Xiao Xiao smiled.
Zhuge Yun turned to look at the blackboard.
That remark was just a joke.
Naturally, it didn't need an answer.
"Beep! Beep!"
The shrill honking continued.
Then came the sound of sudden braking and tires scraping violently against the road.
"What the hell?!"
The driver leaned out the window and cursed. "The light's green!"
"Keep an eye on your child!"
"Sorry."
The man held his child by the shoulders and gave the driver an apologetic look.
"Be more careful next time."
After leaving him with those words, the driver pressed the accelerator again and drove off.
The traffic, which had been briefly disrupted, soon returned to normal.
"Jia—"
"Jia'er!"
The man's concerned words were cut off by a woman's sharp voice.
The sound of high heels striking the ground drew closer.
The man was shoved aside with force.
"Urgh~"
He had been crouching, and the unexpected shove sent him stumbling backward. Instinctively, he braced himself against the ground with one hand.
The force scraped the skin off his palm.
A faint stinging pain spread from his palm.
"Jia'er, are you all right?"
The woman crouched down, placing one hand on her daughter's shoulder while holding an umbrella with the other. She looked her daughter over from every angle.
Her face was full of worry.
"I'm fine."
The little girl shook her head.
Everything had happened so quickly that she hadn't even had time to get scared before she was safe again.
"Uncle saved me."
The little girl beamed at the man. "Thank you, Uncle."
The man gave an awkward, embarrassed little smile.
But the girl's mother seemed not to have heard her.
She focused on straightening her daughter's rain-damp bangs and slightly wet clothes.
"Hmm, what's this?"
The woman leaned