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[inheritedpain]

Why would I say it if I didn't mean it? [ He bit back, annoyed, but he didn't pull away. ]

I can't - I can't promise that I'll be here forever, because I could disappear just like - just like others have, against my will. But I'm never going to leave you willingly. Even if I - Even if you marry me off, if you don't want me to leave, then that's fine. She can come and live with us!

People leaving isn't the same thing as being gone. I'll drag Wei Wuxian back here for you, if I have to. But why would I want to go anywhere?

[ He slumped a little, some of the fire draining from him and leaving him tired. ]

Do you think I have zero filial piety, or something? I swear...

[consignation]

It doesn't matter what I think. I thought Wei Wuxian, too⁠—

[ There was a time Jiang Cheng believed every word Wei Wuxian said to him. What reason did he have to doubt? They'd been together for everything, since Wei Wuxian came to Lotus Pier. ]

...I thought a lot of things.

[ That his parents would live to old age. That they had so much time together still, to sort out their differences, to love each other, to overcome all the world had to throw at them together.

That they three siblings would be there for each other forever.

Now he's here, with his sister's child, with nothing on his mind but loss and uncertainty. He lets out his breath, tight and pained, and holds Jin Ling that much closer. ]

...you're a good boy, A-Ling. And it wouldn't... be wrong of you, to leave. I just⁠—

[ Jiang Cheng sucks in a breath, squeezing his eyes shut. ]

I'm just tired of always being the one left behind.

[inheritedpain]

Well I’m not leaving you behind!

[ He muttered, tired and frustrated and... well, worried. He’d never really seen his uncle like this before. He’d always seemed so hard and stoic...

He swallowed thickly. Had this all changed him that much? ]

I’m not going anywhere. I’ll always be your nephew.