"I'm fine."
Grandpa Xiao quickly shook his head.
If his wife found out about the childish thought he'd just had, she'd laugh him to death.
"Mom, is that another order?"
Father Xiao knew exactly what his father was thinking.
Though he found it amusing, he spoke up to help the old man change the subject.
In return, he received an approving look from the old man.
"Oh, right."
Xiao Grandmother quickly forgot what she'd been wondering about. "Add one order of mung bean cakes and one order of lotus pastries."
"All right."
Father Xiao nodded.
Seeing that, Xiao Grandmother smiled at them and turned to leave the kitchen.
Father Xiao and Grandpa Xiao got back to work.
Xiao Xiao kept his hands moving as he looked at Little White Fox on the cabinet. "A monster?"
"Hiss~"
The white snake poked Xiao Xiao's wrist with the tip of its tail.
Ask me! Ask me...
Lord Xiao Xiao was so mean.
It was right here.
The puffed-up white snake made Xiao Xiao smile apologetically.
"Then can A Bai tell me?"
"Hiss~"
The white snake's anger came and went quickly. It lifted its head, looking all prim and proper.
Of course.
"Heh~"
Little White Fox scoffed and flicked its tail, speaking before the white snake could.
"It's a monster that was following a human around."
"Hiss~"
The white snake was furious.
Lord Xiao Xiao had asked it, so why was that stinky fox butting in?
Xiao Xiao soothed the white snake by stroking its head with a finger.
"A Bai."
Maybe Xiao Xiao was imagining it, but the white snake seemed to swell a little.
Was it because it was angry?
"A monster following a human around?"
"Hiss~"
The white snake nodded.
"A pretty big one."
"Of course,