[ Jiang Cheng never knows what to do when someone's crying. One would think he might with how often he goes to tears himself, but his nephew sobs and just like every time before, Jiang Cheng stands there like an idiot, at a loss. He tries to think, but all that comes is a mounting sense of panic that he's fucking this up and his nephew is never going to want anything to do with him again.

Finally, squeezing his eyes shut, he takes a breath and asks himself what would Wei Wuxian do? If he was here, if he saw their nephew crying. Or even just him, just them, Wei Wuxian walking in on Jiang Cheng crying his own angry tears, bristling to the touch.

Sighing, he steps up and kneels at the crying boy's side, slowly but insistently putting his arms around his nephew's shoulders, pulling him in to cry against him instead. ]

...it's okay. You're going to be okay. We'll figure things out together, I promise.

[ He pauses, swallowing hard. ]

You're my sister's child. Do you understand what that means? There's no one more loved than you in the world, no matter what's happened. And you're the most important person there is to me.