"But!"
"How could he just leave like that?!"
The little boy was very unhappy that the other person had left without saying goodbye.
"He didn't even say goodbye to me!"
The little boy was quite indignant.
His cheeks puffed up in a sulk.
"But he did give you a lovely tune."
The boy's father patted him on the shoulder.
"Isn't that gift enough?"
Hmm...
The little boy tilted his head.
Maybe... that was true.
"Lei Lei's the only one who got to hear that tune."
The boy's father smiled.
"Neither your mother nor I got to hear it."
Heh heh.
The boy was suddenly rather pleased with himself.
That was right.
He was the only one who got to hear it.
Seeing the boy looking so smug, nodding and swaying his head, the woman shook hers with amusement.
Kids really were kids.
They could go from sulking to smiling in an instant.
They changed so quickly.
"Besides..."
"You might run into him again someday."
The boy's father continued.
After all, they'd already met twice.
So meeting a third time wasn't entirely out of the question.
In fact, since they'd met twice in such a short time, perhaps a third encounter wasn't far off.
"When you see him next time, Lei Lei can ask why he left without saying goodbye."
To be honest, the boy's father was a little curious about that too.
The other person had even been willing to play the pipa for the child.
Of course.
He and Child's Mom could probably guess that the other person had found the boy noisy and used the pipa music to "shut" him up.
Otherwise, who would play the pipa under a roof while taking shelter from the rain?
That took some imagination.
And a