"Really?!"
A man's voice rang out.
It was Father Chen, who had walked Ruan Nuan and the others out.
He stared at Xiao Xiao in disbelief, his lips trembling slightly.
He strode over to Xiao Xiao and reached out to grab his arm.
Little White Fox knocked his hand away with a swipe of his tail.
Fortunately, Little White Fox showed some restraint. Only a faint red mark appeared on the back of Father Chen's hand.
"Sorry, my fox isn't too fond of strangers."
Xiao Xiao gave him an apologetic smile.
"It's all right, it's all right."
Although startled, Father Chen waved it off, not at all bothered by Little White Fox's hostility.
His eyes were fixed on Xiao Xiao. The gloom in his features suddenly gave way to a glimmer of hope. "Young man—"
"Was what you just said true?"
"Do you really know where Chen Xi is?"
Father Chen stared intently at Xiao Xiao, not missing the slightest change in his expression.
Ruan Nuan and Yu Yanyan both looked at Xiao Xiao with uncertainty.
"Xiao Xiao."
Yu Yanyan called to him softly, her brows knitting together.
She didn't think Xiao Xiao was the sort of person to make baseless claims.
But she had only just told him the whole story. How could he suddenly know where Chen Xi was?
He didn't even know what Chen Xi looked like.
He'd never met her.
"M-Master Xiao?"
Ruan Nuan rubbed her ears, almost wondering if she'd imagined what she just heard.
Otherwise, why would she have heard Master Xiao say that he knew where Chen Xi was?
But when she looked at Father Chen, still waiting for an answer, and then at her senior, whose expression matched her own astonishment, she figured her ears must be fine.
So Master