After all...
The little monkey really had repeated the same mistake too many times.
Putting himself in its place, Zhao Luzheng felt he would definitely have gone crazy.
No.
He probably would have snapped.
But as an onlooker—and one who mostly needed to listen—he had fallen asleep without even realizing it...
It really wasn't his fault.
The next day, a sliver of daylight slipped through a gap in the curtains and into the room.
It brightened the dim interior a little.
"Plop~"
A candy fell to the floor.
Before the little monkey could react, the fallen candy returned to its arms.
The frustration in its heart immediately dissipated.
It looked up.
It was that human.
It was a little surprised.
Though perhaps not all that surprised.
Xiao Xiao crouched down.
"Did you stay up all night?"
He had noticed the red veins in the little monkey's eyes.
The little monkey seemed to want to react to Xiao Xiao's question.
But its many failures immediately reminded it of the candy in its arms.
No.
It couldn't move.
The little monkey stood rooted to the spot, completely still.
"What a stubborn little guy."
Xiao Xiao smiled and shook his head.
It had spent the whole night struggling with those candies...
No wonder it kept wanting to find Lu Duan, with a temperament like that...
"But it's already difficult enough just holding all these."
Xiao Xiao pointed at the candy in the little monkey's arms.
The little monkey instinctively turned its body slightly.
And then—
"Plop~"
A candy fell out.
Seeing the little monkey's chagrined expression, a faint smile touched Xiao Xiao's eyes.
He put the fallen candy back in its arms.
"How are you planning to take all this candy home?"
Xiao Xiao figured the little