It was just that she'd wasted Brother Xi and Master Xiao's time.
The girl felt terrible about it.
Brother Xi was already swamped with the case.
And now she'd caused trouble, too.
So had Master Xiao.
She'd already been bothering Master Xiao so often, and now this little thing had taken up so much of his time...
The more she thought about it, the worse she felt.
She should have insisted from the beginning that they not look for it. Or she could have come back to search by herself later.
Instead, she'd wasted so much of their time for nothing...
Meng Jixi looked at the girl. "We haven't reached the end yet."
"Isn't it a little early to give up now?"
"Besides, if we really can't find it, I'll buy you an identical one."
"It's just a rabbit head and a carrot, isn't it?"
"Brother Xi, couldn't you call it a rabbit and a carrot?"
The girl protested. "Besides, Manman gave it to me as a present..."
"Wang Man?"
Meng Jixi thought for a moment and realized who the girl meant by Manman.
"So that girl gave it to you. No wonder you care so much."
Meng Jixi suddenly understood.
Otherwise, from what he knew of her, the girl wasn't usually so stubborn.
If she'd bought the charm herself, she probably wouldn't have even mentioned it when she realized it was missing.
After all, their situation today was a little unusual: they were investigating a case.
The girl had always been considerate of others.
The two siblings were alike in that regard.
Thoughtful, but never self-important.
Otherwise, given how completely different their temperaments were from his, he wouldn't have gotten along so well with them since they were little.
And even now.
He still thought of them as