inbox | eastbound

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lan wangji
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( The. Longest. Pause. )


Is that your wish?

[lanclan]

Yes, I want to settle down. You have a good eye, you should be there for the selection.

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Uncle would disagree.

[lanclan]

He's not the one that will be marrying an outsider, I don't care for his opinion on your views. You are reliably thorough.

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Brother inclines towards a specific clan?

[lanclan]

As long as the person is kind and decent, I am sure I will come to care for them. Their sect doesn't matter to me.

[ Although: ]

Not Lanling Jin.

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Brother seeks a husband or a wife?

[lanclan]

It doesn't matter to me.

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Understood. We shall send word.

[lanclan]

Thank you, Didi.

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My privilege.

Best for brother to have companionship.

[lanclan]

I think so too.

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And exit seclusion.

[lanclan]

I will. It was never a permanent solution.

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Brother has wronged no one. Committed no evil.

[lanclan]

Self-indulgence, certainly.

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The blindness of a kind heart.

[lanclan]

Wangji, I may rely on you more than usual at first. I hope that will not be an inconvenience.

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The back of the sect exists to support the leader.

[lanclan]

Thank you.

Wei Wuxian will be residing with you the Jingshi, I assume? We haven't discussed such things.

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Those who have fled home, then returned here have reported... no memory of occurrences in this world.


( In other words, Wei Ying might not... know to seek him out. )

[lanclan]

In any case, if he does return he will have a place with us. I would not have a problem with that even if you were back to being unmarried.

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We have been decades married.

...with or without his knowledge.

[lanclan]

Very well, as you put it, but you really mustn't say that in front of anyone but me, Wangji. People will get the wrong impression.

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Elaborate.