Wen Ning quickly fell silent. Amidst the sound of the rowing boats, Wei Wuxian opened his eyes with a splitting headache.
He leaned all over Lan Wangji and realized that the place he was in was no longer Lotus Pier. He didn't understand the situation for a long time until he saw Lan Wangji's left hand and the blood on his sleeve, as if a string of plum blossoms had fallen on the snow. , then he remembered what happened before he fainted from anger, and the look on his face suddenly changed with horror, and he sat up suddenly. Lan Wangji came over to help him, but Wei Wuxian's tinnitus hadn't subsided yet, and there was a bloody air in his chest, making him extremely uncomfortable.
He was worried that he would vomit another mouthful of blood onto the innocent Lan Wangji, so he waved his hands repeatedly, turned to the side, and held on to the side of the boat to endure it for a while. Lan Wangji knew that he was not having a good time right now, so he silently put a hand on his back without asking a word, sending a gentle stream of fine spirit into his body.
After he had endured the smell of rust in his throat, Wei Wuxian turned around and asked Lan Wangji to withdraw his hand. After sitting quietly for a moment, he finally spoke tentatively: "Hanguang-Jun, how did we get out?"
Wen Ning's expression immediately became tense and he stopped the oar. As expected, Lan Wangji kept his promise and didn't mention anything about what he had revealed. However, he also didn't lie and make up an excuse. He simply said: "There was a fight."
Wei Wuxian took out a hand and rubbed his heart, as if he wanted to dissipate the stagnation in his chest. After a while, he groaned unhappily: "I knew Jiang Cheng wouldn't let us go so easily. This bastard ...It's really unreasonable!"
Lan Wangji's eyebrows narrowed and he said in a deep voice, "Don't mention him."
Hearing his unkind tone, Wei Wuxian was slightly startled, and immediately said, "Okay, let's not mention him."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "What about that? Mr. Hanguang, don't pay attention to what he said."
Lan Wangji said: "Which sentence."
Wei Wuxian's eyelids twitched, and he said, "Every sentence is true. This boy has had this kind of virtue since he was a child. He speaks indiscriminately when he is angry, which is particularly unpleasant. He doesn't care about his manners and upbringing. As long as he can make others unhappy, He can scold him with all kinds of nonsense. He hasn't made any progress in so many years. Don't take it to heart."
As he spoke, he secretly paid attention to Lan Wangji's expression, and his heart slowly sank.
Wei Wuxian thought, or expected, that Lan Wangji wouldn't take those words to heart, but to his surprise, Lan Wangji didn't look very good, and he didn't even say "hmm".
It seemed that Lan Wangji was more unhappy with Jiang Cheng's bad words than he expected. Maybe he simply didn't like Jiang Cheng as a person, or maybe... he was particularly intolerant of being criticized as "ignorant," "shameless," and "a mess." After all, the Gusu Lan family is a famous family whose family motto is "Ya Zheng", and Hanguang Jun himself has never been associated with these words.
Although after these days, he felt that Lan Wangji should value him quite a bit and treat him differently, but he still dared not speculate on how much this "valuation" really meant, and whether the "difference" was really what he thought it was. different. Wei Wuxian never thought that confidence was a bad thing, and was often arrogant about it. Legend has it that Yiling ancestors played with flowers and flowers, but in fact, he had never experienced such a hectic mood. He used to think that Lan Wangji was particularly easy to guess, but now he couldn't figure it out. He was afraid that he was the only one who was having wild ideas, wishful thinking, and overconfidence.
Lan Wangji was silent. Wei Wuxian wanted to use his best gag to get through, but he was afraid of being embarrassed by forcefully teasing him. He was stuck for a while and suddenly said: "Where are we going?"
The topic was changed very abruptly, but Lan Wangji accepted it cooperatively and said, "Where do you want to go?"
Wei Wuxian rubbed the back of his head and said, "Zewu-Jun still doesn't know how safe he is, and we don't know what those people are planning to do. Why don't we go to Lanling first..." Suddenly, he remembered something and said, "No, Let's not go to Lanling first, let's go to Yunping City."
