Little Eleven met his eyes and decided that the man before him was the very person he had been looking for.
He tilted his head high, his eyes bright and clear, reflecting the man's figure.
He raced toward him.
The next moment, he threw his arms tightly around his leg.
His eyes sparkled like stars in the night sky.
Grinning, he called out happily, "Royal sister-in-law! I finally get to meet you!"
Xiao Yu froze at those words.
His eyelids twitched wildly.
Royal... sister-in-law?
Who was he calling that?
He lowered his head.
Looking at the child clinging to his leg, he took a deep breath.
Then he asked, "...Who taught you to call me that?"
"Don't you know I'm a man?"
Little Eleven looked straight at him, his eyes blazing with excitement.
He immediately asked, "Does a royal sister-in-law have to be a woman?"
"Can't he be a man?"
"What if my royal brother just likes you, Sister-in-Law?"
The corners of Xiao Yu's mouth twitched.
He actually had no answer to that.
After a moment, he asked, "Do you know who I am?"
Little Eleven replied at once, "I do! Your name is Xiao Yu!"
At that, he suddenly lowered his head.
Feeling aggrieved, he held up his five chubby fingers as though he were tattling.
He told Xiao Yu plaintively, "I got your name wrong before, and my royal brother made me copy it fifty times!"
Xiao Yu: "..."
With a hint of uncertainty and mixed feelings, he asked, "Yunheng... really is your royal brother?"
Little Eleven nodded obediently. "My name is Yun Cheng. I'm his eleventh younger brother."
Xiao Yu: "..."
All right... then.
He was certain now that this child had come looking for him.
*But... why hadn't A-Heng ever mentioned that he had an eleventh