Thread by @spearcolor

#xicheng kind of dark!jc

Jiang Wanyin is mostly known for being a person that gives and gives and gives. He's always so caring, putting everyone else before him. It's an issue for the people who love him, like his sister or his nephew.

And even sometimes for the people that get advantage from it.

Wanyin’s relationships started the same. Every single time, people would see him as a lady in distress and try to save him. Because Wanyin is too good to know that he's been played dirty.

He just knows how to give and give without thinking that he's getting ruined.

All his partners thought they were saving him, that they would be better, they could treat Wanyin with the love and care he deserved.

Unfortunately, in the moment they tasted Wanyin's unlimited kindness and forgiveness they grew greedy. They all started to treat him poorly because Wanyin always has a smile and says "it's okay, just don't do it again". But how could they not?

Wanyin never broke up with them, he never got mad, he never yelled. It was so easy to take advantage of him.

It was the same for Lan Xichen. After he helped Wanyin to get out of his past relationship with one of Xichen’s childhood friends.

He didn't even dare to look Wanyin in the eye. He was so ashamed by his friend's actions. Xichen quickly overcame it when he started to have feelings for the younger. He wished to give Wanyin everything that Mingjue didn't give him.

Slowly, he realized Wanyin didn't need much, even if he willingly would give Wanyin anything he asked for. Wanyin was a simple man that -in Xichen’s words- just wanted to be loved. And Xichen loved him, he loved him so much. But he got bored. More than that he got used to Wanyin

To his bottomless kind, and warm smiles he gave whenever Xichen made a mistake. There were never consequences for his actions.

It was easy, it was so easy to take advantage of Wanyin. To mistreat him, to cancel dates, to cross Wanyin's boundaries, to make him feel less

and less. Xichen knows that any other person wouldn’t take it, they'd leave immediately. But Wanyin stayed. And everytime it was less hard to not feel guilty about it.

When he decided to cheat, after little consideration. Thinking if Wanyin discovered him at some point nothing

would happen. He also thought he'll never get caught because Wanyin was too naive to not trust him. 

He still doesn't know how Wanyin found out. Someone must have told him about Xichen’s affair.

That specific conversation went as usual as whenever Xichen made a mistake. If he had paid more attention, he wouldn't have missed the important details that lead him to his fall.

"Lan Huan, I don't know how long you have been seeing her, but this is the last time." Wanyin said, a warm smile on his face. "Don't do this again."

"My heart, I'm so ashamed and I'm really sorry. I swear I won't do it again if you give me a chance." He promised.

He wasn't really regretful of what he did, he just felt ashamed for being caught.

If Xichen had paid more attention he'd have noticed the icy eyes when Wanyin gave him one last smile before kissing him.

...

Xichen’s uncle had always said that it's no use crying over spilled milk. He's right, when Wanyin is smiling in front of him while he's tied to a chair in a place he can't recognize. His muscles hurt, not as much as his head, he's dizzy and scared.

Pulling another chair in front of Xichen, Wanyin sat down and sighed. "At some point I thought you weren't like the others. But all of you don't know how to listen, don't you?"

He's not the Wanyin he knows. The one that he's used to, the one that smiles warmly at him and always forgives him. This is a complete stranger.

"Didn't I tell you to not do it again, Xichen? Didn't you promise that you won't?" Wanyin asked, tiredly.

"It's exhausting to deal with all of you. Can't you behave?"

"I let you all to step on me. It didn't matter how much it hurt, because you always seemed regretful," Wanyin closed his eyes for a couple seconds. "And I always forgive you. All of you. But it was never enough."

He stood up, kicking the chair away and closing the distance between him and Xichen. Xichen then realized that Wanyin was wearing black leather gloves. They felt cold when Wanyin grabbed him by his chin. He smiled.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry Wanyin I won't do it again.

One more chance, just give me one more, please, please."

"Lan Huan, didn't I give you enough opportunities?" He squeezed tightly the flesh of Xichen’s chin. Xichen can't really tell if he really heard his bones crashing or it was just his fear playing games with his mind.

"Tell me. Wasn't it enough that I let you walk over me again and again?" Wanyin asked, fury in his eyes, but he was smiling. "You still want more?"
"All of you always took me for granted. Always asking for another chance when you are sitting on this chair. As if I haven't given

a lot of opportunities," Wanyin added more pressure to his grip. "Answer me, haven't I given you enough?"

It hurts. Everything hurts so much, his chin, his head, his whole body. He can feel his eyes getting wet. Wanyin didn't have this much strength, did he?

Wanyin wasn't this cruel, Wanyin didn't want anything in exchange for his kindness. This wasn't his Wanyin.

Wanyin sat on his lap. "You see, this is the problem with people with a savior complex like you. You think you're better than the ones that hurt me.

But let me tell you Xichen, you're just as disgusting as Mingjue, as Zhuliu, as Wei Xuxian and all the others."

As if he had been dunked in iced water, Xichen remembered how he hadn’t seen Wei Wuxian since he broke up with Wanyin. The same goes for all Wanyin’s exes.

His eyes grow wider in pure terror at the realization. He started to scream and cry, trying to get rid of the tight rope that held his body to the chair. He begged for forgiveness one more time while he checked with his tears.

"Silly man." Wanyin laughed in his ear.

"At this point you're already d3ad."

Wanyin kissed him one last time. Or at least he tried, with Xichen squirming and crying it wasn't easy.

"I'm a merciful person. I'll throw a rose to your body before I bury it."

He smiled, it was Wanyin’s smile, that warmth one Xichen was used to. But it only makes him feel worse and more desperate. "Now, shall we begin?"

…

"Jiujiu I took care of Lan Xichen's body," Jin Ling says over the phone.

"Good, tell your mother I'll go visit the two of you next week." He promises. "Thank you A-Ling."

-The end-

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