If she was to be honest, Lady Baoshan did expect Wei Wuxian to meet her the next afternoon. What she did not expect was to see a smiling Wei Wuxian with positive energy. "Grandmaster." Wei Wuxian said, bowing with respect.

Lady Baoshan smiled. "Say, what's up."

"I realised if i be brave and believe in myself, i can stay happier. Yesterday, i talked with my parents, we even cried, but things are now clear between us. I even addressed them as A-Niang and die-die. It felt great, honestly. Thank you for your advice yesterday." Wei Wuxian said.

"That's good." Baoshan chuckled. "You are really so much braver than i thought. It won't all be alright immediately, but with this energy, it eventually will."

Wei Wuxian nodded. "I know." He said. "I also need your help. Throughout my body, i have too many scars and wounds. I need to heal my older scars to continue a new life. I have heard that you are also a physician. So i was hoping you'd help me."

"Of course i would. Come to my den, i will get my tools. You could undress yourself wherever your wounds show." Lady Baoshan said warmly. She was glad Wei Wuxian was slowly opening up now.

Reaching Grandmaster's den, Wei Wuxian started stripping. He had gotten down to his bottoms when he realised that he had to get completely naked to show his wounds, because he has cuts and scars till his upper thighs, culprit of which is himself.

Lady Baoshan saw him being hesitant with taking off his pants. She couldn't blame, Wei Wuxian was still a shy youth. She gave him a long towel. "It's okay, its just us two in here. You could wrap this around your waist if you feel too embarrassed."

Wei Wuxian nodded, red with embarrassment already. Lady Baoshan turned to her back as Wei Wuxian undid his pants and wrapped a towel to hide his treasured ding-a-ling, and sat on the patient's bed.

"Err... I am ready."

By and by, Lady Baoshan had began applying ointment to the open wounds. Some of the older scars had to be cut open again to clean the infections that had got in. Cuts had to be sewn, injuries had to be bandaged.

Even Wei Wuxian hadn't thought he'd have bandage wrapped around all of his body. He has been too harsh on himself, he realises.

"Would you like to tell me why you had been cutting yourself so much?" Lady Baoshan asked. "You don't have to, i mean. But you could."

As an immediate response, Wei Wuxian tried to deny. "I haven't -"

"Let's not stall. Both of us know that no war will give you these many cuts, especially on areas like your stomach, thighs and shoulders. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. But i am all ears if you wanna share your feelings."

Wei Wuxian didn't say anything for a long time.

"I was trapped in the darks of burial mounds for a long time. I was alone. Not completely alone, there were the remnants of Wens there. But no one i could share my feelings with. Everyone in the cultivation world hated me, whether or not i did anything. There was no one who trusted me. I was too weak to fight. Cutting myself gave me temporary pleasure. The red of my blood made me feel like a human. The pain temporarily took my mind away from my problems."

Lady Baoshan paused in his actions. She had known that Wei Wuxian had suffered through extreme pain. But was it so bad that he felt the need to feel physical pain to feel like a human? What had the rest of the world treating him like? "Have you... Cut yourself after coming here?" She asked.

Wei Wuxian looked away. "A few times."

Grandmaster sighed. She took Wei Wuxian's hands in hers and tried to meet his eyes. "Wei Ying, you are beautiful. Don't ruin your beauty like this. The ones who made you feel the need to do this to yourself don't know your true worth. You don't deserve it, Wei Ying. For whatever i have seen, you are anything but a bad person. You might have had methods that are against the orthodoxy, but i have seen you are pure at heart."

"Why?"

Of all possible answers she could have forseen, why wasn't one. She looked at Wei Ying with question in her eyes.

"Why would you think i have a pure heart? Or that i don't deserve the pain i had gotten? Or that i am beautiful?" Wei Wuxian said again. "If anything, i had always been told the opposite of it. I have never seen myself how you see me."

More than sad, the grandmaster felt angry. Angry at all those people who had made this pure soul feel it was ugly and deserved pain. Who made him feel like a monster. When all she could see was a small innocent child in his eyes.

"Wei Wuxian, do you really feel that way about yourself?" Baoshan asked, to which, Wei Wuxian nods slightly. She sat beside the boy and pat his head. "Wei Ying, tell me, honestly, what do you feel when you look at yourself in the mirror? What do you really feel about yourself?"

Wei Wuxian shakes his head. "I don't like to look at mirror. My body is ugly from everywhere. My face, my figure, my scars. I don't like it. I am not even lovable. I am probably irritating and obnoxious to others."

Baoshan scoffed. "That's utterly false. Wei Wuxian, i am not saying this just to keep you a mind, you indeed are one of the prettiest person i have seen in the hundreds of years i have lived. Do you not dare say anything bad about yourself. And you are absolutely lovable. Who said no one loves you? I do. Your parents do too."

"They are different, they'd love me however i may be."

"Still. You are definitely not unlovable." Then sighing again, Lady Baoshan began. "See, if you wanna live a better life, you need to learn to love yourself the way you are. I am not saying you do not have flaws. Everyone does, i do too. But that's not a reason to hate ourselves. Embrace your flaws and flaunt your strengths."

Wei Wuxian stayed quite, listening to the grandmaster.

"Every night, i want you to look at yourself in the mirror, for at least ten minutes. Strip down your clothes as you do so. Attempt to find something that you can be proud of in your body, a feature you love. You might not instantly find it, but don't give up. I'll help you learn yourself, hm?"

Finally Wei Wuxian met the Lady's eye. He nodded. "Alright."

"You also have to promise me, Wei Ying, never hurt yourself again. If anything troubles you, talk to someone, anyone. But don't you ruin this beautiful body of yours with blades." Lady Baoshan said, less as a warning, more as a plead. "I can say, looking at you, you were not like this. Your body is much more beautiful than this. But you need to take care of yourself to see it. You understand me?"

Wei Wuxian nodded. "Thank you, Grandmaster." He met her with a smile.