Ye Qingxian looked at my expression and gently wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes. She truly had never imagined that Junior Sister, who was clearly the most reserved and shy, had already made every mental preparation under the weight of her pained expression.
Amid boundless emotion and complicated feelings, seeing the young girl's aggrieved expression now left her strangely torn between laughter and tears. She found it adorably foolish. "Xiaoyao, have you... forgotten that you're still carrying a baby?"
"Did you not think about that at all?"
"Even if you wanted something to happen between us, I couldn't possibly do anything with you. You've only just gotten pregnant. Even once things stabilize later on, if we can avoid exertion, we should avoid it. Why make you suffer more all by yourself?"
"Happiness should never be built on your sacrifice."
"Otherwise, how would I be any different from a beast?"
I pouted slightly, looking rather unhappy, and simply didn't want to answer. Listening to Ye Qingxian spout one grand principle after another—when it came to reasoning, she surely had basket after basket of it, but if asked when she would marry me, she probably wouldn't know for now. My head was getting a little dizzy, tangled up in her words until I couldn't think.
"Didn't understand?" Ye Qingxian looked at my pitiful expression. As I kept my head lowered so obediently, she finally just rubbed her forehead helplessly. "Forget it. It's normal if you didn't understand, and you don't need to. You just need to know that you're carrying a baby right now. The place your blood and vital energy mainly nourish is different, so in the end, it'll affect your intelligence somewhat."
I rolled my eyes even more obviously. Couldn't she see that I simply didn't want