It was a small glass bottle, about as thick as an adult's little finger and about as long.
Half of it was filled with sand.
Besides the sand, there seemed to be some glittering powder mixed in.
Against the transparent glass, it looked quite beautiful.
"I can't believe I forgot about this all this time..."
The man smiled bitterly.
He'd thought he'd gotten rid of everything related to her.
"Maybe I'd just gotten too used to it..."
"This... was something she gave me before we started dating."
He still remembered the scene: the girl, blushing but with bright eyes, handing it to him.
"It wasn't until after we started dating that I found out she had an identical little bottle..."
The man sighed.
"I've carried it around for so long..."
He tugged at the corner of his mouth. "I even forgot she was the one who gave it to me..."
It was supposed to be something that held beautiful memories, but now, in his eyes, it only reminded him of the girl's relentless harassment lately.
He pulled out the wooden stopper and was about to pour out the sand—
"Wait."
"Hm?"
The man looked at Xiao Xiao in confusion. "Student Xiao?"
"This..."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "Could I take a look?"
"Huh?"
Though he was a little puzzled, he soon figured that perhaps Student Xiao just thought the little glass bottle was pretty and wanted to see it...
He put the wooden stopper back into the little glass bottle, then handed it to Student Xiao.
Xiao Xiao gently shook the glass bottle.
The fine sand shifted, revealing what lay beneath it... a monster.
"Qingfu."
"Huh?"
The man seemed to hear Student Xiao say something,
but he couldn't make it out.
He couldn't help asking, "Student