The girls all stared at Xiao Xiao, stunned.
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved into a smile. "The shopkeeper is perfectly safe in the flower shop."
After all, Yingzhao was protecting him.
A human protected by a monster wasn't someone an ordinary person could hurt.
He wondered...
Would he ever get the chance to learn the story between the shopkeeper and Yingzhao?
Especially... since the shopkeeper couldn't see monsters now.
Had the shopkeeper and Yingzhao crossed paths in the past?
Or was there some other reason?
He was a little curious.
"Hm?"
All three girls looked bewildered.
"Oh~"
Wawa suddenly understood, then smiled. "Master Xiao, thanks for comforting us."
The flower shop was perfectly safe?
If Master Xiao hadn't been there today, the shopkeeper would have been killed right there in the flower shop.
As if he'd seen what Wawa was thinking, Xiao Xiao smiled. "The shopkeeper would have been fine today even if I hadn't been there."
"Huh?"
Wawa blinked.
What did he mean?
If Master Xiao hadn't been there... how would the shopkeeper have been fine?
Wouldn't he have ended up stabbed full of holes?
Chi Xiuke tilted her head.
Since Master Xiao had said it... certain ideas naturally came to mind.
Could it be...
"Ah, it's snowing again."
Xiao Xiao looked up.
His eyes were smiling.
The snow had stopped earlier, when they went to the police station.
He hadn't expected it to start again so soon.
"Hey, it really is snowing..."
Liuli felt a cool drop land on her face.
When she touched it, there was only a faint chill and a damp spot.
"How lovely."
Liuli smiled.
There were probably very few girls who didn't like snow.
No.
It was probably more accurate to say there were very few people who didn't