From Xie Che's perspective, the scene before him was one of brotherly affection and respect. A wave of paternal love welled up inside him.
Unlike mothers, who go through ten months of pregnancy—or, to be more scientific, are influenced by hormones—many men are not born with paternal love. It is something that must be cultivated. If a woman lets her husband shirk his parenting duties and raises the child all by herself, she will end up with a Peter Pan-like father who possesses 'some fatherly love, but not much.'
The sight of two little ones who shared his blood, sitting together with their heads touching, was more than enough to stir the Emperor's scarce paternal feelings.
"Your Highness, actually, the Second Prince has his own studies, you know,"
Seeing this, however, made Guo Xiao Yi's heart tighten.
