Later, when it saw there were too many pearls, Qiuqiu fish simply flicked its tail.
The pearls landed neatly on the sand beside Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao glanced at Luòluò fish, momentarily distracted.
He found its refusal to leave behind even a single pearl rather amusing.
But soon, his attention returned to the Lingyu in front of him—Little Beauty.
He hadn't expected Little Beauty to actually cry.
He hadn't realized Zhao Lei's absence would affect it so much.
Or had something else happened to this little monster?
He could ask about that later.
Right now, the most important thing was to comfort the monster whose tears wouldn't stop falling.
"Little Beauty."
Xiao Xiao called gently.
Little Beauty really did stop crying.
Zhao Lei had given it that name.
And Zhao Lei was the only one who had ever called it that.
Now, although it was this unfamiliar human calling it by that name,
for a moment, it seemed to hear Zhao Lei calling it—
Little Beauty.
"Little Beauty."
Xiao Xiao called again.
He knew Little Beauty responded to that name.
At the very least, the name had stopped its tears.
"Zhao Lei couldn't come this time because something unexpected came up."
"It doesn't mean he won't come again."
Xiao Xiao repeated the most important point to the monster.
"Don't worry."
"Your promise still stands."
"Zhao Lei will come see you again."
"Eee~"
Little Beauty's eyes brightened slightly.
Zhao Lei would come again?
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Of course."
"Zhao Lei likes you a lot, Little Beauty."
"You're very close friends, aren't you?"
"Eee~"
Little Beauty's eyes curved into crescents.
It looked utterly innocent and childlike.
Friends.
It remembered Zhao Lei telling it that.
They were good friends.
Zhao Lei had even explained what friends meant.
Friends were two people