Ahem~
The girl with half her hair tied up in a bun made herself calm down.
Then she carefully studied the boy's expression for a while.
"Really?"
"Really."
Xiao Xiao wasn't upset by the girl's skepticism.
After all, most people thought—
"How could there be a snake at an amusement park?"
The girl with half her hair tied up in a bun looked utterly perplexed.
"I was surprised too when I first found A Bai."
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
"A Bai caused quite a commotion back then."
"Huh?"
The girl with half her hair tied up in a bun blurted out instinctively.
"Because most people feel the same way about snakes as your friend does."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved slightly.
"Especially since there were quite a few children there at the time."
"After all, it was an amusement park."
"Parents were bound to be more nervous."
"Oh, I see."
The girl with half her hair tied up in a bun nodded.
That was true.
She hadn't really understood it before.
Sometimes she'd thought the female characters on TV were overreacting.
But after seeing Xin Xin's reaction, she realized that TV dramas were actually pretty realistic.
After seeing Xin Xin react that way, it no longer surprised her that other people might react similarly.
She just thought that if there were a whole bunch of Xin Xins screaming...
She wasn't sure she wanted to imagine it.
"To avoid causing an even bigger commotion, I kept A Bai with me."
Xiao Xiao gave his wrist a slight shake.
"Once people knew A Bai wasn't a wild snake, they weren't as afraid."
"Oh, I see."
The girl with half her hair tied up in a bun nodded again.
Her response was exactly the same, too.
So that