"That makes sense..."
Qiao Xin silently nodded.
She didn't care about the other animals. Little Deer liked candy, anyway.
She still remembered the way Little Deer had eaten the candy from her palm just now.
Now that she thought about it, she really ought to thank Xiao Xiao properly later.
When she had been at a loss, he had reached out to help her like a knight.
That candy he had offered her had really touched her.
The main thing was, he had offered it of his own accord.
She hadn't asked him for it.
And he'd given it at exactly the right moment.
She'd been caught between her anxiety about wanting to get closer to Little Deer, her disappointment at having given away her last piece of candy to the person she'd hoped to borrow it from, and her embarrassment...
All in all, she'd been in a very complicated, conflicted state.
Her face had even started to feel a little hot.
She found it inexplicable herself.
But she couldn't control her body's reactions.
She'd felt completely ill at ease.
Just when she was growing more and more uncomfortable, the candy Xiao Xiao had offered her had been like warm sunshine on a cold winter's day. In an instant, it had melted away all her bad feelings and her wretched state of mind.
Her heart had suddenly settled.
Though later, when she'd come to her senses and looked at the candy in her palm, her heart had started racing again.
But that had been a happy, excited pounding.
Not the tight, breathless pounding from before.
It was all thanks to Xiao Xiao's candy.
She'd also managed to fulfill a little wish she'd had for a long time.
To be in the woods, out in the wilderness, and become