The child must be terrified right now, too, right?
The old man gave a slight shake of his head.
If he knew to be afraid, why had he done something like this in the first place?
"Let's go outside, dear."
The old man called to his wife.
"Ah, oh."
The old woman looked at the tightly shut door, then at the young man with the faint smile.
Although the other young man's furrowed brow and fixed stare at the door made her a little uneasy.
But since her husband had asked her to go outside...
The old woman followed him out of the room, looking back every few steps.
After the two elderly people had left, Meng Jixi let out a slight sigh of relief.
Now he could act without worrying about much.
"Master Xiao?"
He looked at Xiao Xiao with a questioning expression.
The other party was a child, and they were in his home, so they couldn't use overly forceful methods.
A gentle conversation was clearly more suited to Master Xiao than to him.
Besides, when Master Xiao had suggested talking to the child alone, he must already have thought about what to say to him, right?
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He stepped forward and gently knocked on the door.
He wasn't surprised when there was no response from inside.
He had only knocked to get the child's attention, so that what he said next wouldn't fall on deaf ears.
"Tóng Hua, Huan Huan is with you, right?"
Xiao Xiao got straight to the point.
"Huan Huan~"
Xiao Xiao's ears twitched. He hadn't missed the cry, and the corners of his mouth lifted. "It really is there."
Inside the room, the child covered the black cat's mouth with an exasperated look and cried out in frustration, "Little