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#allcheng #jc #jwy #fixit sort of #timetravel #pregusu #au #canondivergent I'm exploring different alternatives. Bare with me because some of the basic ideas are already out there. What if Jiang-zhongzhu gets somehow back time. Let's say that it would be something like a course +

Or a device that sent him back to LP before they went to Gusu. WWX would have come and eveything would have developed the same until that moment. JWY is around 11 or 12. He has his chore. His shixiong, his chore. And his parents, their quarrels. JWY is surprised and after +

Spending the whole day in his room, pretending his I'll, he comes to the realization that the best he can do is to run away. He doesn't do it out of cowardice or selfishness, but he doesn't know what else to do in order to prevent some events and to avoid enduring so much pain.+

He knows that some of the things he thought were false. He had to be a very strong cultivator to be able to bare WWX chore, other wise it would have consumed him. He knows now so much. Everything that happened at the GT and the chore revelation. He has now the opportunity to +

Chose his life, for really chose this time. He did everything he was supposed to and yet he was not happy not at peace. JWY feels he is facing a unique opportunity to finally decide his path. For doing so, he decides to plan his scape. He tries to act as composed as a teen +

Could. However, sometimes he can't avoid coming back to his parents with short sentences, filled with the coldest of words each time they abuse him. Jwy now understand that neglect is a kind of abuse too, not only brash words. His parents are so much in shock that most of the +

Times they don't even punish him. JWY holds his words like an ice armour of truths and obviousness that pierce his parents would and hearts. He also changed with his sister. JWY accepts that he is resentful towards her - as unfair it would sound because she hasn't yet died +

Dispute having a son. He resents her and can't do anything about it. He accepts this and avoids interacting with her as much as possible. But the worst for him is having to pretend with WWX. His feelings about his former shixiong are so complex and difficult to process that he+

Can't bare even his touch. He can't forget how wwx decided for him believing he knew what was best for JWY without even talking to him, to give him time to grieve. He can't forget the promises he broke and the things he kept to himself. JWY also understands how his own behavior+

Didn't help. Those communication problems he always had... He understands more now with that "historical perspective", but knowing what the outcome would be, he can't stand WWX and JYL. He doesn't hate them. It's just he will not forgive them and probably he won't be able to +

Forgive himself. He needs to go away. And he spends one month planning and preparing his scape. He remembers that in spring that year his father went to Laling Jin for a sect conference. That time he didn't go, but now, he made sure his mother convinces his father to let him go+

It work. He also remembers that on their way to Koi Tower, they were ambushed by some yaos and it was a life or death situation. jfg almost got killed. Jwy knew that was his chance. Everything happened at night and it was easier to scape that way. Eveything went according his +

Plan. With the commotion of the attack, it was easy to sneak and get away as fast as he could. He decided to go north, as far as possible. He remembered some tales about a land of nomad people. They train with beasts and JWY has been dreaming about getting spiritual dogs, +

Horses and maybe Hawks. JWY ran away, changed his name, his cloths and his past. He reached Mongolia, and became part of a sect. He learned the language and and many cultivation methods. JWY grew a strong chore, Leary many things, and got two spiritual dogs, one horse and one +

Hawk. He was able to marry with a girl from the sect and they had three kids (two boys and one girl). JWY, now in his 30s decided one day to travel with his family and spiritual animals. He wanted to check his family. After all, he ran away also for them, trying to give them +

A chance. All these years he didn't have any news and didn't seek for them. But lately, he has been dreaming about his family and decided to check on them. Jwy traveled with his family. His wife knew his story. She was the only one. They came first to the northern part of the +

Jianghu. Everything was so different. The Wen flag was all over the place. It shouldn't have. Jwy shivered. This ewere QSW territories but if their flag was waving it meant that the Wens were not defeated. He decided to go directly south, to Meishan Yu. It was a safenport since +

The Yu didn't get themselves into the war or at least not openly. They traveled for one month, horseback, the whole time the Wen flag waving at them. When they reached Meishan, JWY was relieved to see their flag. At last! He asked for a meeting with their zhongzhu, a cousin+

That was the Yu zhongzhu in his first life. Another relief. He said he came from the northern lands of Mongolia and that he brought a gift for SLY, knowing that her sect liked to cultivate through herbs, potions, and poison. The minute his cousin saw him, he requested her +

Disciples to leave the room and JWY family as well. Once alone, she spoke to him. "Are you JWY? I'm sure of it. So don't lie to me" "cousin, I mean no harm and no distress. I came back to check on my family since I've been having dreams about them. I decided to come here first+

Knowing the Yu sect has been always prudent and helpful to YMJ when in distress. Please, forgive my impertinence" SLY stood up and with tears in her eyes, held her cousin. "Jiang Wanyin, you fool. We looked for you everywhere. We still look for you. We haven't stopped."+

