Master Xiao had more than one monster by his side.
Because she was timid, she had only seen one of them.
It was a monster with a fearsome appearance.
Its enormous size gave off such a powerful sense of oppression that she could hardly breathe.
She still remembered its pair of scarlet eyes.
She could faintly smell rust in the air.
Such a terrifying monster... and it was actually under Master Xiao's command...
That fact seemed even more frightening than the monster itself.
Master Xiao was mysterious. And powerful.
Just like... an expert from those stories...
An expert...
That's right!
Qiu Shui Yi Ren suddenly understood.
Wasn't Master Xiao just like the experts in novels and TV dramas?
She had actually met a genuine expert in real life...
Life really was full of strange encounters.
Qiu Shui Yi Ren felt as though it wasn't real.
She gave her head a little shake.
"Thank you."
"I don't know how I should thank you."
"Haven't you already let me and Little Deer be the first audience for your new dance?"
Xiao Xiao smiled.
Qiu Shui Yi Ren paused.
Looking at Xiao Xiao's smiling eyes, her own long, narrow eyes slowly curved into a smile.
"Mm."
"I'll do my very best to make this gift good enough."
"Good enough to be a proper thank-you to you both."
The three of them got out of the car at the hospital entrance.
Xiao Xiao walked the two girls to the foot of the inpatient building.
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye, Master Xiao."
Xiao Xiao turned around. The dazzling sunlight made him squint slightly.
The clear sky was an endless blue.
There was not the slightest trace of the gloom from the earlier downpour.
Cicadas chirped incessantly in his ears.
The faint smell of disinfectant drifted through