Lan Wangji asked: "Yun Pingcheng?"
Wei WuXian said: "Yes. Yunmeng's Yunping City. Did I tell you? When I was at Jinlin Terrace, I saw my manuscript in the secret room of Fangfei Palace. It was placed with my manuscript. There is also a house deed, which is a place in Yunping City. The Lanling Jin family is very wealthy. I don't think Jin Guangyao would have kept this house deed if he didn't have some hidden secrets. Maybe he can find something there. ."
Lan Wangji nodded. At this time, Wen Ning said: "Sir, is Yunping City heading in this direction?"
Wei Wuxian: "What?!"
Both he and Lan Wangji were sitting with their backs to the stern of the boat, so they never saw Wen Ning. Unexpectedly, someone made a sound at the stern of the boat. He was so frightened that his scalp exploded and he rolled on the spot. He turned around and said horrifiedly: "Why are you here?!"
Wen Ning raised his face and said blankly: "Me? I've always been here."
Wei Wuxian asked, "Then why don't you say anything?"
Wen Ning said: "I saw that you and Mr. Hanguang were talking, sir, so I didn't..."
Wei WuXian said, "Then we should make a noise??"
Wen Ning raised the oar in his hand and defended, "Master, I have been rowing and I have been making noise. Didn't you hear it?"
"..." Wei Wuxian waved his hand and said, "I didn't pay attention. Forget it, forget it, stop rowing. The river is flowing fast here at night, so you can go fast without rowing."
He grew up in Yunmeng. He has been in the water in this area since he was a child, so he is naturally familiar with it. When Wen Ning heard this, he put down the oar and sat down at the stern of the boat, still six feet away from Lan and Wei. It was Yinshi when we arrived at Lotus Pier. After a lot of hard work, the sky was already dim, the sky was blue and white, and the mountains and rivers on both sides finally showed their outlines.
After looking around, Wei Wuxian suddenly said, "I'm hungry."
Lan Wangji raised his eyes. Wei Wuxian was certainly not hungry at all. He had just eaten three cakes at the stall outside the gate of Lotus Pier not long ago. But Lan Wangji only ate one. And, it was the only thing he ate for nearly two days. Wei Wuxian was thinking about this matter. He saw that the road in front of him was deserted and hopeless. He was afraid that he would have to walk by water for a long time before he could reach a town where he could rest and eat.
Lan Wangji muttered: "Ashore?"
Wei WuXian said, "There's no one on the shore nearby, but I know a place to go."
Wen Ning quickly picked up the oar and rowed in the direction he pointed. Not long after, the ferry turned into a branch, traveled for a while, and entered a lotus lake.
The lotus leaves in the lake are scattered high and low, and the pavilions are like canopies. The slender ferry broke through the crowded lotus branches and rowed deep into the lotus pond. Seen from above, where the ferry passes, a line of green leaves sways. Walking through the green umbrellas, parting a wide lotus leaf, I suddenly saw one big plump lotus pod hidden underneath. At that moment, I felt as if I had suddenly discovered a small treasure. Wei Wuxian smiled and was about to reach out to pick it, but Lan Wangji suddenly said: "Wei Ying."
Wei Wuxian asked, "What's wrong?"
Lan Wangji said: "This lotus pond does have an owner."
Wei Wuxian said with a clear conscience: "Of course not."
Of course. Ever since Wei Wuxian was eleven years old, he had often stolen lotus seeds and water chestnuts from various lakes in Yunmeng. I had quit working for many years, but now I have to get some rations to continue my journey, so I have to leave the world again.
Lan Wangji said quietly: "I heard that all the lotus ponds in this area have owners."
"..." Wei Wuxian said, "Hahahahahaha, right? It's such a pity. You've heard so many things, I haven't even heard of them. Then let's go."
Now that he had been exposed, he was naturally embarrassed to ask Lan Wangji to do such nonsense with him again. The dignified Hanguang-Jun went to steal someone else's lotus pods to eat. Just as he was about to grab the oar, Lan Wangji raised his hand and took the lead in picking a lotus pod.
He handed the lotus pod to Wei Wuxian and said, "I won't do this next time."