"Let's go home."
Zhou Mingbao checked his watch. "It's already gotten really late."
"If we don't go back soon, Mom and Dad are really going to scold us."
"Ah, it's that late already?!"
The chubby little boy wailed.
"Quick, let's run home."
One of the boys had already taken off running.
"Hey, wait for me!"
"No fair running off!"
The other kids immediately shouted and chased after him.
Soon, the boys disappeared from Xiao Xiao's sight.
Xiao Xiao glanced in the direction the boy in the baseball cap had gone, then quickened his pace toward home.
Because of Zhou Mingbao and the others' argument, he was getting home late too.
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes to look at the Little White Fox.
Just now, the Little White Fox had swatted his arm with its tail.
That had brought him back from his memories.
"What are you spacing out for?"
The Little White Fox's eyes slanted upward, its gaze somewhat displeased.
It didn't like people spacing out in front of it one bit.
"I was remembering some things."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Zhou Mingbao?"
The Little White Fox was quite perceptive.
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao nodded slightly.
He felt a little wistful.
He'd almost forgotten that this had happened.
Even then, he'd already known that Zhou Mingbao was lying.
Maybe it was confidence? Zhou Mingbao hadn't done a very good job of hiding his subtle expressions.
To Xiao Xiao, Zhou Mingbao's acting had seemed rather clumsy. Even his crying earlier had looked fake.
Unfortunately, the other kids didn't seem to have the same powers of observation.
Perhaps the incident of getting caught stealing had left them too distracted to notice any more details.
Or perhaps it wasn't really that complicated.
It was just that Zhou Mingbao carried more weight in