"The old lady" smiled faintly.
"I've told you everything I needed to say."
"If I stayed any longer, I wouldn't have anything more to add."
"And besides..."
"The old lady" looked at Xiao Xiao.
"Everything I know, Master Xiao knows too."
After hearing Little Deer and the others call him Master Xiao so often, "the old lady" had naturally used the same title.
Besides, she thought it suited Xiao Xiao.
"You can ask him if you have any more questions."
"He might be able to give you even more detailed answers than I can."
Since "the old lady" had put it that way...
Lu Xiaoxiao and the others had even less reason to ask her to stay.
"Goodbye."
"The old lady" waved to Lu Xiaoxiao and the others.
"Thank you for the coffee and cake."
"They were both delicious."
"The old lady" left the coffee shop.
Through the window, Lu Xiaoxiao and the others watched as "the old lady" quickly got into a car.
The car drove away.
They could only turn their attention elsewhere.
"...Sigh."
Yu Yuer sighed without thinking.
As soon as she realized she'd sighed, Yu Yuer immediately smiled.
"Let's go somewhere else too."
"It's almost lunchtime."
"Let's find a restaurant and have lunch."
"Okay."
Lu Xiaoxiao swallowed the words she'd been about to say.
"My treat."
She looked at Xiao Xiao, her smile bright. "It's not often Master Xiao comes by."
"And you two, as well."
She looked at Yu Yuer and Yang Jialing.
"Thanks for coming with me."
"I'll treat you all to a big meal."
"Come on, let's figure it out."
"Where should we eat?"
"We can decide over coffee."
Yang Jialing nudged Yu Yuer, signaling for her to sit back down in her original seat.
They'd