"I was thinking—"
Xiao Xiao looked up at the man. "The person you need to apologize to isn't me."
"It's Quanli."
Xiao Xiao continued, watching the man's expression shift. "You haven't done anything to me that requires an apology."
"Quanli, on the other hand... must have been completely bewildered by your sudden attack."
"And angry, too, of course."
"Junior Brother, Quanli hadn't done anything, and you attacked it anyway. That was a bit unreasonable."
The old man patted the man on the arm.
"If it had actually done something, it would've been too late."
The man's voice was cold.
"Junior Brother."
The old man's expression held a hint of warning. "Nothing is absolute. You can't just condemn it outright like that."
"All right. Apologize to Quanli."
"Chirp, chirp~"
It didn't care one bit about an apology from this human.
Quanli curled its lip, though the crumbs at the corner of its mouth ruined the rather haughty expression on the little monster's face.
Xiao Xiao could barely hold back a laugh.
He took a tissue and wiped the corner of the oblivious monster's mouth.
The monster looked confused.
"You've got pastry on the corner of your mouth,"
Xiao Xiao explained.
Quanli's expression stiffened, and it instinctively raised a paw to touch the corner of its mouth.
"I've already wiped it off for you."
Xiao Xiao tossed the tissue into the trash can nearby and smiled.
The monster gazed silently at Lord Xiao Xiao's face for a moment, then buried its head in the pastries again.
It needed some sweet treats to help it forget its embarrassment.
Across from them, the senior brother had finished talking some sense into his junior brother.
The man watched Quanli eating pastries, the corner of his mouth twitching.
A monster eating pastries?
And