Wang Tong did not understand.
Little Brother had clearly seemed quite anxious earlier.
So why did he look so leisurely now that they had reached their destination?
"We're looking for something."
Su Xun smiled.
"Looking for something?"
Wang Tong blinked. "What are you looking for? Tell me, and I'll help you look."
Su Xun thought for a moment, slowed his pace, and walked behind Master Xiao.
He gestured for the girl to fall back as well.
Since the girl had followed them here, it was neither appropriate nor realistic to hide everything from her without saying a word.
He glanced at Master Xiao ahead, then turned his head and quietly explained the whole story to the girl.
"...Huh?"
Wang Tong opened and closed her mouth, then after thinking for a long while, let out a single syllable.
There seemed to be far too many things to complain about, and for a moment, she did not know how to put them into words.
Finally, she managed to ask a complete question. "Then what use is it to look for Master Xiao?"
Once she had started speaking, the girl's words came more smoothly. "This is just a coincidence, right?"
"Even if it isn't a coincidence, I think you should tell the government here and have them investigate it, shouldn't you?"
"What can we possibly find out on our own?"
"We're completely in the dark. We don't know anything."
"That's why I said earlier that maybe I'd only be troubling Master Xiao and making him come all this way for nothing."
Su Xun's expression did not waver in the slightest because of the girl's doubts and incomprehension.
He knew that most ordinary people would react much as the girl had after hearing about this.
It was just that... he wanted to