"Thank you, Student Xiao."
Having mostly resolved his doubts, Hua Ziyun bowed slightly once more, expressing his heartfelt gratitude to Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao shook his head. "It was just a coincidence. I happened to see Ling Hu, and that helped me understand your situation."
"So I really was pretty lucky."
The young man smiled smugly.
"Turning disaster into fortune."
"Finding a way through when all seemed lost."
"Surviving a great calamity means good fortune lies ahead."
Hua Ziyun grinned.
Xiao Xiao found it amusing. "Since you're all right now, let's go out."
"I think Uncle Hua and Auntie Hua have been getting a little anxious waiting."
"Ah."
Hua Ziyun cried out as if he'd just remembered something.
He looked at Xiao Xiao. "And meeting a benefactor."
"I never thought I'd have a day when I met a benefactor."
"I always thought I was the benefactor for other people."
The young man's expression was exuberant, his smile bright.
"Shameless."
"Ugh, what a nerve."
Xiao Xiao had only been smiling faintly, but A Jiu and A Bai's almost simultaneous comments nearly made him laugh out loud.
"Ahem."
He cleared his throat a few times. "Let's go."
"Okay."
Hua Ziyun was just about to open the door for Student Xiao, but his hand stopped on the doorknob.
"Student Xiao."
A hesitant look appeared on his face. "Do you think I should tell my parents about the demon?"
"Would they be frightened?"
"Would they worry about me even more?"
He wasn't worrying over nothing.
After all, whether intentionally or not, the result was that this time he'd fallen into an unconscious sleep because of a demon.
If the demon with Student Xiao hadn't slightly changed how he saw demons—
Although this little white fluff clearly didn't like him, he hadn't sensed the slightest