Well, maybe "relationship" isn& #39;t the right word?
Jin Guangyao has probably spent many sleepless nights listening to Xichen worry about his baby brother when they could be doing more interesting things with their limited time together.
Jin Guangyao has probably spent many sleepless nights listening to Xichen worry about his baby brother when they could be doing more interesting things with their limited time together.
But Wangji is important to Xichen so, unfortunately, he& #39;s also important to Jin Guangyao. I don& #39;t think either of them enjoy this arrangement.
Because on a basic personality level, they& #39;re almost opposites.
LWJ never set out to impress anyone, and yet he gathers the veneration of the cultivation world without even trying. He& #39;s polite, but if you cross him? He& #39;s not afraid to make people feel uncomfortable.
LWJ never set out to impress anyone, and yet he gathers the veneration of the cultivation world without even trying. He& #39;s polite, but if you cross him? He& #39;s not afraid to make people feel uncomfortable.
JGY, on the other hand, bends over backwards to gain society& #39;s respect. He& #39;s VERY polite, but if you cross him, he won& #39;t be mean to your face.
He& #39;ll poison you slowly for years but he won& #39;t be mean to your face! That would just be too much.
He& #39;ll poison you slowly for years but he won& #39;t be mean to your face! That would just be too much.
So I imagine their interactions go like this:
LXC tossing icebreakers like a lifeline, growing slowly and slowly more stressed as he realizes that the two people he loves most might not even LIKE each other; A-Yao, smiling, sweating beneath his hat; LWJ praying for a quick death
LXC tossing icebreakers like a lifeline, growing slowly and slowly more stressed as he realizes that the two people he loves most might not even LIKE each other; A-Yao, smiling, sweating beneath his hat; LWJ praying for a quick death
LWJ answers direct questions with either an affirmative "Mn" or a negative "Mn."
JGY somehow manages to sweat through six layers of stiff gold embroidered fabric.
LXC lying facedown on the bed afterward because even he can& #39;t find a positive spin on that disasterous dinner.
JGY somehow manages to sweat through six layers of stiff gold embroidered fabric.
LXC lying facedown on the bed afterward because even he can& #39;t find a positive spin on that disasterous dinner.
Now imagine doing this for SIXTEEN YEARS.
For LWJ, that& #39;s SIXTEEN of the WORST YEARS of his ENTIRE LIFE.
Not only is Wei Ying dead--now he also has to deal with this outsider barging into his very painful, very intimate grief when he would rather be alone with his brother.
For LWJ, that& #39;s SIXTEEN of the WORST YEARS of his ENTIRE LIFE.
Not only is Wei Ying dead--now he also has to deal with this outsider barging into his very painful, very intimate grief when he would rather be alone with his brother.
Then Wei Ying comes back.
And this is where things get interesting.
And this is where things get interesting.
JGY says on the steps of Carp Tower:
"Yiling Patriarch... you can still make all of us look like idiots. Not only Jin Ling, but Hanguang-jun also was fooled by you."
This is weird for several reasons.
"Yiling Patriarch... you can still make all of us look like idiots. Not only Jin Ling, but Hanguang-jun also was fooled by you."
This is weird for several reasons.
1) I& #39;m pretty sure JGY, of all people, knows that LWJ wasn& #39;t fooled by WWX.
2) JGY says this immediately and with no prompting from anyone else.
So why would he offer LWJ an opportunity to dissociate from WWX? As always that answer is LXC. Lol.
2) JGY says this immediately and with no prompting from anyone else.
So why would he offer LWJ an opportunity to dissociate from WWX? As always that answer is LXC. Lol.
LXC is going to look after his brother before anyone else, even before JGY. If JGY wants to stay in Er-ge& #39;s good graces, he& #39;s got to make sure Hanguang-jun escapes unharmed.
Anway, that& #39;s a longwinded way of saying that the dynamic between JGY and LWJ is kind of bizarre, since LXC is the only thing they have in common. JGY is obligated to save the life of a man who it would be much more convenient to kill.