Xiao Xiao walked out into the rain.
The rain had lasted quite a while.
It had been raining ever since he left.
"Tap, tap~"
The Pipa ghost hurried down the last few steps barefoot.
"Stop."
Hearing the commotion, Xiao Xiao turned around.
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
He lifted the edge of his umbrella slightly.
"Don't come out."
Although the Pipa ghost wasn't afraid of getting wet, still...
"You'll leave footprints on the stairs."
Earlier, when the Pipa ghost had followed him into the old lady's home, he'd worried about the water dripping from its body.
Fortunately, the old lady's attention had been focused on the man.
Besides, water had been dripping from the man, too.
That had perfectly distracted her.
But when the Pipa ghost went back alone later, it was better to avoid any little nuisances that could be avoided.
The Pipa ghost hesitated for a long while, then slowly drew its foot back.
Oh.
It nodded obediently.
Since Lord Xiao Xiao had told it not to come out, it wouldn't.
Even though it really wanted to see Lord Xiao Xiao off.
The Pipa ghost looked at Lord Xiao Xiao with a longing expression.
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved into a smile.
"Goodbye."
"Pipa ghost."
Xiao Xiao said it again.
He couldn't help but chuckle.
He'd already said goodbye three times.
Goodbye...
The Pipa ghost remembered what Lord Xiao Xiao had told it goodbye meant.
It meant hoping to meet again...
The Pipa ghost grinned.
Goodbye.
Lord Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao's umbrella-shaded figure gradually receded into the distance.
The Pipa ghost ran upstairs.
Standing on the second-floor balcony, it saw Lord Xiao Xiao's back again.
The third floor, the fourth floor...
All the way up to the sixth floor—
The building