He looked at Mr. Gong with a kind of astonished panic, yet he was desperately trying to hide it. This was why Shi Lan noticed him immediately; the emotions of an orphan are sensitive and cautious, with a natural insight into danger, able to sniff out many instinctual things.
Another thing, he was too beautiful, like a figurine that should be displayed in a show window. Though only eight years old, his legs were long and well-proportioned, fatally attractive to those with special preferences.
"I think Mr. Gong might not choose Lin Yuxing," Yan Shixiu speculated. "According to this couple's usual criteria, being too conspicuous is not easy to control. Moreover, including Lin Yuxing in the plan might cause him secondary trauma. But he really is too beautiful..."
Beautiful like he once had been himself.
When Shi Lan stood up, she just heard Yan Shixiu's sigh, because being too beautiful, therefore, invites risks.
"Officer Xing, let us meet this child."
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