"Are you serious?"
"Ha."
The man's lips curled, but there wasn't a trace of amusement in his eyes.
"What kind of joke is that?"
"If you're serious, why isn't the ferocious beast by your side?"
"If it's not with you, how are you supposed to keep an eye on it?"
The man fired off question after question, his tone sharp and severe.
Before Xiao Xiao could answer, the man clicked his tongue in irritation, his expression darkening. "Don't tell me you trust monsters!"
"Ha. Ridiculous."
"Absurd!"
"That's why I hate naïve people like you the most."
"How old are you? Still playing house?"
The boy was startled by the man's sudden outburst.
He hid a little farther behind Xiao Xiao.
Why did it feel like this uncle was about to hit someone?
What was going on?
Wasn't this man an acquaintance of Big Brother's?
Could it be that he and Big Brother weren't friends, but enemies?!
"Look at how things have turned out."
The man's eyes were full of biting mockery. "A ferocious beast that's nowhere to be found."
"I hope that the next time I hear about it, it won't be because a plague has broken out somewhere."
"That won't happen."
Compared to the man's turbulent emotions, Xiao Xiao was so calm that you'd think the man wasn't talking about him at all.
Only at the very end did he reply, making his position clear.
His excessive composure made the man frown fiercely, his face dark as water.
Damn that guy.
He cursed inwardly.
"I-hope-so."
After dropping those words, he turned to leave.
As for Senior Brother's repeated warnings last time to get along with Xiao Xiao, he'd long since forgotten them completely.
He was just a young man with somewhat unusual spiritual energy. What was there