"This..."
The light in the doll's eyes dimmed.
"Ah!"
The doll cried out.
"How annoying!"
"So annoying, so annoying..."
The doll paced back and forth around the room.
What should she do?
What should she do? What should she do? What should she do...
The doll couldn't help biting her nails.
Was there any way to keep the shopkeeper and Master Xiao out of prison?
Think... Think...
Ah~~!
She had no idea!
The doll covered her head with her hands.
Her head hurt so much.
But she couldn't think of anything.
A candy appeared in the doll's line of sight.
The doll froze.
She looked up.
It was the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper's eyes curved into a gentle smile.
"Have a piece of candy."
This candy...
"Master Xiao gave it to you."
The doll murmured.
"Mm."
The shopkeeper smiled.
"Here."
The girl instinctively held out her hand.
The shopkeeper placed the candy in her palm.
"Go ahead."
"...I'm sorry."
The girl clenched her fist.
The candy wrapper crinkled.
The shopkeeper was clearly the most anxious and helpless one of them all.
Not only could she not do anything to help,
but the shopkeeper had to comfort her.
She... was really useless.
The shopkeeper froze.
"Why are you suddenly apologizing?"
"You haven't done anything that requires an apology."
"I'm sorry."
The doll lowered her head.
Her voice was thick with sobs.
The shopkeeper smiled ruefully.
Even though his looks had always made him popular with girls,
they were always smiling when they were around him.
He rarely saw a girl cry.
And he wasn't good at handling a situation like this.
He couldn't help looking at Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao's eye twitched slightly.
Did he look like someone who was good