In the main courtyard, Zhulan was helping her son learn to walk when Xue Han returned. Zhulan asked, "Why didn't you stay with the young guests from the Jiang Residence?"
Xue Han casually took her younger brother into her arms. "Mother, I'm their elder. Although we're not that many years apart, being around the children from the Jiang family was too formal, so I found an excuse to leave," she replied.
Zhulan trusted her daughter's judgment of character. "You have met these two children too. What do you think of them after this encounter?"
Xue Han kissed her brother on the cheek. "They've changed a lot. They used to speak with arrogance, but now they restrain themselves, especially Mumu, who speaks very cautiously. The capital really is a place that knocks people down; Mumu must have been bullied."
In the capital, without a powerful family background, being good-looking just makes one a target for bullying.
