Looking at the young boy's face, contorted with humiliation and sorrow, Mu Ruyue was somewhat startled. Perhaps the boy had inadvertently reminded her of her brother from Huaxia, causing her to be unable to treat him in the same manner for a moment.
However, she hadn't reacted this way when she first met Ye Wuchen, who had also reminded her of that little rascal from Huaxia...
It seemed that without realizing it, her personality had changed.
"That..." Mu Ruyue started apologetically, "I have a younger brother whom I haven't seen for a long time. He's probably about your age, so I mistook you for him for a moment."
"Younger brother?" The boy lifted his delicate eyelashes, and there was still a sliver of timidity in his clear, large eyes, as if what stood before him was some fierce beast.
