"Kid, go get Master Xiao."
"Just tell him we have news."
"Ah."
The boy was anxiously waiting for the auntie across from him to continue when Meng Jixi's request suddenly made him freeze.
"What are you standing there for?"
Meng Jixi urged him on. "Hurry up."
"Oh, right."
The boy nodded instinctively.
It was only when he reached the door that he came to his senses.
He turned to look at Meng Jixi and the middle-aged woman, then ran out of the shop.
"Big brother!"
The boy, who had searched three shops before finding Xiao Xiao, called out excitedly.
Seeing the boy panting, Xiao Xiao immediately guessed what had happened. "A Xi sent you to find me?"
A Xi?
The boy paused, then realized that was probably the name of the fierce big brother.
"Yeah!"
He nodded hard, still breathing somewhat heavily.
"Sorry to trouble you."
After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, Xiao Xiao turned to the boy. "Let's go."
"Okay."
The boy hurried after Xiao Xiao.
A glimmer shone in his eyes, like light caught on thin ice.
Little Black...
"Master Xiao."
When Xiao Xiao entered the shop, Meng Jixi got straight to the point. "This auntie knows what happened to Little Black."
Xiao Xiao turned to the middle-aged woman. "Hello, ma'am."
"Oh, hello."
The middle-aged woman smiled. Knowing how eager they were to hear about the cat, she got right to it. "That cat was lucky. It was hit squarely by a car, but it was still alive at the time."
"It was still breathing."
Though it had only one last breath left.
Even now, remembering how pitiful it had looked made the middle-aged woman sigh.
"How did it end up in the middle of the road?"
After a brief sigh, the middle-aged woman returned