"Really?"
The siblings stared at Xiao Xiao with wide eyes.
"Really."
Xiao Xiao nodded.
"First, tell me how you realized Grandma was missing."
"Wasn't Grandma at the little square?"
"Mm."
The siblings nodded.
"When we came over, the bench was empty."
Remembering what had happened, the little boy was full of confusion.
"Why wasn't Grandma there?"
Grandma was always there.
Whenever they went over...
As long as their parents told them to come find Grandma... as long as they came to find Grandma...
They could always find her in the same spot.
Without fail.
No.
There had been an exception.
Today, they hadn't found Grandma in her usual spot.
Grandma...
Was gone.
"Grandma's gone..."
Perhaps because they'd found someone familiar, the little girl's emotions began to crumble.
She reached up and touched her face.
At some point, tears had begun to fall.
"We can't find her..."
"Waaah~"
The little girl burst into tears.
"Don't cry."
The little boy sounded a little annoyed.
But his voice was already trembling with tears.
"When you cry..."
"Sniff... I'm going to cry too..."
The little boy's tears spilled over as well.
"Waaah~"
In the end, the little boy gave in and started crying loudly too.
Xiao Xiao: ...
Feeling their gazes on him, he was helpless.
He really hadn't made the children cry.
He was innocent.
The two children's sobs mingled.
As if they were competing, their cries seemed to rise in a spiral.
It was a rather miserable sight.
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly.
He reached out.
Little White Fox nimbly leaped onto his shoulder.
He placed one hand on each child's head.
Then he pressed down gently.
The children's crying stopped abruptly.
"Don't cry."
Xiao Xiao smiled at the two children.
"We