The boy felt somewhat comforted.
The sweet candy...
It really had the ability to make people smile despite themselves.
The boy's expression relaxed.
Anyway, he had already cried.
He had already lost nearly all the face he could lose.
There was nothing he could do to salvage the situation now.
The only thing worth being thankful for was...
Only Big Brother had seen such an embarrassing scene.
He suddenly started liking rainy days.
The gloomy sky and the hurried pedestrians hiding beneath their umbrellas... all made him feel at ease.
No one would notice him.
He could lower his head and cry without worrying about being seen.
Of course.
He had not wanted to cry.
That near-breakdown of sobbing, completely beyond his control...
He did not like it.
He did not like crying.
Other than making him look like a clown and highlighting his uselessness and disheveled state, he could not think of any more delightful purpose it served.
The boy took a deep breath.
He reached out and roughly wiped his face again.
He tried his best to erase all evidence that he had cried.
He looked at Big Brother.
"Big Brother."
The boy pressed his lips together hard.
"...I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing?"
Xiao Xiao looked at the boy.
His expression was calm.
"..."
The boy was somewhat stumped by the question.
Why was he apologizing?
Because...
Because he had cried for no reason.
He was very depressed.
He had met a kind Big Brother, only to keep making a fool of himself in front of him—or be on his way to doing so.
Big Brother...
Was he despising him in his heart now?
"Did something happen?"
Xiao Xiao did not dwell on the previous question.
Instead, he asked