Xie Chuchu thought the child must have seen it wrong.
Had he mistaken some cat or dog for a leopard?
Especially a cat.
Cats and leopards both belonged to the feline family.
Although they differed quite a bit in size, they still looked somewhat alike.
As for the human face...
It must have been a pattern on the cat's face.
It had been raining, and it was dark.
The child had been frightened, too.
Mistaking what he saw... wasn't that perfectly normal?
Because she was so certain of her judgment, Xie Chuchu listened to Xue Jiamin's story as if she were listening to a child's innocent babble.
Even if it didn't make sense...
Well, it was just a child's innocent babble.
Xie Chuchu's lips curved upward.
"Xue Jiamin is amazing. He even saw a leopard with a human face."
"You don't believe me?"
Xue Jiamin had keenly noticed that Xie Chuchu didn't mean what she said.
"No."
Xie Chuchu shook her head.
Right now, Xue Jiamin was the most important thing.
Whatever he said went.
If this could help the child let go of the matter and focus on tomorrow's competition again, that would be for the best.
Oh, right.
Xie Chuchu's eyes lit up.
All she had to do now was go along with the child.
Help him put the matter aside for a while.
Whether he would remember it again after the competition...
That wouldn't matter by then.
He'd have plenty of time to slowly pick apart the details in his memory.
But she thought there was little chance he'd still remember it after the competition.
Children were always the best at forgetting things.
They discovered so many new and fascinating things every day.
"Really?"
Xue Jiamin looked at Xie Chuchu, not quite