huaisang.

"Wen Chao, prepare yourself." said Wen Rouhan.

Jiang Cheng, “Did you feel it?”

Wei WuXian paused, “What? Feel what?”

Jiang Cheng, “Did you feel my spiritual power?”

Wei WuXian, “What spiritual power? You didn’t use any spiritual power at all.”

Jiang Cheng, “I did.”

Wei WuXian, “Just what… are you talking about?”

"What is he talking about?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"What does he mean by using his spiritual power? Clearly, if I hit Wei Wuxian with my spiritual energy Wei Wuxian will stumble or what." said Jiang Cheng.

"We also don't know." said Jingyi.

"None of us know anything about this." said Sizhui.

Wen Rouhan was glaring at his son.

Jiang Cheng repeated, biting down on each word, “I said, I did. When I hit you, I used all of my spiritual power. I’m asking you. Did you feel it?”

Wei WuXian looked at him. After a while of silence, he spoke, “Hit me once more?”

"Jiang Cheng, you're joking right?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Am I the type of a person who would joke something like that?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Then, why is that I couldn't feel your spiritual power?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"How would I know?" asked Jiang Cheng getting anxious.

"There's only one thing possible." said Wen Qing.

"What?" asked Jiang Yanli worriedly.

"Either someone blocked his spiritual power or he has no spiritual power at all." said Wen Qing.

"That's impossible. Who would do that?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Many people can block a spiritual power." said Wen Qing.

"But losing all your spiritual power can only be done by one person. I don't have to tell you who that person is, right?" she asked.

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng glanced at one another.

Jiang Cheng, “There’s no need. No matter how many more times I hit you, it’ll be the same. Wei WuXian, do you know why the Core-Melting Hand is called the Core-Melting Hand?”

The heart had completely sunk.

Jiang Cheng froze at once, staring blankly at the screen.

"Wanyin." Lan Xichen called but the man heard nothing.

"That cannot be." said Wei Wuxian.

"A-cheng." called Jiang Yanli.

"You! Wen Zhuliu!" Madam Yu shouted in rage.

"How dare you? I will kill you!" she added as she stood up.

"My lady." said Jiang Fengmian with fear in his voice.

"If he did kill me in the future then I will make sure that in this life, he will die in hands." said Madam Yu.

"Torture is kind of acceptable for enemies but melting the core, that's worse." said Nie Huaisang.

"How did he survived that?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"A-niang, why didn't I knew about this?" asled Jingyi.

"None of us knew." said Zizhen.

"I do." said Jin Ling.

"And I was forced to keep it." he added.

"I thought there's no secret between us four?" asked Sizhui.

"I can't go against their order." said Jin Ling.

"Surely, you will know about it too." he added.

Jiang Cheng continued on his own, “Because his pair of hands can melt away the golden core, so that you can’t ever form a new core again, you’re spiritual power will disperse, and you’ll become an average person.

“And an average person who descended from a cultivating sect is no different from a good-for-nothing. Your whole life will be spent doing worldly business. You aren’t allowed to dream about being at the top ever again.

“Mom and Father had their golden cores melted away by Wen ZhuLiu first and lost the ability to resist before they were killed by him.”

"That's not a fair fight." said Nie Huaisang.

"When it comes to battle, there's is no fair as long as you win." said Nie Mingjue.

"What do I do now?" Jiang Cheng whispered.

"Stay with me." Lan Xichen whispered to him as he hugged the man tightly.

Jiang Cheng was crying silently.

Wei WuXian’s head was in a complete mess. He didn’t know what to do, murmuring, “… The Core-Melting Hand… The Core-Melting Hand…”

Jiang Cheng laughed, “Wen ZhuLiu, Wen ZhuLiu. I want revenge, I want revenge, but how could I? I don’t even have my core anymore. I won’t ever be able to form a core again. How can I seek revenge? Hahahahahaha, hahahahahahahahahaha…”

Wei WuXian collapsed onto the ground. Watching how crazed Jiang Cheng seemed to be, he couldn’t say anything.

