Could they have run into a lost child?
Zhuge Yun's heart gave a sudden jolt.
Surely they couldn't be this "lucky"?
The tears that had just stopped instantly began rolling down the child's cheeks again, big and round.
"I, I..."
"Waaah!"
The child burst into loud sobs again.
Zhuge Yun:...
Hey, hey!?
Why is he crying again?
He felt rather helpless.
"Don't cry."
Zhuge Yun hurriedly soothed the child in a gentle voice.
"Did you get separated from your mom—"
Realizing it might not necessarily be his mother, Zhuge Yun hurriedly corrected himself. "Did you get separated from an adult?"
"Don't worry."
"Big Brother will help you look."
"...Hey."
Zhuge Yun was helpless.
"Don't cry."
He felt as though his mouth was about to go dry from talking, but when he came to himself and looked over, the child was still crying with his mouth wide open.
"Shame on you."
Zhuge Yun decided to try a different approach.
He scratched his own cheek with a finger.
"How can a boy like crying so much?"
"If your friends see you, they'll make fun of you."
"...Waaah!"
After a momentary pause, the child cried even louder.
Zhuge Yun:...
For a moment, he had almost thought his "provocation" had worked.
But...
It couldn't be said that it hadn't worked.
It just hadn't worked in the direction he had hoped.
Instead, it had worked in the opposite direction...
"Ah..."
Zhuge Yun was both puzzled and somewhat flustered.
How did he start crying even harder?
"Second Brother."
Zhao Luzheng took on the schadenfreude of an onlooker enjoying the spectacle. "You made him cry."
Zhuge Yun:...
He knew!
The problem was...
He didn't know why!
"They, they..."
The child finally managed to speak in broken