"...Bao Bao, come thank the big brother."
The woman turned the child around.
She faced him toward Xiao Xiao.
"Thanks to the big brother just now."
"Otherwise, Bao Bao would have gotten hurt."
Even now, the woman still felt a lingering fear.
She reached out and held the child by the shoulders.
"Bao Bao."
"You mustn't do that again."
"It's too dangerous."
"He was bullying Mommy!"
The child puffed out his cheeks.
"He's a bad guy."
"Daddy said I have to protect Mommy."
"I'm a boy."
"I'm Mommy's Little Knight."
The woman was slightly taken aback.
Her eyes grew a little hot.
To hide how shaken she was, she hurriedly smiled.
A glimmer of tears shone in her eyes.
"Silly boy."
The child's defense of her touched her deeply.
He was still just a little child who barely understood the world.
Yet he was always saying things that moved her, an adult, and doing things that touched her heart.
That was why a child's pure, innocent heart was so precious.
Clean and untainted.
Children were gifts from Heaven to the world.
Then, as if she had thought of something, a trace of gloom gradually crept into the woman's expression.
Soon, her whole face darkened.
Dark clouds gathered.
There was a hint of the oppressive calm before a storm.
How... could anyone bring themselves to hurt a child?
Remembering the sight that had just made her see red, she unconsciously tightened her grip.
"Mommy?"
Feeling the sudden increase in pressure on his shoulders, the child looked up in confusion.
"It hurts..."
"Huh?"
The woman quickly realized what a foolish thing she had done.
As if she'd been pricked by a needle, she let go.
"I'm sorry."
"Mommy didn't mean to."
The woman was flustered and anxious.
"Did