Speaking of which, the bystanders couldn't help but look at the girl's older brother in a new light...
They hadn't expected the young man to have such a fiery temper.
The front of the electric scooter had nearly rammed into him, yet he hadn't budged an inch.
There hadn't been the slightest change in his expression, either.
That was some impressive control.
Why wasn't the woman saying anything?
So even though they couldn't make sense of it, the bystanders wondered if the woman wanted to apologize but was too proud to bring herself to do it.
Whatever the case, the bystanders spoke up to hurry her along.
If they hadn't wanted to see how things ended, they would have left long ago.
They weren't just wandering around the street with nothing better to do.
The woman had said she was in a hurry.
Their time wasn't something they could afford to waste like this, either.
"Isn't it just an apology?"
"...The little girl already apologized to you."
"You're an adult. You can't even apologize?"
"...Didn't you say you were in a hurry?"
"What's the point of dragging this out?"
The bystanders began muttering among themselves.
Those who had stayed this long felt that leaving without seeing how things ended...
would be a real waste.
Besides, the woman had been so overbearing earlier that the girl seemed all the more pitiful by comparison.
They wanted to see the woman apologize to the girl, too.
They'd get to feel the satisfaction of seeing someone stand up for her.
The woman had brought this on herself with her terrible attitude.
Otherwise, she'd had the right of it from the start.
Even if she hadn't been very polite, as long as she hadn't spoken so harshly...
the girl's brother would