"Lucky kid."
The boy's father patted his son's head, sounding touched. "Student Xiao is just like Xiao Yi's Guardian Spirit."
"He always finds Xiao Yi whenever he needs help."
"Big Brother, thank you."
The boy wore a solemn expression on his still-chubby little face as he thanked him earnestly. "Thank you for saving Xiao Yi."
"And Nini."
"Saving?"
The boy's mother was a little sensitive to that word.
She knew children liked to exaggerate, but she looked at Xiao Xiao and asked what she had wanted to ask all along. "Student Xiao, what was going on when you found the two children?"
"Were they in some kind of trouble?"
"The way they look..."
The boy's mother examined her son carefully.
Xiao Xiao had already helped tidy up the children a little. He had smoothed their hair, which had become disheveled from running, and straightened their clothes. He had also done his best to wipe the dirt from their hands and pants after they had crawled on the ground.
Still, some traces were bound to remain.
Besides, the alarm in the children's eyes and their pale faces were the biggest "clues."
Anyone who saw them would know they had been through something.
What was more, the two children had just had a thorough cry.
"Not a good one."
"They were probably scared."
Xiao Xiao glanced at the two children.
"Scared?"
The parents echoed him in unison, worry showing on their faces.
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao smiled and explained the situation in a few words. "They got scared in the haunted house."
"In their panic, they ran around without thinking."
"When I found them, they were hiding under the teacher's desk in an abandoned classroom."
Huh?
The parents were all a little stunned.
They had been scared by the