Connections (джен)

“You just killed him,” Nie Huaisang said dumbly.
When the battle at Langya was done, Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang had gone looking for Meng Yao together – Nie Huaisang's brother had been positively seething at how Jin Guangshan pretended he had never received his letter of recommendation, mumbling threats under his breath – and eventually Nie Mingjue had consented to allow Nie Huaisang to go one way while he went another.
Nie Huaisang had found Meng Yao first.
He was starting to wish he hadn’t.