"Didn't you notice?"
The boy's inexplicable words made the girl grow even more wary.
"Notice what?"
"You—"
"Look."
Xiao Xiao lowered his gaze.
The mall had an open atrium in the middle.
From any floor, you could see the first floor in its entirety.
Though she was suspicious, the girl still did as the boy said without thinking.
"Look at what?"
she muttered.
"Chu Hao."
Xiao Xiao kept it brief.
The girl didn't react at first.
Ahao?
"He's over there."
Xiao Xiao gestured toward the mall entrance.
"...Ah!"
After squinting and searching for a while, the girl finally spotted the familiar figure about to walk out through the entrance.
Chu Hao disappeared behind the mall's glass doors.
The girl stood there, dazed.
Her eyes had lost focus.
She'd noticed something very strange... and very serious.
She...
didn't feel anything about Ahao leaving?
If the person in front of her hadn't pointed it out, she wouldn't even have noticed Ahao in the first-floor lobby.
How could that be?
She'd always been the first to notice Ahao...
The girl unconsciously clasped her hands together.
Her sleeves slipped down, revealing the colorful bangle and bracelet on her wrist.
Xiao Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly.
"This."
"Huh?"
The girl let out a startled yelp.
The passing shoppers glanced over curiously.
"Sorry."
The girl hurriedly lowered her head.
"What did you say just now?"
She quickly looked up again.
She'd been distracted, so the voice suddenly sounding beside her had startled her.
"Your bracelet."
Xiao Xiao's gaze swept over her wrist.
"Huh?"
The girl instinctively covered her wrist. "My bracelet?"
Xiao Xiao smiled and clarified, "The little bottle is on your bracelet."
The girl abruptly lowered her gaze to her raised wrist.
Several bracelets circled her