At this age, it was a ti of mischief, yet he carried an air of mature stability beyond his years.
Yu Rujin had really never seen many children like this.
Huo Jinghan paused in his steps to leave, nodded slightly to Old Madam Quan, and asked, "Is there sothing you need?"
Suisui stood behind Grandma, her little hand clutching at Yu Rujin’s coat and pants fabric, looking up at the handso young boy standing before Grandma.
Suisui timidly gazed upward, secretly observing... observing that spirited young boy—
The moonlight was him, the night sky was also him, the free wind was him too, and under the starry sky, he could pluck the light with his bare hands. When the stars reflected in his eyes, the scattered light fell on the little girl hiding behind the elderly woman.
The boy was full of youthful spirit, his deanor was bright and clear like the wind, yet his eyes seed like overturned lanterns, filled with the brilliant glow of dusk, making people reluctant to look away.
Suisui was srized.
Almost couldn’t take her eyes off him.
She thought to herself, this brother is really beautiful.
She wanted to go ho and pester her mom to give her a brother as beautiful as this.
Exactly the sa, then she could look at him every day.
Young Huo Jinghan noticed the little one behind the elder secretly watching him.
He lowered his gaze and also looked over.
As their eyes t, only for a brief mont, Suisui shrank her neck, reacting as if caught red-handed, and imdiately hid her small face in Grandma’s clothes, murmuring, "Can’t see , can’t see , can’t see ~"
Young Huo Jinghan: "..."
After covering her face, after a while, Suisui sneaked open a gap between her fingers to continue peeking.
Caught again.
Suisui quickly covered her eyes again, continuing to mutter, "Can’t see , can’t see , can’t see ..."
Feeling it wasn’t enough to hide, she moved her head back, her small body completely hiding behind Grandma.
Young Huo Jinghan: "..."
The little one timidly hiding behind the adult, was she afraid of him?
He hadn’t been fierce to her, nor did he glare at her. She was afraid of him even though he hadn’t done anything threatening.
He wouldn’t eat people, what was there to fear?
Yu Rujin saw Suisui hiding behind her all the ti, and after glancing at the young boy, she understood Suisui was afraid of this little brother. She chuckled and said, "It’s nothing else, mainly just to say thank you. If you hadn’t reacted quickly to steady our Suisui, our mischievous Suisui would definitely have been hurt from the fall."
Huo Jinghan shook his head, politely and modestly said, "Anyone’s instinctive reaction would be the sa, I was just following my instincts, no need to thank."
The young boy spoke thoughtfully, each word respectfully, truly a little gentleman. Yu Rujin found herself quite fond of this little gentleman.
She bent down, holding Suisui’s hand, pulling her from behind to say to her, "This is your brother. If it weren’t for him reacting quickly to steady you, you would’ve fallen. Quickly say thank you to your brother."
Suisui pursed her lips tightly, her eyes wide, staring at the ’brother’ Grandma was talking about.
Suisui would always be timid with strangers, not fond of talking, and she was the sa now.
Huo Jinghan watched the small bundle, lips pressed tightly, seeming afraid of him, and his brows slowly furrowed.
Did he really look so fierce?
Her aggrieved expression of being scared, almost about to cry, made him seem like a big monster.
He hadn’t said anything.
Did he accidentally squeeze her when he reached out to steady her?
Thinking it over and over, even Huo Jinghan could not determine if he had used force when steadying her.
This was the first ti growing up that Huo Jinghan questioned his own judgnt.
"You..." Huo Jinghan looked down at the wrinkled face of the little girl, articulating cautiously, unsure how best to follow up after hesitating, he slowly said, "You don’t have to call brother, and you don’t have to say thank you. It was just a small gesture. Next ti, run slower. If you fall, it won’t just hurt, um... you’d probably cry too."
In young Huo Jinghan’s mind, only girls would cry.
Such a tiny little one belonged to the type to cry easily, and he had heard that once they started crying, they were hard to console?
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