"What should I do?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"You can do nothing. Nothing can mend a melted core." said Wen Qing.

"It's his fault." said Su She.

"That's because he's reckless and dumb." said Jin Zixun.

"Bold of you to call my mother dumb, but you yourself us the dumbest." said Jingyi.

"Well, it's really Jiang-gongzi's fault why it happened to him because if he just didn't returned to Lotus Pier then maybe he was still full of spiritual power." said Meng Yao.

"I do agree with him." said Sizhui.

"No. I don't know the real reason why he came back there but jiujiu is not that dumb and stupid to go there just to retrieve his parent's bodies." said Jin Ling.

"But that's the only reason why he came back." said Zizhen.

"Not you too, Zizhen." said Jingyi.

"It's his stupidness that put him in that kind of situation." said Sect Leader Yao.

"Oh, you're still alive? Being silent for a long made me think you're dead." said Jingyi.

"Wanyin isn't stupid." said Lan Xichen as he glared at the man.

"Another bad words directed to him, the person who said it will die in my own hands." he added.

Everyone was silent at once.

Nobody knew more than him how much of an ambitious person Jiang Cheng was, what high regard he held his cultivation and spiritual power in. But now, with the strike of the Core-Melting Hand, his cultivation, his selfesteem, his hope of revenge had all been smashed to dust!

Like a lunatic, Jiang Cheng laughed for a while. He lay down onto the bed again and opened his arms, speaking as though he had given up on everything, “Wei WuXian, why did you save me? What’s the use of saving me? Let me live in this world, watch the Wen-dogs go rampant, see how I can’t do anything?”

"I save you because even if you don't have a core anymore, you're still my brother. I won't let you die." said Wei Wuxian.

"Remember that, Jiang Cheng." he added.

"I did that for us to unite with shijie." he whispered.

"Wanyin, it didn't happen yet. We can still change it and make sure that you will never lose your core." said Lan Xichen.

"What about my future self? It must've been hard for him." said Jiang Cheng.

"He somehow managed to survive it, Jiang-xiong. Just trust yourself." said Nie Huaisang.

At this point in time, Wen Ning entered through the door. On his face was a smile that almost looked fawning. He walked with bowl of medicine in his hand toward the bed. Before he could say anything, those sun robes reflected against Jiang Cheng’s eyes. His pupils suddenly shrunk.

Jiang Cheng kicked Wen Ning, toppling over the bowl of medicine. The black liquid all spilled onto Wen Ning. Wei WuXian wanted to take the bowl of medicine. He pulled up Wen Ning as well, who had been shocked speechless. Jiang Cheng roared at him, “What’s wrong with you?!”

Wen Ning was so scared that he stepped back a couple of times. Jiang Cheng grabbed Wei WuXian by the collar and shouted, “You see a Wen-dog and you don’t kill him?! And you wanted to pull him up? Do you want to die?!”

"Well, that is to be expected." said Wei Wuxian.

"I'm sorry." said Jiang Cheng still inside Lan Xichen's embrace.

"You're forgiven. But don't do that again." said Wen Qing.

"Never hurt my brother in front of me." he added.

Although he used as much strength as he could, his arms were still weak. Wei WuXian struggled out of them quickly. Jiang Cheng finally noticed where he was. He glanced around and asked in alarm, “Where is this?”

Wen Ning answered from far away, “The supervision office at Yiling. But it’s very safe…”

Jiang Cheng spun toward Wei WuXian, “Supervision office?! You walked yourself into their trap?”

Wei WuXian, “No!”

"Jiang Cheng needs to calm down." said Wei Wuxian.

"Or else, some Wens will notice him." he added.

"How can he calm down when he is inside hus enemies territory?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"That is quite impossible to ask him to do just that." he added.

"Wen Ning and Wen Qing are not enemies." said Wei Wuxian.

"For you they're not, but for Jiang-xiong, they are." said Nie Huaisang.

"You came in on a wrong time, Wen Ning." he added.

