Not long later, Ye Siming brought Gu Nuo'er next to a well.
He fetched a bucket of water and had Gu Nuo'er stand while he used his hand to wipe the ink off her face in place of a handkerchief.
When he was squatting down and his eyes were close to hers, Gu Nuo'er could see even clearly that he was unhappy.
The child blinked. "Elder Brother Siming, why are you angry? Don't you like classes?"
"That's not it," Ye Siming replied quickly.
Only after Gu Nuo'er's small face was as clean and fair as before did Ye Siming stand up and look down at the child.
"Gu Nuo'er, doesn't one only get candy for doing something right? Jiang Xiaoran didn't do anything, so why did you give him candy?"
After saying that, he added, "It's not right for you to give him candy because he treated you to a meal."