time-travelling xichen is king of the babies
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The flower crown is lovely, thank you A-Huan.

 

Hug. "Nothing went wrong. Cangse-sanren and her family passed through only a week ago. At that time, they were on their way to Yiling."

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"Huh. Yiling again." Hug. "Okay. There shouldn't be any non-rogue cultivators there." 

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"Why do you think so?"

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"Well, there weren't any of the other times Yiling has come up." 

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That's a better assurance than nothing, she supposes.

She would ideally like to stop shaking now.

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A-Zhan wanders over to Mommy and stares up at her expectantly.

 

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She scoops him up. "Hi A-Zhan. I missed you very much, my little one."

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He hugs her and tucks his face against her neck. Mommy is shivering; he isn't sure why. It's a lot warmer here than in Cloud Recesses.

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"Lan-gongzi, will we travel onward to Yiling today?"

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"Mommy, how tired are you?" 

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"I could fly for another few hours today, I believe."

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He bites his lip. "Are you sure?" 

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"I will rest better the sooner we can get this over with."

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"Okay." 

He makes sure everyone has everything and then they can crowd onto the sword with A-Zhan in Mommy's arms and A-Yao in Meng Shi's and zoom off towards Yiling. 

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She succeeds in flying all the way to Yiling without crashing the sword or losing consciousness! But it does leave her feeling exhausted and especially disinclined to confront another townfull of people.

She can go into town, of course. She isn't planning to hold them up. 

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"Sun Lihua? Is that really you?" 

A pair of arms grabs onto her shoulders from behind. 

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It’s lucky that A-Huan is the one holding A-Zhan right at this moment or else Lihua might have dropped him.

As it is, she startles violently and tears herself free, whirling around to face her assailant with her heart in her throat and her hand flying to her sword —

— and there is Cangse-sanren, looking more enthusiastic than Lihua has seen anyone look for the past six years.

 

Lihua remembers herself and bows stiffly, still tense with fear to the point of pain. Attempts a smile. “Cangse-sanren. It’s been a long time.”

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"Yeah! It's been, what, seven years? You seem tense, are you okay? --Aiyah! You have adorable little moppets with you! Are any of them yours? I have one, I finally got married, his name's Wei Changze and he's a sweetheart--seriously, though, are you okay, do I have to stab someone? I can stab someone if someone needs stabbed." 

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“These two moppets are mine,” she says, gesturing. “A-Huan, A-Zhan. And then this is Meng-guniang, Meng Shi, and her son Meng Yao. I heard in Lotus Pier that you also have a son?”

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"Yes! My little Wei Ying. He's about the same age as your younger one. Hi, A-Zhan, I know your mom! I'm a rogue cultivator too! And it's nice to meet you, Meng-guniang and little Meng-gongxi. Lihua, we should introduce them! A-Ying doesn't get to play with other cultivators' children very often. And we should catch up and you can tell me what's wrong and who I need to stab." 

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(A-Zhan hides in Brother's shoulder.)

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"Mm, we should! Is your family also in town with you?"

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"Uh-huh, they're back at the inn. Eee, he's a shy little cutie, isn't he?"

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A more genuine smile. "A-Zhan's very quiet. He's still getting used to meeting new people." Really A-Zhan is doing a much better job adjusting to traveling around people than she is.

"We do not have anywhere else to be, if you want to lead us there? We can take out another room in the inn if Wei Ying is sleeping."

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"He probably isn't. He's such an energetic little thing, getting him to lie down long enough to take a nap is harder than fighting off a dozen fierce corpses." 

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