"I want to buy this doll."
Xiao Xiao pointed at the Big Bear Doll in the saleswoman's arms and stated his request directly, without beating around the bush.
"...Huh?"
The saleswoman blinked in utter bewilderment.
Everything had changed so quickly that she couldn't quite process it.
Just a moment ago, she'd been fretting over the Big Bear Doll that wouldn't sell. Now someone was telling her he wanted it?!
"Really?!"
A radiant smile spread across the saleswoman's face.
At the same time, she silently chided herself.
Why had she even asked if he was serious?
What if he changed his mind after thinking it over?
"Right this way, sir..."
The saleswoman eagerly led him along. "Please follow me."
"The store is just up ahead."
"It'll only take a few minutes to get there."
At last, the familiar storefront came into view, and the customer who wanted to buy the Big Bear Doll had followed close behind her the whole way.
The saleswoman breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"Sir, please come this way."
The saleswoman headed for the register.
Before she even arrived, she called out to the cashier behind it. "Quick, get me a bag big enough for this Big Bear Doll!"
The saleswoman handed Xiao Xiao the bag containing the Big Bear Doll. "Here you are, sir. Please take care of it."
Xiao Xiao paid without hesitation.
He left the store amid the saleswoman's enthusiastic, "We hope to see you again!"
"Mom, that bear is so cute~"
The little girl walking past while holding her mother's hand kept her eyes fixed on the Big Bear Doll.
"It is,"
her mother replied with a gentle smile. "But don't you already have a rabbit that big?"
"Don't you like rabbits anymore?"
"No, I like rabbits."
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