Xie Wanqing nodded in agreement, "Brother, you are right!"

If only Lu Ziyuan wasn’t so murderous, always thinking of taking Pei Yuqing’s life, she wouldn’t have had to plan her escape.

The events on the ship that night still leave Xie Wanqing with lingering fear.

Breaking in by bandits, wielding knives, then jumping into the lake, grabbing onto the chain, climbing into the next room.

If she hadn’t reacted so quickly at the time, hadn’t grabbed that chain when jumping into the lake, or if the bandits had looked down more carefully.

Any mistake in any step, and she would truly be lying at the bottom of Dayang Lake by now.

And the main culprit of everything was Lu Ziyuan.

He said he didn’t mind her marrying someone else, that he only wanted her no matter what.

Defying the world to snatch her away, she had even resigned to fate and planned to live with him properly.

Yet he still couldn’t let go of her marriage to Pei Yuqing.

A person so bloodthirsty, no matter how much he regrets now, it’s all his own doing!

Xie Wanqing gritted her teeth, joining her brother in cursing Lu Ziyuan, who was far away in Xiangzhou, for a long time.

Finally, it was Xie YanYu who stopped first.

He clenched his hand into a fist, coughed lightly into his lips, and said, "If you don’t want to return to the Capital, what do you plan to do?"

"I’ll just stay in Bianzhou," Xie Wanqing patted her belly, smiling, "I have money and a child, servants to attend to me, and no elders to oversee, life couldn’t be more comfortable."

That carefree demeanor made Xie YanYu’s hands itch.

He reached out and pinched his sister’s cheek, ignoring her indignant look, and said coolly, "You may be comfortable, but have you thought about your mother back in the Capital City, crying day and night?"

Xie Wanqing’s expression froze, and she said nothing.

In fact, how could she be comfortable?

She only said this to keep her brother from worrying.

Xie YanYu pondered for a moment and said, "Your being safe mustn’t be kept from our parents."

"Okay," Xie Wanqing agreed readily.

The grief of a parent losing a child, she couldn’t bear to let her parents endure that again.

In her past life, her insistence on marrying Lu Ziyuan had ended up getting her embroiled in a struggle for the throne and poisoned to death, causing her parents sorrow, was already very unfilial.

In this life...

"But," Xie Wanqing tugged at her brother’s sleeve and whispered, "Brother, I really don’t want to go back to the Capital, is that alright?"

Xie YanYu lowered his gaze, stayed silent for a long time, and slowly nodded, "Alright."

His sister was grown now, she could make her own decisions, and as her brother, he shouldn’t interfere too much.

Moreover, the Capital City had turned into a bloody storm due to that God of Killing, undercurrents surging, and with her status, she really shouldn’t set foot there right now.

If someone were to target her again...

Xie YanYu said, "Since you want to avoid Lu Ziyuan, I will reassure our parents and make sure they don’t let anything slip."

Your daughter missing, crying daily, it wouldn’t make sense to suddenly appear normal, right?

This was exactly what Xie Wanqing was waiting for; she cupped her face and smiled at her brother, "Brother is really good."

Throughout both lifetimes, her brother was always there to protect her.

Xie YanYu glanced at her irritably, then looked at her belly, "...due in what month?"

Xie Wanqing said, "September."

"I’ll stay in Bianzhou until the child is born," Xie YanYu decided immediately, then asked, "Have you hired a midwife? Is there a doctor available in the residence? By the way, where are you living now?"

Her brother, usually cold and rigid, rarely talked this much; Xie Wanqing blinked and truthfully replied, "I haven’t hired a midwife yet, nor have a doctor, and I’m living quite far from here, on the west side of the city."