"Mm."
The girl's expression paused.
Only now did she think of that.
"Master Xiao, can we have some fun first?"
"No need..."
Should he take Qu Ru to the haunted house first?
"It's fine."
Xiao Xiao curved his lips. "I already asked what it thought."
"It—"
"Ah!"
The girl's scream rang out.
But amid the noisy amusement park, it didn't draw much attention.
Only the nearby visitors turned to look.
"What are you doing?!"
The girl looked annoyed as she hit the boy on the shoulder with the plush toy in her hand. "You scared me to death! Do you know that?!"
The boy gave her an ingratiating smile.
"I just wanted to show you this mask."
"Who knew you'd react so strongly..."
The girl quickly "crushed" his defense, which "crumbled into ruins," and turned it into a string of apologies.
The onlookers all wore amused, good-natured smiles.
Xiao Xiao looked up at a certain demon floating in midair, laughing so hard it could barely stand.
Only belatedly noticing the gaze fixed on it, Qu Ru instinctively followed it before it had time to react.
In the next second, Xiao Xiao's face came into view, and the smile on its face froze.
Uh...
"~Rr~"
Qu Ru couldn't laugh anymore.
It—it hadn't done it on purpose.
It had just seen that boy scare the girl with a mask and hadn't been able to hold back...
Qu Ru put on an angelically obedient expression.
Xiao Xiao smiled helplessly.
"Is that it?"
Su Youjin asked softly.
Xiao Xiao nodded.
Xiao Xiao gave the demon one last glance.
Then he looked away.
Qu Ru blinked.
Half its worries eased.
After all, the other party's lack of any reaction had left it feeling a little uneasy.
It