Although he told himself that, Zhao Lei still couldn't stop worrying.
And as time passed without Little Beauty showing up, his worry only grew stronger.
"Little Beauty..."
He murmured.
Could something really have happened to Little Beauty?
"Little Beauty!"
He shouted.
"Little Beauty... Little Beauty... Little Beauty!"
"Awoo~"
Tiger Cub came over to Zhao Lei.
Zhao Lei turned around.
He wanted to smile, but his expression was bitter. "Tiger Cub, Little Beauty is missing."
"Aw~"
Tiger Cub pursed its lips.
It was laughing at Zhao Lei for worrying over nothing.
What could possibly happen to her?
She was probably tired of playing with Zhao Lei these past few days and had gone off to find something new and interesting.
Seeing Zhao Lei still looking so worried,
Tiger Cub patted his shoulder with its tail.
All right.
Maybe she'd just seen something on her way over and gotten distracted.
It hadn't been that long.
She wasn't here yet,
but she'd show up eventually.
There was no need to start worrying so soon.
He could worry later if that silly fish still hadn't turned up by nightfall.
Tiger Cub honestly thought Zhao Lei worried too much about things that weren't worth worrying about.
Wasn't it exhausting?
Zhao Lei smiled wryly.
All right.
Tiger Cub had a point.
Maybe he was overreacting a little.
He'd almost forgotten that Little Beauty was a monster, not really the frail little girl she appeared to be.
He shook his head.
He decided to wait a little longer.
Besides, there wasn't anything else he could do besides wait...
Ever since the day he'd arrived on the deserted island, he'd been waiting.
Waiting to be rescued.
Now he had to wait for Little Beauty too.
Zhao Lei pressed his fingers to his temples.
He