[ Jiang Cheng can hear the storm coming before it arrives, and he assumes immediately that Xichen has done as permitted and allowed Wei Wuxian to know that he has come to visit Gusu Lan. He has to take a moment to prepared himself - he is bathed, of course, and changed into a new set of robes, the other set aside to be cleaned, and he admits his adopted brother with a scowl and frustration.
He would not expect anything else, of course.
It is a far quicker meeting than he'd expected from Wei Wuxian, and he would have not let it drag out for too long either way. They talk, sharing polite words more than anything deep, asking over his travels, what he had been doing, and Jiang Cheng talks around his travels to speak to a matchmaker without too much hesitation. It seems far too dangerous a topic to give over to this particular man.
Eventually, he scowls and says that he is tired from his journey - a touch of a lie - and he manages to encourage the man to go, with the promise to have lunch together the next day. Only then does he have a moment to piece himself back together, looking at the sky to judge the time before he slips away, finding a bruise aching instead of an open wound.
Slowly, he makes his way up to where he hopes that Xichen is waiting, hesitating outside the door before he knocks gently. ]
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He would not expect anything else, of course.
It is a far quicker meeting than he'd expected from Wei Wuxian, and he would have not let it drag out for too long either way. They talk, sharing polite words more than anything deep, asking over his travels, what he had been doing, and Jiang Cheng talks around his travels to speak to a matchmaker without too much hesitation. It seems far too dangerous a topic to give over to this particular man.
Eventually, he scowls and says that he is tired from his journey - a touch of a lie - and he manages to encourage the man to go, with the promise to have lunch together the next day. Only then does he have a moment to piece himself back together, looking at the sky to judge the time before he slips away, finding a bruise aching instead of an open wound.
Slowly, he makes his way up to where he hopes that Xichen is waiting, hesitating outside the door before he knocks gently. ]