What if Jin Ling had a direct talk with Wen Ning and found in himself to forgive him for his father's death?
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What if Jin Ling had a real heart-to-heart discussion with Wei Wuxian and forgave him?
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What if Jin Ling's parents (and Wei Wuxian) didn't die after the Nightless City event?
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What if Jin Ling had a twin sister?
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What if Jin Ling had been a girl instead?
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What if Jin Rulan was forced to escape alone from the corrupted Jin Sect as a child (runaway prince), to avoid an assassination plot against him?
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What if Jin Ling had been found and protected by Wei Wuxian along with Wen Yuan?
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Follow-up: what Jin Rulan and the Wens were all eventually brought to Cloud Recesses by Lan Zhan?