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[consignation]

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[consignation]

[ there's a long, drawn-out pause. ]

Technically, you would have to marry me.

[lanclan]

[ ??????????????? ]

I don't understand. You don't ... Wanyin. [ Let him get his thoughts together. ] Wanyin.

[ Xichen.exe has now stopped working. All he has left is a name stuck to the roof of his mouth that tastes different to the way it did ten minutes ago. ]

Why would you marry me?

[consignation]

[ jiang cheng isn't entirely following what the problem is, only that xichen seems to have gotten stuck on a completely different point than him. for jiang cheng, he can only marry someone into his family because he can't exactly leave yunmeng jiang unhelmed. he's already well beyond given up on his own romantic prospects, considering just how many doors have shut on him and wanting to focus on jin ling's welfare besides.

for a long time, he's been making himself at peace with the thought that yunmeng jiang will end with him. that's been hard enough a thing. the one thing he can't do is abandon his post before his time.

but lan xichen is focused on an issue jiang cheng doesn't even fully see. his reply to this, full of fluster, is slightly less than articulate. ]

Why not...??

[lanclan]

[ He isn't sure whether Jiang Cheng says such things to be blunt or to get his heart racing and he hates not knowing, because he also knows the other man wouldn't play with him like that. Instead of flustering further, he tries to keep his head (and dignity) by closing his eyes and smiling in disbelief, shaking his head. He has to make a point. ]

Because if even my refusal would be enough for a-Cheng, then how could I do anything after hearing that but consider such an offer?

[ A-Cheng, warmly spoken. ]