Outside the window, the last sliver of the setting sun filtered through the paper panes, casting long shadows of the couple as they plotted. Yet, in a place they could not see, the gears of fate had already begun to turn.
No sooner had Xushu stepped over his own threshold than Lou Xiaoe, clutching her pregnant belly, grabbed his sleeve. In the dim, yellowish light, his wife Li Xiurong remained silent, but her expressive eyes were filled with curiosity.
"Oh, my dear lady, slow down," Xushu said, quickly steadying Lou Xiaoe. "You’re carrying a child; why are you still so reckless?"
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