He watched as the child was quickly caught by the scruff by a parent who had arrived right after him and pulled back.
The child's instinctive struggle really did look like... his fate had been seized by the throat.
Xiao Xiao could barely hold back a laugh.
The child's parent gave him an apologetic smile.
He shook his head slightly.
To show that he didn't mind.
The child had only been expressing his joy at seeing A Jiu. What was there for him to mind?
Or get angry about?
The child was led away by his parent, looking back every few steps.
He could still faintly hear the child talking to his parent on the breeze.
"Mom, I want a little fox too."
"So cute."
"If I remember right..."
"Just the other day, you saw a corgi with a heart-shaped tail on the road and said it was so cute."
"You said you wanted to get a corgi too."
"Half a month ago, you saw a sheepdog in the neighborhood and said it was so handsome."
"You said you wanted to get a sheepdog too."
"A month ago..."
Xiao Xiao couldn't help laughing.
That child was quite the "repeat offender."
A perfect illustration of what it meant to "fall in love with one after another."
The Little White Fox's snort and the white snake's laugh sounded almost at the same time.
The white snake gave its tail a light flick.
"Little one."
"You stinking fox."
"Getting carried away, are you?"
"You're just one of many."
"Hmph."
The Little White Fox raised its chin, looking disdainful.
"What other people think has nothing to do with me."
"Only you would care about what a human thinks."
"Oh, my~"
Far from getting angry, the white snake smiled