"Cough, cough~"
Lu Xiaoxiao lowered the hand covering her face.
She looked at the woman, a hint of confusion in her voice.
"Master Xiao didn't come with me this time."
"...Why do you ask?"
Lu Xiaoxiao was puzzled.
Why had the woman brought up Master Xiao again?
Weren't they talking about the dirty thing attached to her?
"You can ask him."
The woman's words surprised everyone again.
"...What do you mean?"
After staring at the woman for a while, Lu Xiaoxiao slowly asked,
"What should I ask Master Xiao?"
"Why should I ask Master Xiao?"
"The question you just asked me."
The woman remained composed.
Her long eyelashes fluttered lightly.
A faint ripple stirred in her eyes.
"I—"
The question she had just asked the woman...
Wasn't that...
"Why?"
Lu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath.
"Answer that question for me."
"Why are you telling me to ask Master Xiao?"
"Do you know Master Xiao?"
But judging from the question the woman had asked earlier...
She probably didn't know Master Xiao.
Or had she asked that question on purpose?
"I don't."
The woman shook her head.
"As for why, you'll understand once you go see your friend."
Lu Xiaoxiao: ...
Did she really have to be so mysterious?
"Can't you tell me now?"
"I don't know."
The woman gave a slight shake of her head.
"I can't tell you anything."
Lu Xiaoxiao took several deep breaths.
Calm down.
She told herself.
The woman raised her wrist and checked the time.
"Sorry."
The woman smiled at the girls.
"Let's leave it here for now."
"There isn't much time left."
"I still have to go see the exhibition."
Lu Xiaoxiao: ?!
Hey...
After dropping a pile of baffling remarks, she was just going