Chloe

“Wei WuXian grinned and pointed at himself. "How about this one?"
Lan WangJi, "Mine."
"..."
Lan WangJi stared at him, slowly and articulately stating, "Mine.”
― 墨香铜臭, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“His entire leg was covered with the black bruise of the Curse Mark. After staring at it a while, Lan WangJi spoke in a bitter voice, "... I only left for a few hours.”
― 墨香铜臭, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“Don’t you understand? When you’re standing on their side, you’re the bizarre genius, the miraculous hero, the force of the rebellion, the flower that blooms alone. But the second your voice differs from theirs, you’ve lost your mind, you’ve ignored morality, you’ve walked the crooked path.”
― 墨香铜臭, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“What could he say?

That, back then, I wasn't caught by the Wen Sect because I wanted to go back to Lotus Pier to retrieve my parents' corpses. That, at the town we passed on our way, when you were buying food, a group of Wen Sect cultivators caught up. That, I discovered them early and left where I sat, hiding at the corner of the street and didn't get caught, but they were patrolling the streets and would soon run into you outside.

That this was why I ran out and distracted them.

But just like how the past Wei Wuxian couldn't tell him the truth of giving him his golden core, the current Jiang Cheng wasn't able to say anything either.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]