"Oh~"
Ye Zi finally reacted.
She smiled until her eyes narrowed. "There's nothing I can do, Master Xiao. Your image as a master is too deeply ingrained in people's minds."
"I just feel like you should be drinking tea in a teahouse and contemplating life."
"Pfft~"
Little Deer burst out laughing again.
Ye Zi reacted quickly this time. "Did I just say the same thing as you?"
"Yep!"
Little Deer nodded vigorously.
She reached out and put an arm around Ye Zi's shoulders, her eyes curving into crescents. "We really are good friends."
"How can we be this in sync?"
Ye Zi laughed as well.
"There's nothing I can do. We're just that in sync."
The two girls looked at each other and laughed.
"That little girl—"
Noticing the little girl hiding behind her friend, Ye Zi was just about to ask about her when her gaze stopped on the Big Bear Doll in the little girl's arms.
"This doll..."
Her eyes widened.
"It's cute, isn't it?"
Little Deer spoke softly.
She was worried that if the little girl heard her, she would be even more reluctant to part with the Big Bear Doll.
Then she would be "sinful."
However, after waiting for a while without receiving any agreement from her friend, she looked up strangely.
"...Ye Zi?"
She noticed that her friend's expression was somewhat off.
"What is it?"
Little Deer asked worriedly.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
Why did she look so strange?
"No."
Ye Zi, as if suddenly coming back to herself, hurriedly shook her head.
"This Big Bear Doll..."
Little Deer looked at the Big Bear Doll in the arms of the little girl hiding behind her and "confronting" her mother.
"What about this Big Bear Doll?"
Wasn't it just an ordinary doll?