Seeing that the boy was still standing dazed in the living room, staring blankly at her inside the house, she patted the spot beside her. "Come over here. Let's see what kind of clothes you like."
Yu Xiaoliu no longer hesitated this time and hurried inside.
Although he still didn't dare sit too close to her when he sat down, at least he wasn't as afraid to approach her as before.
Leaning against the bed, he carefully removed the tag from the socks and put it in his pocket.
He put on the socks with utmost seriousness, pulling them up neatly before sitting ramrod straight like a good baby.
Once Yu Xiaoliu was done, Su Qiao pointed at some clothes on the shopping website. "Take a look."
Yu Xiaoliu glanced over, but his thoughts weren't on the clothes. He suddenly said softly, "I have a little companion too."
"What?" Su Qiao had no idea what he meant.
Yu Xiaoliu hesitated for a moment, then touched the rabbit ears on his pajamas pocket and explained softly, his face flushed, "I have a little mouse. Its ears are just as soft and smooth as these."
"You like small animals?"
First, he had wanted her to save a little kitten. Now there was a little mouse, and he liked touching rabbit ears too. It seemed he really did like small animals.
Yu Xiaoliu pressed his lips together without answering.
Actually, he didn't like them in that sense. When he was little, he had always thought that cats, dogs, and mice were the same species as him—his companions.
Only after growing a little older did he understand that he was different from them. They simply happened to live together often.
Su Qiao thought about it. "Then I'll take you to the zoo one day."