"Perhaps we'll meet for a third time someday."
"Who can say?"
"Right?"
Xiao Xiao winked at the boy.
"Let's look forward to the future."
"Maybe one day there'll be an unexpected surprise."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved into a smile.
"Wouldn't that be nice?"
As Xiao Xiao told the story, Xu Enguang couldn't help smiling.
That's right.
Xiao Xiao was right.
This was nice.
Don't dwell on things.
And don't force anything.
Just let everything happen naturally.
Mm...
A bitter smile tugged at Xu Enguang's lips.
He thought of what the older sister had said about letting things happen naturally.
It really was all happening naturally...
Xiao Xiao's ears twitched slightly.
He looked at the boy.
"Your family is looking for you."
"Huh?"
Xu Enguang was a little dazed.
He instinctively turned around.
There was a small grove in front of him.
Leaves and branches rustled softly in his ears.
Xiao Xiao looked up at the sky through the gaps in the leaves.
At some point, the bright sky had grown overcast.
"It's going to rain."
He smiled at the boy.
"You'd better hurry home."
Huh?
Xu Enguang instinctively looked up.
Then he paused.
It really...
The sky had darkened.
Neither of them had brought an umbrella.
"Let's go."
Xiao Xiao lowered his bent leg and put both feet on the ground.
"Don't make your family worry."
He set off first.
He headed for the grove's exit.
"Oh, right."
At the reminder not to make his family worry, Xu Enguang suddenly grew anxious.
He hadn't told his grandparents he'd come here.
He'd spotted Xiao Xiao so suddenly.
He'd chased after him without having time to think.
Besides, Grandpa had been playing chess and Grandma had been dancing. There were people all around them.
He