Jiang Cheng looked at Huaisang, properly now, at his pale, porcelain skin and the curve of his neck laid bare to the moonlight. He thought back to when he’d had to support that thin frame within his arms. “Why are you so sneaky now?” Jiang Cheng was not really thinking anymore, certainly not enough to mince his words. “Cunning. Scheming. Whatever. You never used to be like that. I mean, sure, you were always happy to let others do the work for you. But you were never this…” “Manipulative?” Nie Huaisang looked back towards Jiang Cheng, and whatever he saw on Jiang Cheng’s face must have been amusing enough to trigger another rueful smile. “There, I said it. You were thinking it anyway.” Jiang Cheng had been, along with a bunch of other, less savoury words that even he was not cruel enough to say.
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