"...I don't like it."
Feng Ji's voice was cold and hard.
"The girl Wang Zhe likes is the one who likes piano."
Wang Zhe?
That wasn't a completely unfamiliar name.
Xiao Xiao remembered what his young friend had said earlier.
They were... accompanying Wang Zhe to buy something today, weren't they?
The boy's next words confirmed his guess.
"That girl's birthday is coming up, so we came out with Wang Zhe today to help him pick a birthday present for her."
"This is the birthday present Wang Zhe picked out?"
A trace of confusion showed in Xiao Xiao's eyes. "Then why were you the one paying?"
He hadn't seen it wrong.
Feng Ji had been standing at the register.
His classmates had all been standing a little farther behind him.
Thinking back on it now, the divide between them had been rather clear.
"Heh."
Feng Ji let out a cold laugh.
He didn't immediately say anything.
He picked up the music box.
It was a wind-up music box.
He wound it a few times.
"No sound?"
After waiting a while without hearing the expected music, Xiao Xiao looked thoughtful.
"Of course there's no sound!"
The boy's restrained voice held a trace of agitation.
"If it worked, would I have bought it?!"
"They broke the music box, then made you pay for it?"
Xiao Xiao's blunt remark hit the mark, and the boy froze.
At last, he looked up at Xiao Xiao.
"You... believe me?"
"I'm listening to you."
Xiao Xiao looked at the boy seriously.
There was no doubt on his face, nor any indignant show of taking the boy's side.
The boy opened his mouth, then slowly lowered his gaze to the music box.
"...I wasn't the one who broke it."
"They were all gathered around