"...You didn't find your teddy bear, and you got lost too, with no idea how to get home?"
Hua Ziyun "scared" the child.
He had to make sure she took this seriously.
That way, she wouldn't do it again.
Ah...
The child's eyes widened in confusion.
"Do you want to never see your mom and dad again?"
Hua Ziyun gave her an even simpler, more direct "threat."
"No!"
The child shook her head so hard it was like a rattle.
"If you don't, then... don't sneak out by yourself next time."
Hua Ziyun reiterated the important point.
"Understand?"
The child nodded.
Then, stubbornly, she said, "I want to find my teddy bear."
Hua Ziyun: ...
"Is your teddy bear that important to you?"
"Mm."
The child nodded earnestly.
"My teddy bear is my good friend."
Hua Ziyun watched the child for a while.
Then he gently flicked her forehead with a bent finger.
"But you can't find your teddy bear by yourself."
"Tell your mom and dad."
"Wouldn't you have a better chance of finding it faster if you let them help?"
"...You couldn't even find a car to take you to the Amusement Park by yourself."
Hua Ziyun pointed out the predicament she'd been in earlier.
The child: ...
Her shoulders drooped.
"Mom doesn't like it when I talk about my teddy bear."
"Whenever I bring it up, Mom gets angry."
A bewildered, aggrieved look appeared on the child's face.
If she could, she would of course want her mom and dad to help her look for her teddy bear.
But...
Huh?
Hua Ziyun was slightly taken aback.
But thinking back to his previous encounter with the child and her mom...
Hua Ziyun could more or less understand why