[ Wangji was going to ask for the full verification, next, but it doesn't seem necessary right now, not really. Because Wei Ying knows him well enough to realize - there couldn't have been another boy who would fit all the information - age, upbringing. The timing just couldn't work, not with the state Wangji had been in.
And then there is the grip on his arm, and Wangji leans ever so slightly close. He doesn't have the answer to that question. A-Yuan had been very weak, fevered, when he brought him to the Cloud Recesses. Not yet awake by the time Wangji showed up in Chroma.
And...
Especially because he doesn't know, he can't shield either of them from the possible hurt.
He is close to Wei Ying, and when he looks at Lan Sizhui, his eyes no longer hold the wariness to a stranger. He might not know the young man he has become. But his affection for the child he used to be is genuine. ]
Mn. [ Slight incline of the head, to confirm to Sizhui that the answer is to him, and it is up to Sizhui alone whether and how to answer it. ]
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And then there is the grip on his arm, and Wangji leans ever so slightly close. He doesn't have the answer to that question. A-Yuan had been very weak, fevered, when he brought him to the Cloud Recesses. Not yet awake by the time Wangji showed up in Chroma.
And...
Especially because he doesn't know, he can't shield either of them from the possible hurt.
He is close to Wei Ying, and when he looks at Lan Sizhui, his eyes no longer hold the wariness to a stranger. He might not know the young man he has become. But his affection for the child he used to be is genuine. ]
Mn. [ Slight incline of the head, to confirm to Sizhui that the answer is to him, and it is up to Sizhui alone whether and how to answer it. ]