Kang Nian did not avoid the question.
Had he learned Qi Shan's true identity sooner, making Qi Shan a son-in-law of the Kang family would have brought them much closer than adopting Kang Miao. Once adopted by Qi Shan, Kang Miao would become his biological daughter. The only connection between her and the Kang family would be blood; nothing else would remain.
To put it bluntly, even exterminating nine generations of a family would not implicate her.
Kang Shi looked at his elder brother and fell silent for a long while.
For a moment, his elder brother's image overlapped with their father's. The man standing before him was not only Kang Nian, but also the stern father who had loomed over his entire childhood and adolescence, the head of the Kang family. Kang Shi sighed and closed his eyes. "What's done is done. There's no point saying more."
His words amounted to accepting the adoption.
Compared to the explosive choice of "scheming to force a marriage," adopting Kang Miao to fulfill Qi Shan's wish was actually a pretty good outcome. Look on the bright side: perhaps Tan Qu really could step out of "Yuan Liang's" shadow and start anew.
Kang Shi came up with an excuse to leave. Kang Nian knew his younger brother had taken this to heart and was still caught up in his emotions, so there was no point in making him stay.
Kang Miao said, "Fourth Uncle, allow your niece to see you out."
The silent Kang Miao rose as well.
Hearing her voice, Kang Shi jolted as if struck by lightning. Only then did he remember that he and his elder brother had been talking in front of his unobtrusive niece. *Sigh, soon she'll be my cousin-niece instead. My elder brother really can bear to