"Later—"
The woman's voice abruptly stopped.
Her hand rose involuntarily to the tip of her nose.
Just now... something cool had landed on the tip of her nose.
Could it be...
She looked up at the sky.
Was it going to rain?
Noticing her movement, Xiao Xiao looked out the window. "It's raining."
"Mm."
The woman came back to her senses and smiled somewhat sheepishly. "Sorry, I spaced out just now."
"What a coincidence."
"It was raining when I came the day before yesterday, too."
"And it was—"
A sudden gust of wind and rain lashed the woman's face. She hurriedly closed the car window before finishing her sentence. "It was pouring just like this."
She reached up and touched her bangs.
They were already damp and clinging to her forehead.
"Pouring just like this?"
Xiao Xiao murmured.
"Huh?"
The woman turned toward him, asking because she hadn't heard clearly.
"We might not need to go to your friend's house."
Xiao Xiao stared out at the wind and rain.
When the wind and rain had suddenly intensified, he'd sensed something unusual.
The scent of demonic energy.
"Huh?"
The woman looked even more confused. "Why?"
Seeing that Xiao Xiao didn't answer her question and instead opened the window a crack to look outside, his attention fixed on the view, she was still baffled but didn't speak again.
She followed Xiao Xiao's gaze and looked out the window.
Fine raindrops drifted in through the gap.
A cool dampness entered the stuffy air inside the car.
After watching for a while and seeing nothing, the woman frowned thoughtfully, then turned and opened her own window a crack as well.
She leaned close to the window and peered outside, squinting.
Perhaps she'd notice something that way.
The strong wind drove raindrops against