Chapter 417
Qin Hengxuan and Meng Ruqing were especially afraid Fang Zichen wouldn't acknowledge them. If he harbored resentment toward them but they didn't get the chance to explain in time, Fang Zichen would probably immediately send someone to take the three children back, and then hide far away from them. And a letter couldn't possibly explain things clearly in just a few words.
Some matters were urgent, yet they also left one feeling timid and uneasy. Clearly, a single letter could have cleared everything up, and all their troubling doubts could have been explained. Clearly, they were desperate to acknowledge their son and ask if the child knew what had happened back then. And yet they didn't dare put brush to paper, always finding one worry or another.