Why did Lu Hou'er feel such familiarity, yet fail to think of Tan Cai'er's identity at once?
Most likely, it was because the mother and daughter differed far too greatly in style, their temperaments standing at completely opposite extremes.
Take the young man before Lu Hou'er. Though separated by a veil, one could still see, through those autumn-water eyes and brows like misty clouds over distant mountains, a beauty unparalleled in the world. Her bearing also leaned toward that of a peerless beauty capable of toppling nations and cities.
Perhaps this was also related to the seductive mental art she cultivated.
Tan Cai'er's mother, the Heavenly Wolf Alliance Leader, was entirely different.
She was unquestionably a peerless beauty herself, yet beauty and looks did not account for even one-tenth of the Heavenly Wolf Alliance Leader's charm.
She was a female Hegemon King whose heroic bearing surpassed that of men, powerful and domineering, with cold, stern brows and murder in her eyes. With the slightest lift of her gaze, she could make the great outlaws of the martial world tremble in terror, as though their parents had died.
Take Lu Hou'er himself, for instance. When facing the Heavenly Wolf Alliance Leader, he did not even dare breathe too loudly.
Perhaps the mother and daughter's beauty came from the same source, but unfortunately, the daughter did not possess her mother's unparalleled dominance or formidable bearing.
Though thoughts churned in his heart, Lu Hou'er's outward manners were indeed flawless. Hearing Granny Hua's words, he hurriedly bowed and said,
"So it is Young Lady Tan who has come to visit. Lu Hou'er was neglectful just now. I beg Young Lady Tan's forgiveness!"
Tan Cai'er remained expressionless on the surface, but inwardly she grew even more puzzled. It was one thing not to know her