So there really were quiet places like this on campus.
Not many people had found them, though.
Li Yan looked around with some curiosity.
"Master Xiao, how did you know about this place?"
Li Yan asked softly.
It was almost more of a mutter.
Following Master Xiao's example, he looked at the big tree in front of them.
Confusion lingered in his eyes.
Xiao Xiao had heard him.
"I don't know."
"...Huh?"
He had no time to be surprised that Master Xiao had heard his quiet muttering.
He was more surprised by what Master Xiao had just said.
He didn't know...
Then how had they gotten here?
Had Master Xiao just wandered here by chance?
"A Jiu brought us here."
Xiao Xiao stroked the little white fox in his arms.
"A Jiu spotted him in the tree earlier."
Oh... Oh.
Though he still seemed to have plenty of questions, Li Yan felt he understood the situation better than before.
A Jiu...
"Did he follow the other one's scent here?"
Maybe...
Li Yan's expression stiffened.
Was it just his imagination?
Had A Jiu just glanced at him?
Cold sweat broke out across his back.
Xiao Xiao gently pressed down on the little white fox's head.
He looked at Li Yan, whose face showed a hint of alarm.
"A Jiu doesn't like what you were about to say."
What he was about to say?
What had he been about to say?
Li Yan stared blankly at Master Xiao.
"What you haven't said yet."
Xiao Xiao flicked a finger.
A little breeze curled upward.
What he hadn't said yet?
A ding sounded in Li Yan's mind.
Oh!
"Like a—"
He swallowed the word "dog" before it could come out.
"Gulp~"
Li Yan patted his