"Zhao Yihuan."
Hearing his name come from the policeman's mouth, Zhao Yihuan instinctively straightened his back.
A "yes" nearly slipped out.
Zhao Yihuan pressed his lips together.
"I wanted to help you."
Meng Jixi clasped his hands over his knees.
"But you haven't told me anything."
"I'm willing to help, but I can't find someone when I don't even know what he looks like."
"Of course."
"You can look for him on your own if you want."
It was only a matter of finding someone, not some dangerous adventure.
Yet this boy had somehow turned it into something life-threatening.
Because of that, Meng Jixi needed to lay down a few ground rules with him.
"You—"
"Big Brother has a white little fox!"
Zhao Yihuan's eyes lit up, and he blurted it out.
Meng Jixi didn't mind being interrupted.
Besides, a white little fox...
Of the people he knew, there was one who always had a white little fox with him.
Meng Jixi's mouth twitched.
Could it really be that much of a coincidence?
The boy mistook Meng Jixi's silence and hurried to explain. "Really, Big Brother was holding a white little fox in his arms."
That night, there had been no lights. In the room, with only moonlight spilling in, Little White Fox had seemed to glow all over.
It was beautiful, like a creature from another world.
If Little One were like that little white fox... if he looked so harmless...
Maybe... he wouldn't have to go to such lengths to hide him from his family.
His family couldn't see Little One.
But sometimes, when he was too focused on talking to Little One, he would lose track of what was going on around him.
During that time, his parents had looked at him with concern and