After all, the weather was getting hotter. She was wearing capri pants and sandals, leaving a lot of skin exposed.
If she'd come here bundled up in winter, these little wood splinters wouldn't have been able to hurt her.
"Don't move."
Su Xun carefully pulled a thin wood splinter from the back of the girl's foot.
The faint pain in her foot immediately faded.
She moved her foot slightly, her eyes curving into a smile. "Little Brother, it doesn't hurt anymore."
"I was wondering how a few red scratches could hurt so much."
"Little Brother, you've got a good eye, too."
The girl thought of how she'd praised Master Xiao's keen eyesight earlier.
Comparing herself to these two, she suddenly felt like the eyes on her face were just for show.
Su Xun stood up and reached out to press down on the girl's shoulder as she started to rise. "Tongtong, stay here."
"...Huh?"
Wang Tong looked up at Su Xun.
She looked a little bewildered. "I... stay here?"
"Mm."
Su Xun let go and looked at her seriously. "You're exhausted."
"And your foot is injured."
"My foot's fine," Wang Tong protested softly.
Su Xun didn't argue with her. "You rest here. Master Xiao and I will go a little farther ahead and take a look."
"All right?"
"Be good."
Those words left Wang Tong looking deflated.
When they were little, Su Xun had been asked by Wang's Mother to supervise Wang Tong while she did her homework.
Wang Tong couldn't sit still. She'd barely written a few words before she started touching this and fiddling with that. One moment she'd be twirling her pen; the next, she'd be doodling in her workbook, then erasing it.
She kept herself quite busy.
At first, Su Xun had been angry about