In the end, that human child had broken its promise.
It had been so happy and excited.
Even after all this time, Shu Hu still couldn't let it go whenever it thought back on it.
A human child who didn't keep its word.
It had made a promise offhandedly, then forgotten it completely in the blink of an eye.
A trace of coldness seeped into Shu Hu's eyes.
Perhaps it had been wrong to believe a human child in the first place.
Maybe there was something wrong with its head.
But...
It really wanted a Christmas present of its own.
Shu Hu had been about to answer the human's question, but it closed its slightly opening and closing mouth again.
It didn't like humans who didn't keep their word.
Watching the monster turn its head away, seemingly in a huff, Xiao Xiao couldn't help the slight curve of his lips, though the timing was a little inappropriate.
"Then I'll just pick one for you at random."
As expected, Shu Hu turned back.
What surprised him was what Shu Hu said.
"Shu Hu~"
Liar!
The monster seemed rather annoyed at its own instinctive response of harboring expectations. It muttered indignantly under its breath, then looked back toward the presents beneath the Christmas tree.
There were fewer and fewer presents.
Its eyes held both anxiety and dejection.
Liar?
Xiao Xiao pondered this.
Was this monster's faint aversion to humans because... a human had once deceived it?
He didn't rush to get to the bottom of it, instead smiling slightly. "Then I'll pick one at random."
"Wait here for me."
Xiao Xiao headed outside.
Shu Hu hesitated for a moment, then glanced over from the corner of its eye.
Seeing that the human really was walking toward the enormous