The call connected quickly.
"Master Xiao."
There was a note of delight in Chi Xiuke's voice.
"Where are you?"
"Is Xue Jiamin with you?"
Chi Xiuke quickly asked the question her friend, watching her eagerly from the side, cared about most.
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao wasn't surprised to get a call from Chi Xiuke.
"He's with me."
"He's with you?"
Chi Xiuke let out a sigh of relief.
She'd also had a feeling that was exactly what had happened.
She winked at Xie Chuchu.
Her lips silently formed the words: Xue Jiamin is with Master Xiao.
Xie Chuchu nodded.
She'd heard.
A relaxed smile appeared on her face.
That child really was with Master Xiao.
That was good.
He'd given her such a fright.
She'd almost thought he'd gone missing.
"Where are you?"
Chi Xiuke asked again, this time changing the question.
Xie Chuchu's relaxed expression turned intent again.
But then she gave a slight twitch of her lips.
Had the two boys really gone to the restroom...?
Had she and Xiuxiu guessed right again?
"Xiuxiu."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved.
"Xue Jiamin ran into a friend."
"We'll have to stay here for a while."
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
"Or you could head back to the hotel first."
"We'll meet you there later."
"Huh?"
Chi Xiuke was a little surprised.
A friend?
She nodded.
"Okay."
"Master Xiao, we..."
She looked at Xie Chuchu.
"Chuchu, Xue Jiamin ran into a friend—"
"A friend?"
Xie Chuchu couldn't help interrupting Chi Xiuke.
Did that child have friends here?
Aside from this trip, she could only remember him coming to Yanjing once, when she'd just started college, with a big group of relatives.
That child had come with his parents, too.
Was this someone he'd met back then?
Or