A faint mist clouded the girl's eyes.
She blinked hard.
"...Mm."
She really had been so scared back then.
Being attacked was different from almost getting hit by a car or nearly drowning.
The other person's twisted, maniacal face had left a deep shadow in her mind.
She still remembered seeing her own pale, terrified face reflected in his crazed eyes.
For two whole months afterward, either her father or mother took her to school every day.
It was precisely because she had been so afraid that she was so grateful to Ji Meng for saving her.
After that, she had wanted to thank Ji Meng countless times.
But Ji Meng's impatience, disgust, and anger toward her always made her lose her nerve.
In the end, she had still retreated into her shell like a snail.
She hadn't said a thing.
"Finished?"
Ji Meng glanced at Xiao Xiao. "Then I'm leaving?"
Xiao Xiao looked at the girl.
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
The girl pressed her lips together.
Something she wanted to say...
She clenched her fingers.
Then she shook her head.
"No."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, Ji Meng pushed open the teahouse door and walked out.
"Thud~"
The sound wasn't loud or soft.
Ji Meng's figure disappeared behind the door as it shut.
The teahouse was quiet.
The girl looked up, staring blankly at the closed door.
She felt something she couldn't quite put into words.
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
The familiar question.
The girl tilted her head.
Anything she wanted to say...
"Sit down first."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
The girl glanced behind her.
Then she sat down.
"Anything I want to say..."
The girl turned the corners of her mouth