"Be careful out there on your own."
A rustling sound, like clothes rubbing together, arose.
Ji Meng froze.
"Ah!"
A brief cry rang out.
The anxious look on the girl's face as she abruptly lifted it turned to blank astonishment the next second.
Xiao Xiao met the girl's eyes, the corners of his own eyes curving slightly.
He hadn't left.
"Hello."
The girl instinctively tried to lower her head.
But she froze in place.
At a loss.
"Could I see your hand?"
Xiao Xiao made his request.
His warm, smiling expression eased some of the alarm in the girl's eyes.
Slowly, the girl held out her right hand.
Her five fingers were curled up as if cramped.
"Good girl."
Xiao Xiao chuckled and praised her.
The girl lowered her eyes.
A faint blush appeared on her pale face.
Xiao Xiao didn't find anything on the girl's right wrist.
"Could you show me your left hand?"
The girl obediently did as he asked.
A silver bracelet encircled the girl's left wrist.
"It's right under that bracelet!"
Unable to contain its impatience, Ji Meng strode forward and shouted.
The monster's ferocious face entered the girl's field of vision.
Up close, its blood-red eyes looked as if they might spill blood at any moment.
"Ahhh!"
The girl's scream pierced the wind and rain, echoing clearly through the area.
Quite a few startled passersby looked over.
Some concerned people even came over to the girl.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
With passersby looking at him suspiciously and warily, Xiao Xiao smiled rather helplessly.
Had he just taken the blame for Ji Meng?
Surrounded by so many people all at once, the girl was so frightened that all the color drained from her face. Even