"I was just a little curious."
Meng Jixi was telling the truth. "Why did you catch Little Deer?"
"To keep it as a pet?"
"Or..."
"What's it to you?"
The Dyed-hair man had no intention of answering.
"It's because we thought Little Deer was cute..."
The short-haired girl spoke softly.
Now that they'd been caught with Little Deer, they were clearly in the wrong.
She just wanted to settle the matter as quickly as possible.
Besides, that really was how it had started.
"Can you keep a deer at home?"
Meng Jixi gave them a half-smile.
"We were planning to keep it secretly for a few days."
The curly-haired girl continued, "Then we'd find an excuse to take it to the zoo."
"Is that so?"
Meng Jixi didn't know whether the girl was telling the truth. "You certainly thought it through."
But Little Deer was safe and sound, so he was willing to believe them.
"Don't do this again."
"And you were way too rough with Little Deer."
"I even wonder if it might have suffocated by the time you got back to the village and let it out."
"Oh, right."
"And that overpowering perfume smell..."
"Were you trying to cover up Little Deer's scent?"
Meng Jixi remembered the excessively strong perfume.
"You weren't afraid of choking Little Deer to death?"
"Are you done?"
The Dyed-hair man rudely interrupted Meng Jixi.
"You're not a cop. Why do you care so much..."
"Let's go."
He impatiently urged his companions. "Why are you wasting so much time talking to him?"
"Wait."
The Dyed-hair man glared at Meng Jixi.
Meng Jixi shrugged innocently.
"I wasn't the one who said it."
Huh?
The Dyed-hair man froze.
Then he noticed Xiao Xiao approaching.
"What?"
He instinctively took a step back.
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