#(sounds of guests screaming) thats my brother hes visiting. dont be rude

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Kab and the sleep paralysis demon in her house

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Jiang assasination attempt AU.

“It’s okay , I can be replaced if I die. But if Uncle Jiang or Jiang Cheng…” his hands were trembling. Eyes full of hostility and taunts from the guests but none faze him at the slightest. But oh, the fury from madam Yu’s eyes due to his actions. His eyes darted to Jiang Cheng , the said boy was angry. He took a breath and drink the wine.

xx

It was a rare occasion for an envoy of Meishan Yu to visit the Yunmeng Jiang ,but among them were distant cousins of Yu ZiYuan. They were on their way back from a funeral few towns away and decided to drop by for a few days. The night of their arrival ,a grand dinner was hosted as a courtesy to the guests.

Wei Ying came up beside Jiang Cheng, “Something is off ,I don’t trust them.”

Jiang Cheng turned to him with a crocked eyebrow , “Don’t talk nonsense. You said the same thing this morning.”

Wei Ying bit his lip hard and huffed “First of all, the envoy brought a dog with them! Two dogs! so I was right but-“ Jiang Cheng abruptly shushed him as they entered the dining hall.

Wei WuXian may have short term memory but as a head disciple of Yunmeng Jiang ,he trained himself to have sharp instincts. He knew better than to ignore his guts ,so when the guests arrived for the dinner and presented a bottle of wine to Uncle Jiang ,his instincts screamed wrong !

“This wine is rare and very fine delicacy. We presented this for both of you and your son to ensure prosperity for YunMeng Jiang Sect under both of your rule” said the head of the envoy that smells of strong perfume ,Wei Ying decided to call him perfume for now. “Thank you for your consideration. We appreciate this.” “This wine is best drink as a toast , Master Jiang. I can ensure the after taste will warm your heart and stomach. You will have a good sleep tonight”.

To reject an invitation to drink is a rude gesture so Jiang FengMian nodded to the servants to fetch the wine and serve in a wine glass.

“Wait!” Wei Ying couldn’t himself, the words were tumbling from his mouth before he could stop them.

The entire hall all turned at the same time ,but Wei Ying was too preoccupied crossing the hall and snatching the bottle away from Perfume.

“What is this? Is YunMeng Jiang is that low to let the head disciple to interrupt the toast to the Head Sect? And I heard you were only a son of a servant. What are you implying by snatching the present away and humiliating us?” Perfume bellowed angrily.

“Wei Ying!! What are you doing ?!” roared Madam Yu.

“This disciple thinks that it’s not safe to hastily drink a wine from an unknown source. It may be poisoned.”

Another representative stood up , “This is absolutely outrageous! You accuse us of poisoning the wine ? What could we possibly get by doing that to our distant family ?! Yu Ziyuan ,are you letting this boy accusing us and straining our blood relationship?”

“I am not accusing! I’m just making sure-“

“Shut your trap ,Wei Ying. I’m sorry for his display, Yu Yan. I will have him escorted back to his room and punished accordingly.” glared Yu ZiYuan. Jiang FengMian take a seat back and sigh heavily. He nodded at the guards to take Wei Ying back to his room.

Wei Ying was angry now. The servants tried to take the bottle from him and he evaded them, bumping into Jiang Yanli who had made her way over as well. “A-Xian” , she put a hand on his back. He locked eyes with Jiang Cheng in crowd and saw the utter humiliation in his face.

“Then ,it’s fine if I took a sip to ensure that there’s nothing right?”

“Wei Ying ! Out of the hall, now !”

“That’s okay ZiYuan. Let that boy do what he wants. I expect formal apology and punishment if he was wrong, though.” giggles and taunts heard from the guests.

xx

That’s how Wei Ying ended up in the situation. Shaking hands holding the empty cup. Throat hot from the wine. Tasty but bitter.

The hall was silent.

And nothing. Stupid. He just put himself to doom. But his instinct was saying otherwise. Not yet.

“Are you satisfied now? Give the bottle to the servants and get out. Expect heavy punishment from me tomorrow morning.” dismissed Yu Ziyuan.

Before the servant could grab the bottle ,he took large sips of the wine directly from the bottle. Then he dropped the bottle to the floor followed by sound of the bottle smashed to pieces and gasps of horror from the audience.

Wei Ying dropped to his knees ,“This one apologises ! My finger slipped. I’m really sorry for wasting such fine wine. Please, our sect also have good wine. I will issue a formal apology tomorrow morning.”

He should not have expecting that it will go smoothly.

He should have expected that Madam Yu will step out her seat and slapped the hell out of him.

He should have expected that the guards will physically dragged him to his room , cheek stinging, Shijie and Jiang Cheng staying in the hall.

He should have expected to be locked in his own room.

Oh well , you reap what you sowed. And he started writing the formal apology.

xx

After the chaos in the hall and watching A-Xian dragged away by the guards, Yanli was restless. Mother was furious and surely will punish her brother heavily. The dinner resumed with a toast for both father and A-Cheng with another wine provided by the sect. After 3 agonising hours of the awkward dinner, all guests were dismissed.

Her parents retired early to discuss (fighting?) about the incident regarding A-Xian. As the servants cleaning up the hall , Yanli took a tray of left over food to bring to A-Xian with a grumbling Jiang Cheng.

“What the hell is his problem? A-jie, he embarrassed A-Niang’s distant family. This is so humiliating.”

“I don’t know, let’s hear his explanation first ok? He must be hungry.”

“Before he explain , I’m going to break his legs first!’

Upon reaching Wei Ying’s room ,they knocked the door and waited. Silent . Is he asleep? Until they heard a crash from his room ,Jiang Cheng kicked the door open.

“Wei WuXian!!!”

The teenager was convulsing on the floor ,blood trickled from his nose , mouth and ears. Eyes bloodshot and pupils dilated. Jiang Cheng kneeled beside him to inspect him ; “He’s under qi deviation! Call for help , hurry A-jie!” and Jiang Yanli runs for help.

Wei Ying suddenly shouts in agony, writhing in pain. Jiang Cheng held both of his jerking arms to ensure he did not hurt himself further.

What happened? Is it really poison? The wine? Was he right after all? But why ???

Don’t die Wei Ying , please dont’ die. I’m sorry dont die dont die dont die I should have believe in you don’t die dont die

Cold clammy hands were taken away from his grip ,it was taken away by the sect’s healer. He didn’t realise that the elder man has arrived. His father and two healers carried Wei Ying to his bed ,and before he could join them , a person dragged him outside. He fought back and the tunnel vision is narrowing and darker.

He didn’t realised that he was hyperventilating until he was embraced by his mother. His sister on his other side - crying.

“A-Niang, what should we do? What if he died? What do we do?” he wailed like a new born baby. Can his brother survive this? What if he was crippled due to the qi deviation? The wine initially was for him and his father, he was glad they didn’t fall to the trap but he never wanted his brother to pay for the expense. That foolish brother is too selfless. If Wei Ying didn’t survive - no no no NO ! Mother comforted him but deep inside he could not held back the resentment he felt towards her family. How dare they !

“Madam !The guest room is empty ! They’re gone !” a guard reported.

“A-Cheng , stay with your sister. Leave Wei Ying with the healers. I won’t let them get away with this. ”

Jiang Cheng was about to debate until a shrill scream interrupted them from Wei Ying’s room.

Yanli sobbed , “Oh A-Xian” and clasped her hand, praying .

He watched his mother departed with a group of disciples to pursue the criminals.

He sat down , praying with his sister.

-b

did he survive ? thats up to your imagination ;)