[ TFLN 3.0 - 2020 ]

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[eternalgrief]

Do you approve of promiscuity? I think my lack of discretion is the problem for him.

[quietroom]

I do not, but I do not judge others. It is a rule.

Rules against promiscuity also exist, but Huaisang is not a Lan.

[eternalgrief]

You and your rules. Still, I think that’s why we don’t speak on these things anymore but I don’t see the point in being discrete. People talk anyway.

[quietroom]

That is hardly reason to give them confirmation of your activities.

[eternalgrief]

Does it matter?

[quietroom]

Gossip can be destructive. Has it not already harmed your relationship with your brother?

[eternalgrief]

A lot of things have. This is the least of it.

[quietroom]

I overstepped. Apologies.

[eternalgrief]

No... you haven’t! Don’t do that. It can be a sore spot is all.

[quietroom]

A sore spot? You miss the relationship you had with him, then?

[eternalgrief]

Of course! But it changed before anything I did.

[quietroom]

Ah. Do you know the cause?

[eternalgrief]

You’ve heard the rumors.

[quietroom]

I do not listen to rumors. But Brother has... mentioned a few things that I might have overheard.

[eternalgrief]

If your brother was saying it then you’ve most certainly heard what’s true.

[quietroom]

Likely. He was talking to Jin Guangyao about it.

I hope he and Brother bring a modicum of happiness to each other.

[eternalgrief]

I think they do. Da ge always seems lighter after time with your brother. Maybe he doesn’t tell you because of my brother’s circumstances.

[ Nie Mingjue has a looming but still unknown expiration date and if anyone feels it as much as Huaisang he thinks it would be Lan Xichen. ]

[quietroom]

He could know that would not unduly concern me. We love who we love.

[ Other than maybe feeling some faint sympathy. After all, Lan Wangji has been in love with a ghost for years now, but he wouldn't change the fact that he did love. ]

[eternalgrief]

Perhaps. I envy them sometimes.

[quietroom]

Envy?

[eternalgrief]

They mean something to each other.

[quietroom]

Do not envy. Another Lan principle. It can be a difficult one to overcome.

[eternalgrief]

How do you do it?

[quietroom]

Be grateful and find solace in their happiness.

[eternalgrief]

That's good advice.