What was wrong with that child?
Zhujian did not quite understand why Lord Xiao Xiao had asked it about that child.
"That child said he was saved as a little boy by a leopard with a human face."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved slightly.
"You sound a lot like the one he described."
"He really wants to find the leopard with a human face that saved him back then."
"He was even distracted by it before the competition."
His teacher, his parents, and Xie Chuchu had all gone to great lengths to get Xue Jiamin to focus on the piano again.
The child had already taken the stage.
They couldn't let all their efforts go to waste.
"If you're the leopard with a human face he's looking for—the one that saved him back then..."
"Seeing you just now could very well affect his performance."
Xiao Xiao slowly explained why he had acted as he did.
Better safe than sorry.
When there was uncertainty, it was only natural to act as if the worst-case scenario were true.
"So, I'm sorry."
Xiao Xiao apologized again. "I didn't have time to explain first."
"I just acted right away."
"I startled you."
The doubts in Zhujian's mind were completely cleared up.
So that's what it was.
It had wondered.
Why had Lord Xiao Xiao suddenly attacked it for no reason...
It turned out he'd done it so that the human cub wouldn't see it...
Zhujian's tense body relaxed.
Its paws moved silently a few steps closer to Xiao Xiao.
The young boy's performance onstage continued.
The audience was quiet.
Now and then, people whispered to each other.
After explaining things to Zhujian, Xiao Xiao said nothing more.
Listening quietly was the least one could do to show respect for the performer.