Seeing the boy's embarrassed expression, Xiao Xiao smiled and gave him the answer. "I had Yue and Ying Shao follow Little Fire."
Yue and Ying Shao?
The boy looked closely.
Sure enough, the two demons who had been beside Xiao Xiao were gone.
The boy realized.
Then he chided himself for having watched for so long without knowing what he was even looking at.
He hadn't even noticed that Yue and Ying Shao had disappeared.
It was so obvious.
The boy shook his head.
He really was careless.
Still, now he felt reassured.
With Yue and Ying Shao following Little Fire, Little Fire probably wouldn't get lost or disappear.
A smile spread across the boy's face.
"Thank you."
Xiao Xiao seemed to sense something and looked toward the entrance to the passage.
He heard footsteps.
A few seconds later—
"Welcome, you two. What are you looking for?"
The Middle-aged Man came toward the two young men with a broad smile.
The boy was a little startled.
Seeing this, the Middle-aged Man looked somewhat apologetic. "Sorry. I just have a loud voice."
"No..."
The boy shook his head.
He had just been talking about Little Fire, so it was only natural that the voice of a stranger had startled him.
But now it was a little hard to explain.
"Boss, you really have a lot of faith in people."
Xiao Xiao smiled and changed the subject. "There are so many jade pieces in your shop, but you're in the room behind it."
"Haha!"
The boss laughed heartily. "I've got several cameras installed in the shop."
"Anyone who tries to steal from me will be out of luck."
Xiao Xiao had noticed the cameras in the corners as soon as he entered the shop.
Just now, he had only