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[stardustofdawn]

[Despite everything that happened with people from their homeworld gone home, but some remain on board. There should be good news on the horizon. Playing in the video is a man wearing white robes with long billowing sleeves sitting in the garden after a meditation session. On his lap, a black and white dutch rabbit sits as he pets]

Greetings everyone. It's a rare day I announce anything, but for those who don't know me, I'm Xingchen. First, I work in the medical carriage now, and I'm studying as hard as I can to make up a shortage of healers on board. [By studying, he reads and works from dusk to dawn, 40 hours a week] I'm getting good at handling some medical equipment and knowing the names of the medicine and their effects, so any help with my studies would be appreciated. While I'm inexperienced, I'm diligent and so far, I know first aid, handling needles, taking blood pressure, and stabilize the injured. You'll find me working in the medical carriage and I take up my office.

Second, I have a rabbit. Her name is Lixue. She's saying hello. You can meet us meditating in the garden and play with her, though I don't have time to meditate because of my studies.

Lastly, I'm engaged and about to get married soon. Xue Yang and I will be married. While I have no idea where to start organizing or find someone to officiate us, but my partner and I talked about it. Any help organizing or preparing a wedding and a party will be appreciated. We're thinking of marrying next month, which is why I make this post.

And for those who knew him, please let your objections be known. I hope with this marriage, there is peace for the both of us and as well as complete and total forgiveness, as I want to clear his name. I myself gave him a second chance to start over.

Comments

[knifewithnoname]

Well. You did be thinking it through. [It seemed he thought he could control Xue Yang. Which might be the case. He had been calmer lately. So maybe this Xiao Xingchen really did keep him calm.]

I do be thinking Wei Qing will be worrying though. She do be doing that a lot.

[stardustofdawn]

[He's aware she's been adopted by better parents and she's having a family worthy of her. He misses her, but Lan Wangji and the current Wei Wuxian will make far better parents]

If you're worried about Wei Qing, Xue Yang doesn't want to be punished and neither do I. He has some healing he needs to do and it maybe far from ideal, but he can be redeemed. I see his change for myself.

Anyway, Wei Qing does have me on her side, and if she's worried, she can come to me. But I'm all right.

[knifewithnoname]

So that do be being why you do be marrying him? To be changing him?

[There's more curiosity in her voice now, rather than the incredulous disbelief there was before.

He seemed like a good person, so it was strange that he would like a person like Xue Yang. But if it was just to turn him, to force him onto his path. She could understand that more.

After all Xue Yang was probably trying to do the same.]

[stardustofdawn]

[He appreciates her trying to understand and it's quite complicated, considering his actions in the past, and he give much thought to how Wei Qing must feel, an his own past and check his feelings]

To help him change, to nurture him, and help him grow. He's becoming aware much, and learning and unlearning.

And anyway, he's becoming the man worthy of my love and he's working on it.

[knifewithnoname]

[Becoming the man worthy of his love. That makes a lot more sense. He loves Xue Yang but Xue Yang has to change in order to earn that.

Did that mean Xue Yang had chosen this man over everything he was and everything he liked?]

I do be understanding.

[She sighed again. She should probably go and find Wei Qing and see how she was. She probably had a lot of stupid feelings about this.]

[stardustofdawn]

[Since she tries to understand]

Someday when you grow up, you might understand. Falling in love is complicated. But he's different. He made progress and while it's early to say, but I think I can help him stay on the path and support him. There is something sweet about him, and almost kind when he finds it. [And almost too dear]

[Since it's mutual, Xue Yang made the choice too. And she probably should seek Wei Qing out in case she needs help]

[knifewithnoname]

[Falling in love sounded complicated. It sounded stupid. She would have to make sure not to do anything as stupid as that when she grew up.

Xue Yang sweet? Not really. Or maybe. He had been sweet as a starvling child so perhaps there was still some of that in him. She nodded again and turned the screen off, to go and find Wei Qing.

Sometimes remembering niceties like saying farewell was not her strong point.]