"Enough!"
The woman couldn't listen any longer.
What kind of nonsense were they talking about?
An auntie with only one eye?
And green hair?
If there really were someone like that, how could they not have seen her?
The child was frightened.
His eyes quickly filled with tears, which then slid down from the corners.
The woman froze.
She knew her voice had been a little too loud just now.
She pressed her lips together and softened her tone somewhat.
"Xiao Yi."
"The auntie you were talking about—your mother, Uncle Chen, and Auntie Wang didn't see her."
The child sniffed.
"Xiao Yi, good children aren't allowed to lie."
"I wasn't lying!"
the child cried through his sobs. "What I said is true!"
"I saw the auntie!"
"She was right behind Uncle Chen!"
In the woman's eyes, the child's expression now looked more like he was stubbornly refusing to back down.
A hint of disappointment appeared on her face.
"Xiao Yi, if you keep this up, Mommy is really going to get angry."
"I'm giving you one last chance. Tell the truth now, and Mommy won't be angry."
"Even a child's prank has its limits."
"Uncle Chen and Auntie Wang were really upset just now."
"Besides, how could you say that Uncle Chen took someone else's things?"
"The auntie said so."
The child's round, shining eyes widened. "The auntie said Uncle Chen took her things."
"The auntie wants her things back."
"The auntie—"
"Enough!"
The woman shouted again.
In that short time, she had no idea how many times she had said "enough."
But this child was simply too infuriating.
She didn't understand why he was so... so stubborn.
Couldn't he tell that everyone was unhappy because of what he was saying?
"Xiao Yi."
"There isn't an auntie behind