The little monkey froze.
W-what?
The little monkey struggled to lift its face.
Xiao Xiao had already withdrawn his hand.
"Little monkey."
He pointed at the candy.
"You can't have any more candy today."
He shook his hand.
Following Xiao Xiao's gesture, the little monkey shifted its gaze to the candy.
What?
Without thinking, the little monkey copied Xiao Xiao's hand gesture and shook its head.
It looked at the candy in front of it.
Mm...
It slowly reached out its paw again.
Xiao Xiao watched the little monkey with a smile.
One hand propped up his cheek.
He didn't move.
The little monkey blinked.
Its paw paused.
Then it slowly reached forward again.
It touched the candy.
But it didn't pick it up.
Instead, it instinctively looked up at Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao shook his head at the little monkey.
The little monkey seemed to understand a little.
This human was telling it not to eat candy.
But...
The little monkey's paw opened and closed, closed and opened...
It glanced at Xiao Xiao, but still didn't pick up the candy.
But...
The little monkey wasn't willing to give up just like that.
It tilted its head.
Then it spread both paws.
And tried to wrap them around all the candy in front of it.
All this candy was clearly its!
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao nodded.
"All this candy is yours."
"But you can't have any more today."
The little monkey stared blankly at Xiao Xiao.
It looked completely bewildered.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He glanced outside.
The light rain was still pattering down.
The sky was dark.
The night in the countryside was much deeper than in the city.
And much quieter.
"Little monkey."
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly.
"You