"I've already sent a letter, and this morning I asked Yu Lu to entrust it to Housekeeper Zhou to send out," Yan Liqing said softly.
"If I hadn't asked, were you planning to keep it from me?" Yan Sikang asked.
"I was afraid you wouldn't approve..." Yan Liqing replied, lowering her head.
Yan Sikang sighed, "It's my failure as a brother, letting you handle things on your own without daring to tell me."
"It's not that," Yan Liqing quickly said, "Please don't think that way, brother."
Yan Sikang shook his head, "Back home in Jinzhou, we barely spent time together. I was focused on my studies, paying little attention to family matters, leaving you to bear all the pressure."
"At home, I only had a vague idea of what our mother was up to; you understood her far better."
