"Little One... have you found him?"
This was something he had wondered about countless times.
Over the past few days, he had kept taking out his phone to check it.
He would stare blankly at the screen.
Over and over, he imagined the phone ringing.
Then Master Xiao's voice would come through...
The very words he had just heard.
Exactly the same.
Little One had been found.
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao's firm tone finally brought the boy back to reality.
"We found Little One."
The moment those words reached his ears, the corners of the boy's eyes reddened for some reason.
The hand holding his phone trembled slightly.
He took a deep breath.
"Master Xiao, you found Little One..."
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao patiently repeated, "We found Little One."
"...That's wonderful..."
The boy murmured.
"That's wonderful!"
The boy shouted.
The students and pedestrians nearby all turned to look.
Some students who knew him wore odd expressions.
As they remembered him, he was a quiet, somewhat aloof person.
But he got excellent grades.
And as class monitor, he was very capable.
They had never seen him show his emotions so openly.
In fact, they had never imagined that he would ever shout like this.
A smile appeared in Xiao Xiao's eyes.
Had the boy finally come around?
"Master Xiao, you found Little One?!"
"Where is Little One?"
"Is it all right?"
"Was it hurt?"
"Is it..."
The dazed silence from before seemed like an illusion.
The boy was worked up, speaking at top speed.
In his excitement, he unconsciously began spinning in place.
His expression was radiant.
He was so happy.
Little One had been found!
It really had been found!
"You can ask it those questions yourself."
Xiao Xiao's words only made the boy more excited.
"Where?"
"Master Xiao,