Hua Ziyun met the child's puzzled gaze and smiled gently.
"Are you looking for one of the little bears up there?"
After a brief moment of confusion, the child understood what Hua Ziyun meant.
She immediately turned around.
She looked at the stuffed bears on the shelf.
Hua Ziyun looked at the stuffed bears on the shelf too.
Actually, he just thought that since they were here, they might as well take a closer look.
For now, he would set everything else aside.
Otherwise...
The bears on the upper shelves were all quite large.
They weren't the same size as the little bear the child had lost.
Although he had never seen the little stuffed bear the child had been thinking about,
it should have been about the same size as the little bear he'd brought back to his dorm.
How could it be one of these bears on the top shelf, most of which were almost as big as the child?
But it didn't matter.
They didn't have a clear plan for what to do next anyway.
They might as well do everything they could to avoid leaving anything out or regretting anything.
Holding the child, Hua Ziyun stepped closer to the shelf.
That way, she could see the little—
No.
The big bears on the shelf more clearly.
A stuffed bear this big couldn't be called a little bear.
The child leaned forward.
Her hands gripped the edge of the shelf.
Her wide eyes swept over each stuffed bear, one by one.
Hua Ziyun clearly saw the change in the child's expression.
The excitement and anticipation she had felt at first gradually gave way to disappointment, then restlessness.
She even grew angry.
Hua Ziyun quickly reached out and caught the stuffed