"Okay."
Xiao Xiao made a solemn promise.
"I won't argue with Grandma."
"Mm~"
Having gotten the answer he wanted, the child's face broke into another radiant smile.
"Bao Bao?"
A woman's voice called from not far away.
"Mom!"
The child shouted.
The child quickly waved at Xiao Xiao.
"Big Brother, Mom's calling me."
"I have to go."
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
With a smile at the corner of his mouth, Xiao Xiao watched the child run toward his mother.
"Mom."
The child reached out and took his mother's hand.
"I was just..."
The child's voice gradually faded into the sound of the rain as he disappeared into the distance.
"...Sorry."
Xiao Xiao turned around.
The old woman had her head lowered.
Her unchanged posture made it hard to tell whether she had really apologized just now.
"It's all right."
"Ma'am, your phone."
Xiao Xiao held out the phone to her.
"You'll need to replace the screen protector, though."
The fall hadn't left the phone completely unharmed.
Fortunately, the screen protector had kept it safe.
The old woman stared blankly at her phone in his hand.
It took her a while to realize what he meant.
She saw a long scratch across the screen protector.
The old woman couldn't help reaching out to gently touch the scratch.
"It's broken..."
she murmured.
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved slightly.
"The phone's fine."
"You just need to replace the screen protector."
"Oh, oh..."
The old woman answered somewhat distractedly.
Xiao Xiao wasn't sure whether she had taken in what he said.
"Ma'am."
Xiao Xiao reminded her.
"Won't you take your phone?"
Only then did the old woman belatedly take it from him.
"Ma'am."
Xiao Xiao glanced at her feet.
"Are your feet