"Dad, my brother is really handsome! He is a beauty just like me!"
Gu Qingcheng's words absolutely came from the heart.
Gu Yi: ...Daughter, is there anything wrong with your eyes?
Mu Xiu: ...
After being "praised" continuously, Mu Xiu's initial shame and anger gradually subsided. He lowered his eyes and looked at Gu Qingcheng's phoenix eyes.
Then, Mu Xiu was stunned.
In those beautiful eyes, he did not see any malice, but only sincerity.
What's more, there was a hint of shyness on the little girl's pink face.
Is she shy?
Is it because you saw me?
So, she really thinks I'm pretty?
But soon, Mu Xiu realized it, and said bitterly, "I, I don't look like a Chinese!"
Not to mention that outsiders did not recognize him as one of the same kind, even in the Mu family, even though his surname was Mu, many members of the clan regarded him as an "alien".
There is a saying in China that goes, "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts."
No matter how Mu Xiu behaves, there will always be people who reject and doubt him.
Gu Qingcheng looked into Mu Xiu's eyes intently and suddenly asked, "Brother, have you read the classics of the saints?"
"Do you believe in family, country, and the world?"
"Do you think you are from China?"
Although Mu Xiu didn't understand why Gu Qingcheng asked this, he still answered seriously, "Of course!"
He grew up reading the classics of sages, speaking the official language of the Celestial Empire, and learning the etiquette and rules of the Celestial Empire.
Apart from a superficial appearance, he believed deep down that he was a Chinese.
"Then you are from China!"
After experiencing the era of great unification in the small world, Gu Qingcheng also transformed.
She also realized that from ancient times to the present, the Celestial Empire has never been about bloodline identity, but cultural identity!
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