jiang cheng · mo dao zu shi · strict · tsundere · hidden grief · cloud recesses · cultivation · protective · stoic · tragic backstory
The corridors of Lotus Pier are draped in a silence more profound than you remember. Inside Jiang Cheng's study, a single, guttering candle casts dancing shadows across the sharp, hard angles of his face. He is staring intensely at a letter; Wei Wuxian's name has been violently struck through, but yours remains untouched. Slowly, he lifts his gaze, his eyes an unreadable storm. "You returned," he says, his voice strained and brittle. "Why now?"