What had they been talking about just now...?
The guide pressed her fingers to her temples.
She wasn't that old yet.
So why was her memory already failing her?
Never mind.
The guide curled her lips into a smile.
She gave up.
"Student Xiao, let's go eat first."
"The food won't taste as good once it gets cold."
If she thought of what she wanted to say later, she could tell him then.
There was no need to keep the student here with her during mealtime.
She'd make her guest hungry.
And herself, too.
"Okay."
Xiao Xiao didn't say anything more.
"Then I'll head inside."
"Go ahead."
The guide waved.
"I'll go eat in a bit, too."
Xiao Xiao turned and walked into the restaurant.
The guide watched him join his friends.
"Ah!"
The guide cried out.
She remembered... where they had left off.
She was just about to move.
But soon, she stopped herself.
She shook her head with an amused smile.
Honestly.
Why was she agonizing over this?
They were only the same questions, one after another.
She could simply report what she knew to the local officials later.
As for preventing monkeys from attacking people, that was beyond her abilities.
The professionals could handle it.
But after what Student Xiao had told her, she felt... it probably wasn't that big a problem after all.
There was no telling whether the tourists who came into the mountains later would even encounter a monkey.
Hadn't Student Xiao and his friends gone into the mountains the day before without seeing one?
That meant the monkey appearing in the outer reaches of the mountains was probably just a fluke, right?
Besides, hadn't the villagers been unaware of any monkeys in the mountains all this time?
That made