Jiang Cheng spoke in a harsh voice, “No? Then what are you doing in a supervision office? How did you get here? Don’t tell me that you went to the Wen-dogs for help?!”

Wei WuXian grabbed him, “Jiang Cheng, calm down first. It’s very safe here! Wake up. It’s not for certain that the Core-Melting Hand can’t…”

Jiang Cheng couldn’t listen to anyone’s words anymore. He was already half-mad. Hands around Wei WuXian’s neck, he laughed, “Wei WuXian, hahahahahahahaha Wei WuXian! You! You…”

"Did it become Jiang-jiujiu's habit to strangle my mother?" asked Sizhui.

"Don't worry, it wouldn't hurt that much." said Su She with a mock.

"He's powerless." said Jin Zixun.

"The two idiot teamed up." Jingyi said with a chuckle.

"If my a-niang was here, you would be cold by now." he added.

His friends chuckled with him

Suddenly, a red shadow kicked the door open and darted inside. With a strike of her palm, a silver light flashed by. A needle went into Jiang Cheng’s head, and he lay back down at once. Wen Qing turned around to shut the door before scolding in a low voice, “Wen Ning, how stupid are you? You let him shout and laugh and be so loud?! Do you want him to be discovered?”

As though he saw his savior, he shouted, “Sister!”

"You!" Jiang Cheng exclaimed in horror.

"You just fell asleep. My needles can do worse than that." said Wen Qing.

Wen Qing, “Calling me your sister now? I haven’t asked you yet. Since when have you been so bold? How dare you hide people! I’ve already snuck a few questions earlier on. So that was why you suddenly wanted to go to Yunmeng! How full of yourself are you? Who gave you so much courage? If Wen Chao knows about this wouldn’t he tear you to apart? If he really is set on killing someone, do you think that I can stop him?”

She spoke quickly and clearly. Her forceful tone allowed for no objections. Wei WuXian couldn’t find anywhere at all to interrupt her. Wen Ning’s face was as pale as snow, “Sister, but Young Master Wei…”

Wen Qing continued, voice stern, “I won’t say anything too much seeing that you did it out of gratitude and that’s an understandable reason. However, these two must not stay here for long! You came suddenly and left suddenly, meanwhile Wen Chao lost the two of them. Do you think Wen Chao is that much of an idiot? Their search will reach here sooner or later. This is the supervision office under my command, and this is your house. What accusation do you think it’ll be if they discover that you’re hiding them? Think carefully!”

"Nothing will happen to the both of you." Wen Rouhan assured.

"I just don't want to deal with your idiot of a son." said Wen Qing.

"I will deal with him in your stead." said Wen Rouhan.

"We really cause trouble to you, Qing-jiejie." said Wei Wuxian.

"I said, don't call me that." said Wen Qing.

"Jiang Cheng, call her jiejie too." said Wei Wuxian.

"I already have one sister, I don't need another one." said Jiang Cheng.

She explained so clearly what was at stake for them, so clearly that it was as though she pointed at Wei WuXian’s nose and told him to get lost quickly and not to stay here and burden them. If Wei WuXian were the one injured or if somebody else had saved them, he’d immediately say farewell and leave at once, full of determination. However, right now, Jiang Cheng was the one who had been injured. Not only was he injured, he had lost his core as well. He wasn’t in his right mind. No matter what, Wei WuXian couldn’t find any determination. And the Wen Sect was what caused them to be in such a situation to begin with. It was only natural for him to feel unwilling to give up. He could only clench his teeth and stay quiet.

Wen Ning, “B-But the Wen Sect people…”

Wen Qing cut him off, “What the Wen Sect does doesn’t represent what we do. We don’t need to be responsible for the Wen Sect’s wrongdoing. Wei Ying, there’s no need to look at me like that. There’s a beginning to all debts. I’m the office leader of Yiling, but I was ordered to take the position. I’m a medic, an apothecary, I’ve never killed anyone, much less touched the blood of the Jiang Sect.”

"I know that." said Wei Wuxian.

