Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly.
"Does the Heavenly Maiden like pearls and boba?"
The Heavenly Maiden looked very serious as it ate.
Its eyes were sparkling, too.
It seemed to be treating every pearl or piece of boba it sucked up with great care.
Pearls?
Boba?
The Heavenly Maiden blinked.
Its head tilted slightly.
A hint of confusion appeared on its face.
"I mean the things you're eating right now."
Xiao Xiao chatted casually with the Heavenly Maiden, his hands never stopping.
He closed each of the open boxes.
Then he put them into the bag one by one.
Oh~
The Heavenly Maiden nodded in sudden understanding.
So those were the things it was eating.
They were called pearls... and boba?
What strange names.
The Heavenly Maiden suddenly smiled.
Those two names tickled its sense of humor.
"Mm."
A big smile spread across the Heavenly Maiden's face.
"I like them."
"I like them best."
Is that so?
Xiao Xiao smiled and nodded.
"Okay."
"Then I'll add those two toppings for you next time."
"Mm-hmm."
The Heavenly Maiden puffed out its cheeks—
"Glug~"
A pearl was sucked up.
It took the Heavenly Maiden quite a while to finish all the pearls and boba.
It didn't gulp them down like Taotie, and there weren't three demons sharing one cup of milk tea like A Jiu and the others. The Heavenly Maiden sucked up the pearls and boba one at a time.
It ate with particular care.
It seemed the Heavenly Maiden really did like pearls and boba.
The smile in Xiao Xiao's eyes deepened.
He didn't hurry the Heavenly Maiden.
Instead, he kept it company, drinking his milk tea slowly.
When the Heavenly Maiden swallowed the last pearl, Xiao Xiao had finished his milk