Thread by @GuardianofJupi1

LXC is furious. This is the fourth time people come up to him, ever since LXC announced that he is courting sect leader Jiang Wanyin, asking him whether the news is true. They simply don't understand why the gentle, handsome and no. 1 bachelor like LXC wants someone -

- who is grouchy with perpetually scowl etches on his face.

LXC knows what they're implying. They think JC doesn't match him. If only they see how unearthly breathtaking JC is. So, when he encounters another person insinuating he could do better than JC, LXC has had enough.

One day, during a cultivator conference, Sect Leader Yao is running his mouth as usual, complaining every small things that he deems to be unfair for his 'small sect'. LXC sees the JC's visage darkens like dark clouds before the arrival of thunders when he heard the old man -

- starts to criticising YMJ for taking over the trade opportunities from his own sect. Suddenly LXC smiles as he sees the chance to make other cultivators stop looking down on his cultivation partner.

With an indulgent smile on his face, he says, "I fear, Sect Leader Yao, -

- that this is not a case of YMJ being a bully to your 'smaller' sect that causes you to lose the trade opportunity, but rather this is the case of the traders 'running' away from you."

Sect Leader Yao is indignant. "Why would they run away from me, Zewu-Jun?! It is SS who has -

- the unsavory reputation!"

Zewu-Jun is unperturbed and he throws a glance to JC, silently asking him to trust him to handle this insult.

With a wide, eerie smile that causes the hall to be quiet, LXC says in mild tone, "Perhaps, the traders think Sandu Shengshou's reputation -

- is vastly preferable than listening to your uncouth, ear-shattering voice, Sect Leader Yao. They are not being bullied by YMJ, rather they are choosing SS's supposed 'reputation' than your filthy mouth. Deal with it with actions, not with your whines."

The cultivators in the hall are deathly silent at ZWJ's rare rebuke, that even Sect Leader Yao's face goes pale. But something else is happening.

JC is laughing.

The cultivators immediately turn to the rare sound and they see even rarer sight. The grouchy SS is laughing and -

- the whole hall takes a collective sharp breath at the way SS's face changes.

The smile on SS's face brightens the whole mein, highlighting the attractive almond eyes and revealing the hidden beauty.

LXC smirks; now they know that how unmatched he is to JC, instead of the -

- other way around. Now they know how well he has chosen his partner and how lucky LXC is to have such person agreeing to receive his advances.

However, when eventually LXC sees how starstruck the other cultivators are at JC, he begins to regret bringing out this hidden side -

- of JC. These cultivators are beginning to look vultures.

Fuck.

#xicheng #JiangCheng #LanXiChen