(How promising), he thinks. If what the other says is true, then Wei Wuxian might as well suffer, straight up. It makes him ache and long for Lan Wangji more than ever. At least, were his husband here, they could face these circumstances together.

"It is." Cruelty isn't anything new for Wei Wuxian; he's faced many horrors by now, even if in his first life.

"So you're saying that I'm like the black sheep."