While the three older people around him were still reeling in shock, the little boy in their midst continued, “He is not dumb! He is very smart! He teaches me so many things I do not know about!”
Bai Ruyi was the first to recover. “Xue,” he called in a quiet voice.
But though it sounded calm, there was a hint of authority and warning to it. And when Qing Xue looked up at him, big eyes blazing in his indignance, Bai Ruyi followed the call with a slight shake of the head.
Immediately, Qing Xue blinked and remembered what this occasion was—and which person he had said those words to just now. But while some of his earlier fear returned as he bowed his head, well knowing he had done something he shouldn’t have, it could not overpower the indignation he still felt.
Who cared that he wa
