"Grandpa Li said he heard a bear roaring from far away when he was young."
Wang Tong counted off one reason after another on her fingers. "Grandpa Li also said his grandfather had seen a bear with his own eyes."
"That proves there are bears in Kirin Mountain."
"But that was a long time ago..."
Zou Xinning suspected that the bear Grandpa Li's grandfather had seen was the last one in Kirin Mountain. "It's probably been gone for ages."
"How long do you think bears live?"
"Oh, don't bears have offspring?"
Wang Tong cried, "Bears have cubs!"
"I'm sure there are still bears in Kirin Mountain."
Wang Tong sounded utterly certain. "They just live deep in the forest, where we haven't found them."
"Oh."
Zou Xinning didn't argue with Wang Tong.
After all, she also hoped there were bears in Kirin Mountain.
"Isn't that a good thing?"
Seeing that the conversation between the two had come to a lull, Yu Xiao smiled. "Who says you have to see everything in one go?"
"We didn't see any bears this time, but maybe we'll see one next time."
"Isn't it better to think of it that way?"
"Yeah."
The girls all smiled.
"Next time, let's come look for bears together."
Xiao Xiao glanced at Meng Jixi.
The back seat was lively, which made the front feel a little quiet.
"You seem disappointed?"
Meng Jixi glanced at Master Xiao from the corner of his eye and didn't deny it. "A little."
"After all, I've never seen a wild bear before."
"So I'm kind of curious."
"Fair enough."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "Maybe next time."
"Perhaps we'll see a bear when we come again."
He looked out the window, as if sensing something.
There he saw the Wangliang ghost darting between the trees