They hold each other and then SLY started to explained what happened after jwy got lost in Laling Jin and that infamous attack. Madame Yu spent all her life looking for him. She died six years ago, in seclusion in Meishan Yu. She never spoke to JFM again. She never fogave him +

Her sister, Jiang Yanli kept the search until now. She married to the Jin clan -as he expected- and has three children. She's alive but not that much well. The Jin clan is a complicated place and more after the events with the Wens. JFM died too. Three years ago. He became a +

Shell of a man. After that night hunt, his wife, his daughter, and his sect blamed him for what happened. Everyone said that was his neglect what made JWY disappear. The sect didn't want to declare him dead, but time passed and no one had any lead for his disappearance. JFG +

Kept looking with a heavy heart and lots of remorse. He didn't even remember his own son until dawn and because his disciples were looking for him for hours after the attack. After losing his only son and heir, the magnitude of his actions slapped him on the face. +

He died without knowing if his child was dead or alive, ashamed and pointed at for everyone. "That's JFM, he lost his only son out of neglect" WWX decided to become a rogue cultivator after losing his shidi. He tought that the only way to know what happened was to research on +

His own. He felt awfully but eventually understood that the things that happy were not his fault but the pettiness of the adults around him. Yet, he grieved his shidi deeply. He remembered that one month before disappearing, JWY looked and talked at him with coldness. It broke +

His heart. Was it possible that JWY felt that it was wwx's fault? Both were just kids, but was it possible jwy felt for Madame Yu's hard words? With that notion, WWX decided to leave the Jiang sect and look for his shidi himself. There has been years that no one has known about +

Him. Sly told JWY that there was a war. Yumeng jiang was not the first to be attack, but Qinghe Nie. The Wens wanted to defeat the strongest sect and wrh was seeking NMJ's head. It was an awful war. Everyone lost something. JGS was killed and then JZX stepped in. NMJ was killed +

Too, and NHS had to be the new sln. LXC was the sect leader too, after the passing of his father in seclusion. Yumeng jiang had their SIC in front of the sect since jfg was of not use. They spent almost ten years at war. Even Meishan Yu had to stepped in. At the end, the Wens +

Took most of the territory. The Jins lost almost half their land. Qinghe nie, too. The Wens controlled almost all the north of the jianghu since then, and have been a constant threat for everyone. The only thing that stopped their conquered to the rest of the sects was +

wRH's sudden death and the fights between WX and WC. Many wen's decided to scape their fate and sought asylum to other sects. There were awful times, but with both brother's fighting for the leader position the main sect were able to control their borders and stay way of their +

War. Yumeng jiang lista territories too, being at the center of the jianghu, but not as much as QHN and LLJ. They decided to ask for a meeting with SLJ, using the same idea JWY came up with in MSY, a northern traveler, bringing gifts from a distant land and wanting to get to +

Know more about the jianghu's ways. SLY had a very good relationship with appointed SLJ. The former SIC was a senior disciple who was extremely fund of hwy when he was a child. The senior, now in his 50s was a good man and did the best he could to lead YMJ after all the +

Tragedies they faced. Do to his marriage, JYL helped her family sect as much as she could, but at one point was YMJ the one helping the Jins after losing half of their lands. LP was almost as JWY remembered it. He was relieved. After all, his sect remain almost untouched. +

When they came in to the Lotus Throne, SLJ was dealing with some minor sect issues. He asked his SIC to lead sly and her guests to the private area, reserved for family. After a while, slj came in and greeted sly fondly. All this time, jwy had a hat with a soft fabric hiding +

His face. If his cousin was that fast identifying him, his fellow sect members would be as well. Once they were left alone, jwy took his hat away. SLJ fell on his knees and list all composure, taking jwy's shoulders while crying. "He have been looking for you everywhere. We +

Have never lost hope. Thank heavens, Cheng-er, you're back" after a lot of tears and heartfelt words, jwy told slj that he was not able to stay. He spent most of his life on the northern lands, and even if he still feels love for Yumeng, he can't call it home anymore. He came +

Because we wanted to let them move with their lives and stop looking for him. The elders didn't want that decision. They even asked for his children as heirs then, but JWY and his wife didn't want that for their kids, and now even less, knowing the wens are still a threat. +

It was messy, but at the end there was nothing they could do. Jwy shared some ideas and knowledge he gathered at home. He shared techniques and spells and different uses of qi and cultivation with the hope all of these could help their problems with the Wens once the winner +

Between both brothers emerged. JWY left promising to come from time to time with his family. And then headed for koi Tower. This time, some Jiang seniors traveled with him and his family. He wanted to see his sister and check on her kids. How long has it been? He didn't remember+

Her in her late 30s. When they entered koi Tower, everything was so different from how it was in his first life. No gold, no luxory. It seem Laling Jin had struggled. It wasn't poor, but for Jin standards, it was too estoic. Yet, hey was happy to see that her sister +

