OUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER (A WANGXIAN STORY)

Chapter 42

JingFei sent for her son as soon as the physician left her room. The boy walked in with his hands resting by his side. His head hung low. "A'Jiang, come to me.", Madam Lan was gentle once again.

"I'm sorry mother, it's all my fault you got hurt.", HuiZhong's eyes watered. JingFei cared less about the boy but reached for him anyway. She knew what she was after. "Don't cry my love...Its not your fault. It's that man who made your mother more angry, not you.", JingFei pecked him on the forehead and played with his fleshy cheeks.

" Uncle Wei made mother angry because he wanted to help me...He's sorry mother. Don't be angry anymore.", HuiZhong sobbed. The woman rolled her eyes as she buried her boy's face in her bosom. "A'Jiang...", she held his face in her hands. "That man is not your Uncle...He's evil...Don't you see how angry he makes your Grand-father?"

The boy blinked the tears away and starred at JingFei with his father's eyes. JingFei cleaned his face with a handkerchief and smiled, "Tomorrow your father and Grandfather will ask you about what happened. You have to tell them I was attacked by that evil man."

"But mother, you hit him first....", the boy was confused.

"I hit him because he meddled in my affairs!!", Madam Lan raised her voice. "Haa...Sorry, I didn't mean to scare my sweet boy."

The boy was meek in his mother's presence. Lan Jiang was now seven. He was old enough to understand what was right and wrong. And his Uncle Wangji thought him not to compromise or distort the truth. It was also against the Lan Rules to lie.

"Mo... mother, it's against the rules to lie.", Lan Jiang stroke the silky black resting on his mother's neck. JingFei sighed. "Son, the truth is relative to what we see and believe...You believe you love your mummy, then let her be your truth. If not, you can get out of my sight and never come here again...Is that what you want?", Madam Lan pouted.

Lan HuiZhong's hand paused. After a deep breath, he continued stroking his mother's hair. "I love mother... mother is my truth.", he caved in...

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Zewujun, Lan QiRen, and a few senior disciples gathered to preside over what happened a few days ago. Wei Ying was summoned and brought before them in Wangji's presence.

Since the incidence, Wei Ying refused to speak to his husband and prevented him from sleeping at the Jingshi. If Wangji insisted, he'd threaten to leave. Looking at the man kneeling before his family, Lan Wangji was torn. He knew his Sister in-law definitely instigated the fight. But Wei Ying was so quiet and said nothing in his defence...It was as if he wanted to be punished.

When Lan HuiZhong was brought into the room, Wei Ying lowered his head. He felt he'd let his Shidi down. Lan Xichen forced a smile when his boy addressed the seniors properly. He looked over at his brother, wanting to thank him with a proud smile but now would not be the right time.

"Young Master Lan...Can you tell us what happened on the day your mother and your Grandfather was injured?", A Senior disciple asked the boy before the house.

Lan Jiang bowed before answering the question with a heavy heart. "That day, Uncle Wei...Attacked my mother...Mother had told him to stay away from me and Uncle got angry and hit her."

Wei Ying's head dropped lower when he heard the boy's words. Lan Wangji rested his fist on his lap. Watching his nephew spew such lies because of his mother made him believe he'd failed in teaching the boy.

"Did your mother fight back?", The Senior disciple asked. Lan Jiang hesitated for a while but answered, "No...Mother couldn't get up after the attack."