Sun Hongjiang fell silent for a moment and said, "What Honghai did served to maintain the Sun Family's honor, so we cannot let Honghai fall into Xu Yang's hands."
Sun Honghai was different from Sun Hongyang.
Sun Hongyang was simply a waste, with no self-awareness, hoping to secure his position as Family Head through his pursuit of Song Qingya.
At least Sun Honghai had some capability; generally speaking, his actions were for the benefit of the Sun Family and he didn't cause trouble for the family like Sun Hongyang did.
Regarding his elder brother, Sun Honghai treated him with great respect and did not harbor any thoughts of seizing the position of Family Head.
Therefore, Sun Hongjiang felt it would be right to save Sun Honghai.
Doing so was also to prevent the children of the Sun Family from becoming disheartened.
Sun Hongyang was made useless by Song Qingya; his pursuit of Song Qingya represented a lack of self-awareness in itself.