And he still believes that to be true. There are things that Huaisang had felt he had to do that Lan Xichen doesn't agree with, but even at his angriest, even when he was ready to believe that everything that he'd thought he'd known about Huaisang had been a lie - he had always circled very quickly back to thinking of how much pain Huaisang must have been in.
It had occurred to him, a few times, to wonder at Huaisang's motivations, but he had never been able to seriously consider anything but his brother's death.
And even though Lan Xichen was the one who requested to drop this, when Huaisang tells him that he can have this too it suddenly seems important that he know that.
"Huaisang. Even when I was angry enough with you to question your motivations, I never truly believed it was for anything but Mingjue."
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And he still believes that to be true. There are things that Huaisang had felt he had to do that Lan Xichen doesn't agree with, but even at his angriest, even when he was ready to believe that everything that he'd thought he'd known about Huaisang had been a lie - he had always circled very quickly back to thinking of how much pain Huaisang must have been in.
It had occurred to him, a few times, to wonder at Huaisang's motivations, but he had never been able to seriously consider anything but his brother's death.
And even though Lan Xichen was the one who requested to drop this, when Huaisang tells him that he can have this too it suddenly seems important that he know that.
"Huaisang. Even when I was angry enough with you to question your motivations, I never truly believed it was for anything but Mingjue."