Gu Qing nodded in agreement. "That would be for the best."
Watching her, Shen Guangji couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. He was proud of his sister's sharp intellect, yet it pained him that someone so young had to be dragged into such complicated affairs. He reached out and gently ruffled Gu Qing’s hair, his voice deep and doting. "When I brought you back home, I wanted you to be the little princess of the house—living every day happy and carefree. I didn't bring you here just so you could worry about these vexing matters the moment you arrived."
As he spoke, his gaze drifted to Gu Qing’s burgeoning belly, and the tenderness in his eyes deepened. "Besides, you’re pregnant now. You must not exhaust yourself. Listen to your brother: leave all these messy troubles to me."
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