"Explain yourself."
Gu Youxuan placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Apologize properly."
The weight on his shoulder felt as though it pressed all the way into his heart.
The boy swallowed.
"I'm... I'm sorry!"
The boy shouted.
Man: ...
Was this an apology forced out under the pressure of "evil forces"?
Gu Youxuan realized the problem too.
She hadn't actually meant to scare or threaten the boy...
It was just...
She didn't spend much time around children.
She dealt more often with criminals and difficult people.
Naturally, she had to be firm with criminals and difficult people.
Otherwise, they would look down on her or try to pull a fast one.
So, when talking to a child like this... she might not have had a good grasp of where to draw the line.
Gu Youxuan withdrew her hand.
The boy breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Youxuan's mouth twitched.
She recalled a joke her friend had made.
Her friend had said that her whole aura made it obvious what she did for a living.
That she was completely unsuited to working undercover or in plain clothes.
Criminals would grow wary as soon as they saw her and steer clear.
She hadn't believed it.
She was a professional, after all.
But now...
Although the child's reaction didn't prove anything.
It could still serve as a reference.
Was she really this unapproachable?
Gu Youxuan furrowed her brow slightly.
She thought she'd been speaking to the child quite gently.
He was a child, after all.
"At first, I did it on impulse..."
Xiao Xiao gently pressed a hand on the boy's head.
"Then you were in too deep to back out, right?"
Xiao Xiao bent down and turned to look at the boy.
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