"But, Jiang Cheng needs rest." he added.

"Don't be sorry. What I said is a fact and I didn't mean for the both of you to leave right now." said Wen Qing.

"We're putting ourselves in danger for the sake of the both of you." she mumbled.

It was true. Nobody had heard of any lives lost by Wen Qing’s hands. There were always many cases that people wanted her to take over. It was because Wen Qing was one of the Wen Sect’s people whose way of doing things was actually normal. At times she could even put in a few good words for people in front of Wen RuoHan. Her reputation had always been good.

All were silent within the room.

"The only Wen I knew who have morals." said Nie Mingjue.

"What about me?" asked Wen Rouhan.

"Asked yourself." said Nie Mingjue with a glare.

"Wen Rouhan! Can you be serious for once." said Lan Qiren.

"I'm serious." said Wen Rouhan.

A few moments later, Wen Qing spoke again, “Don’t pull out the needle. The brat would start throwing a fit if he wakes up. His shouting voice could be heard from even outside. Pull it out after his injuries have healed. I really don’t want to deal with Wen Chao, especially that woman around him. It disgusts me!”

"We all feel the same." said MianMian.

"And I'm not a brat." said Jiang Cheng with a glare.

"Asked yourself on how are you not a brat." said Wen Qing.

"My self said that there is no reason for me to be a brat. I'm just being myself." said Jiang Cheng.

"This is the reason why I don't like little brothers." said Wen Qing.

"Well, we are already your didis." said Wei Wuxian with a laugh.

She went out the door as soon as she finished. Wei WuXian spoke, “She… means that we can’t stay for long, but we can still stay for a few days… right?”

Wen Ning nodded, “Thank you, Sister!”

A pack of medicinal herbs was tossed in from outside the door. Wen Qing spoke from afar, “If you really are grateful then put in some effort! What a hell kind of medicine did you just make? Brew it again!”

"So Jiang Cheng coded. I wonder how the both of you didn't end up together." said Wei Wuxian.

"Wuxian, what was that supposed to mean?" Lan Xichen asked with a smile.

Wei Wuxian laughed nervously.

"It means that all of Jiang Cheng's standard was present on you except your cultivation level because you ranked first. I was just saying that they didn't end up together being siblings." he said.

"Trying so hard to explain yourself knowing that you're in trouble." laughed Jin Zixuan.

Wei Wuxian glared at him.

Although the pack of herbs smacked right onto Wen Ning, he spoke happily, “The medicine that my sister prepared will definitely turn out good. Hundreds of times better than mine. It’ll be good for sure.”

Wei WuXian finally felt relief, “Thank you.”

"I'm very grateful, Qing-jiejie." said Wei Wuxian.

"If you won't shut up, I will bury this needle in your head." said Wen Qing showing one of his silver needles.

"You don't have to do that." said Wei Wuxian.

He understood the fact that one of these siblings deciding to turn a blind eye to them and the other deciding to outright help them meant that they were placing themselves in extreme danger. Just as Wen Qing said, if Wen Chao truly wanted to kill anyone, it was unlikely for Wen Qing to be able to stop him. Perhaps she’d be affected as well. After all, children of others could never compare to children of one’s own.

"It can. I prefer my niece than him." said Wen Rouhan.

"Fuqin." said Wen Chao.

"How I wanted to disown you." said Wen Rouhan.

Wen Chao stared at him in disbelief while Wen Xu was laughing at him.

With the needle in Jiang Cheng’s head, he slept for three days. Both his bones and the exterior injuries had healed already. All that was left and couldn’t be healed were the eternal marks from the discipline whip and the golden core that he’d never be able to take back.

Wei WuXian had also been thinking for three days.

"There's nothing to think of." said Jiang Cheng.

"I accept losing my golden core since its really my recklessness that caused it." he added.

"Well, we can only hope that the future you was also thinking like that." said Wei Wuxian.

"As long as you won't do something reckless." said Jiang Cheng with a glare.

"I'm not planning anything." said Wei Wuxian.