The boy pressed his lips together.
His fingers curled into fists.
"Big Brother..."
The boy hesitantly began to speak.
But after addressing him, he fell silent.
Xiao Xiao's eyes crinkled slightly.
"Xu Enguang."
He turned his head to look at the boy.
"Did you have something you wanted to tell me the last time we met?"
The boy's eyes flew open.
How did Brother Xiao know?!
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"A feeling."
"I could tell you were hesitating."
"Your car happened to arrive just then."
"So I didn't ask you."
"So..."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved upward.
"Do you want to tell me this time?"
"Or is it already in the past?"
The boy's mouth fell slightly open.
Brother Xiao was amazing.
Brother Xiao's final question left him torn.
What had happened last time...
You could say it was in the past.
But you could also say it wasn't...
How could it really be in the past?
Unless...
The boy pressed his lips together.
"Big Brother."
It was as if he had finally made up his mind.
The soft patter of rain gradually faded into the distance.
The sound of his heartbeat slowly filled his mind.
He took a deep breath.
"...It's about those things..."
The boy murmured.
As soon as the words left his mouth, a hint of regret rose in his heart.
After all that preparation, all that mental buildup...
And that was it?
What a case of thunder rumbling loudly but barely a drop of rain falling.
"Those things?"
Xiao Xiao looked thoughtful.
"Is it about your two friends who went missing?"
Huh?
The boy's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yeah."
He nodded emphatically.
Brother Xiao actually understood?!
That was exactly what he wanted to talk about: them.
He felt embarrassed, because