Xuemei touched her own cheek, smiled, and looked at Xiao Niqiu with twinkling eyes, asking, "Am I really pretty?"
"Yes, pretty." Xiao Niqiu nodded seriously.
Xuemei stopped feeling resentful about what had happened earlier. In the past, when she quarreled with other girls, they would say that she was so ugly that she couldn't get married even if she paid someone to take her.
Whenever she asked her mother if she was pretty, her mother would perfunctorily say she was. Over time, this left her with no self-confidence.
After making some disguise, the two went to Lotus Alley. As they walked, Xuemei instructed, "From now on, you are my younger brother, and we are here to find our relatives."
"Am I not older than you?" Xiao Niqiu retorted.
Xuemei snorted disdainfully and said, "Where are you older?"
He was thin and dry, although he looked somewhat better than before.
Seeing Xuemei's disdainful look, Xiao Niqiu paused, seemingly thinking of something, and said indignantly, "I..."
