Mu Shaoling stopped talking when he heard this; even he couldn't articulate what exactly he was feeling.
It was a kind of affection mingled with uncertainty, which, after striving to restrain, became harder to control than if he hadn't tried at all. Before he sought to curb his feelings, it seemed to him that he wasn't that infatuated, but after trying to hold back, that thought deepened even further.
So, he ultimately decided not to restrain himself anymore, better to confront his feelings than to achieve the opposite of his intent.
However, he hadn't expected that she was already carrying a child, and now he found himself slightly annoyed. Indeed, he was quite vexed, but he couldn't bring himself to hurt her, so Mu Shaoling wickedly did something—he decided to make Ye Zi'an share in his agitation.
That's why he changed a few words in the letter he wrote to Ye Zi'an that night.
By the time Ye Zi'an received the letter, he was already far in the northern lands.
