"This child suddenly ran out. She almost caused a car accident..."
"It was her fault."
Xiao Xiao looked at the woman.
"She apologized to you."
"But don't you think you went a little too far in how you treated her?"
"I think it wouldn't be unreasonable for you to apologize to this child."
"That's right."
The onlookers who had stuck around until now all nodded.
"Why's an adult being so mean to a child?"
"...The child didn't even say anything..."
"And all you've done is go on about how she caused an accident and how she deserved it..."
Hearing those words made their brows twitch.
The woman sounded as if she were cursing the child.
Not a single kind word.
The woman's face darkened.
"What did I even say?"
"What did I say that counts as a personal attack?"
"Besides, that's just how I am."
"I'm blunt. Can't help it."
"What?"
"By your logic, I'd have to apologize to people all the time, wouldn't I?"
The woman took a shallow breath.
"What's with being so thin-skinned?"
"Move!"
The woman didn't want to stay here another second.
What kind of people were these?
"So all of you are ganging up on me because there's more of you?"
"The reason juvenile crime is skyrocketing these days is people like you, who spoil kids without knowing right from wrong."
The onlookers: ...
Wait.
How did this turn into juvenile crime?
That had nothing to do with anything...
And besides...
The woman really hadn't said a single nice thing.
"That's slander, isn't it..."
someone murmured.
Anyone who didn't know the story would hear what the woman said and think the girl had committed some kind of crime...
"I'm not apologizing."
"Why should I apologize?"
The woman was getting flustered