Was alive and well. When they entered the private hall they requested, saying they carried a private message from SLJ that only Jin-zhongzhu could read. They waited a bit. Apparently, Nie-zhongzhu was having a meeting with JZX. They waited until SLJin entered followed by+

His SIC and his half brothers, MY and MXY. JWY was happy to see that they managed to stay together. He wandered about lady Qin, and hopped she was alive too. The senior Jiang disciple handed the message to SLjin. He read it and stared directly at JWY that was hiding behind his+

Veiled hat. "Brothers, I need a second, please. - and looking at the jiang disciples. Can we have a minute alone?" Everyone left but jzx and jwy. The latter, took his hat away. sljin couldn't help but freak out. "Jiang Wanyin, it is you! Heavens, you are your mother's twin. +

I'm so glad. Yanli will be so relieved and happy." He showed his brother in law by the shoulders. "Jin zhongzhu, are you sure it's a good idea? Is it Yanli strong enough to see me?" "Your sister has endured so much, Wanyin. She lost you, and then WWX left with no +

Words for her. We don't know if he felt ashamed or guilty or simply wanted to forget. Then your mom went to seclusion at meishan yu, and died grieving her choices. Your father followed by the weigth of his. Yanli was so sad for all of them, but she knew they made their choices+

She believes the only one who didn't have any choice was you. That's why she has kept looking for you, praying for you. She never accepted to have your name at the Jiang ancestral hall. She fought the elders and had SLJ's support on that. We had our children, and we managed to +

Survive, mostly for the Nie's and jiang's support. And yet, she never stopped believing one day you would come back. I'm so glad you are here, Wanyin." They talked about keeping it a secret. Jzx explained that once his father died, he gathered his half siblings and sheltered +

Them in koi Tower during war. He couldn't prevent some members of his family trying to take over, but he managed to remain as the Jin-zhongzhu. He explained that after NMJ died, NHS was clever and helped a lot with Intel during the war. In fact, right now, qhn is vital to keep +

An eye on QSW. After sharing more info, jzx called jyl to the hall and left the siblings alone. It was a rollercoaster. JYL cried her eyes out when she saw her brother. It took some time, but both managed to talk about their lives. JWY explained the same thing again, how he +

Took the opportunity to run away once he saw the opportunity during that travel. JYL asked why. And he was quite honest telling her that he didn't feel happy not even at peace in LP. That is was hard to be the center of his parents' constant quarrels and that he couldn't +

Think on anything else but surviving at the time. He said that he tought about her a lot, but he was not sure to ever come back, knowing that if he did and the Jiang sect found out, they would have sought to force him stay and be the Jiang-zhongzhu. The thought terrified him.+

Yanli understood. She said she was glad he decided to survive, and that he was able to live his life under his own terms, but she felt awful thinking that she had done something for him to be cold with her, the weeks before the travel. She was in so much pain thinking that he +

Resented her, that she kept looking for her even now. Jwy assured her that he didn't resent her (at least not this Yanli) and he was so glad she managed to have her family living together. After that, they decided that no one would know who he was. They spent some time together+

JWY saw JL and felt so warm. He was almost the same kid, frowning at everyone, but had a different kind of way while addressing others, more sure of himself, less afraid of being mocked. Jwy was relieved. He got to know his other nephews and nieces, and the kids spent some time +

Together. Then, he decided to come back home. He preferred to go alone since it would be easier to foolish the Wens than with Jin or jiang disciples. He was near the brother with Qinghe Nie when he saw a tall figure walking with three teens. His heart went nuts.+

There, before him, was his shixiong, Wei Wuxian dressed in black, a rogue cultivator. He decided to talk to him and sought a place to let his carriage and family rest with his spirit animals. Then, he run towards WWX and the kids. "Wei Ying" he simply called. WWX froze and turn +

Around, falling onhis knees, shaking and crying just by the sound of JWY's voice. "Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng. Shidi." "I'm here, Wei ying" jwy kneeled as well and held his shixiong as tight as he could. He missed him so much and was finally at peace knowing wwx was safe and alive+

They held a long time until jwy brought them to the carriage and his family. After that, WWX decided to go with them and take a look of those brother lands. The kids that were with him were orphans he adopted in his travels, one of them was Wen Yuan. "Some things never changed"+

Jwy thought. With WWX's help, they managed to exit the Wen's territory without much trouble and headed north, to jwy's home. They stayed in touched with jyl and jwy with Yumeng jiang and Meishan Yu. That's how they knew about the Wen's defeat some years later. It turned out that+

Wc won the upper hand to his Gege, wx, but at the end, it was easier for the rest of the sects to defeat him due to his foolishness. New alliances emerged at the jianghu, guaranteeing peace and harmony. WWX and Jwy never returned, though, spending the rest of their lives +

Together as shixiong and shidi. /
Ps. Or something like that. The fix it narrative is being hunting my head for a while now. Sorry for the misspelling and the tenses mix-up... :)