The girl lightly pressed her lips together.
Hiss~
It hurt so much.
"Could you let me take a look at your little bottle?"
Xiao Xiao repeated his previous request.
Girl:...
"You-"
"You'll have your answer very soon."
Something too "unbelievable" was easier to accept after experiencing it personally.
Xiao Xiao held out his hand.
His eyes curved slightly.
"I'll give it back soon."
As if bewitched, the girl slowly removed the red cord from her wrist.
Then she placed it in the boy's open palm.
The moment her fingers left the red cord, the girl seemed to suddenly come to her senses and reached to take it back.
But she found that the boy had already withdrawn his hand.
The girl's hand froze in midair.
Xiao Xiao lowered his head, seemingly unaware of the girl's regret.
He reached out and pulled the wooden stopper from the small bottle.
"Huh?"
The girl couldn't help letting out a soft cry.
Hadn't he said he only wanted to look?
Why was he...
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly at the girl.
The girl froze.
Huh?
In the brief span of just a few seconds-
"I'll give it back."
Looking at the bracelet that had appeared before her eyes, the girl blinked in confusion.
That was it...?
So this boy had really only wanted to look at her bracelet?
The girl still felt that something was off.
But she carefully examined the bracelet and the little bottle on it several times, and found nothing unusual.
"You..."
She looked up at the boy in front of her. "Why did you open the bottle just now?"
"I was a little curious about the sand inside."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "It sparkles. It's very pretty."
The girl looked at the bottle in