The girl froze.
She looked toward the sound and saw that Master Xiao and Little Brother had already walked some distance ahead.
Without the fireflies, the lakeside had lost its dreamlike quality, becoming more desolate and... eerie.
A faint chill crept into the air.
Goose bumps rose on the girl's bare arms.
She rubbed her arms and called out urgently, "Hey, wait for me!"
The girl hurried after them.
"We thought you were going to spend the night by the lake."
Su Xun teased her.
"Spend the night?"
Wang Tong rolled her eyes. "The fireflies are gone."
"Why would I stay there?"
"To feed the mosquitoes?"
"Wow~"
The next second, the girl cupped her cheeks in both hands. "Fireflies are so beautiful!"
"They sparkle like little fairies."
"Little fairies... Master Xiao!"
The girl suddenly shouted.
Xiao Xiao, whose name she had called, didn't react, but Su Xun jumped in fright.
"Tongtong."
Su Xun pressed a hand to his forehead. "Keep your voice down."
"The little animals are all asleep."
"Don't scare them."
"Oh, right."
The girl covered her mouth and smiled sheepishly.
"So, what's up with you now?"
Seeing her expression, Su Xun shook his head with amusement.
"What's up with me?"
The girl looked momentarily confused.
Su Xun's eye twitched. Before he could say anything, realization dawned on the girl's face. "Right, right."
"I remember now!"
"Master Xiao."
The girl remembered to lower her voice. "Have you ever seen a fairy?"
"A fairy?"
Su Xun murmured. "How could—"
He instinctively started to deny it, but when his gaze landed on Master Xiao, his voice abruptly stopped.
Something like that was impossible...
But maybe not for Master Xiao?
"A fairy?"
Xiao Xiao looked at the girl in surprise.
She was the first person to ask him that.