Xiao Xiao pushed the old woman forward.
The two children followed close behind, one on each side, holding onto Xiao Xiao's clothes.
"Mom!"
A woman's voice broke the silence of the night.
Soon, a jumble of hurried footsteps filled the air.
"Mommy!"
When the other person's silhouette came into clear view, the little girl cried out.
"Dad!"
The little boy also spotted his father beside his mother.
Xiao Xiao stopped walking.
The two children rushed toward their parents.
Xiao Xiao smiled at Officer Li as he walked over.
"Where did you find her?"
After confirming that the old woman was safe and sound, Officer Li looked at Xiao Xiao.
"The little plaza."
Xiao Xiao answered without hesitation.
"The little plaza?"
Officer Li froze. "You mean that one..."
The little plaza the children said the old woman often visited?
The one they'd searched first but hadn't found her at?
Xiao Xiao nodded.
It was the very plaza Officer Li had in mind.
"Then how come we didn't find her there at first?"
Officer Li was puzzled.
"Maybe..."
Xiao Xiao mused, "you happened to miss each other?"
Officer Li: ...
"...It's possible..."
Sometimes things really did work out that way.
It was frustrating.
"Good thing you went back."
Otherwise, it might have taken them a long time to find the old woman.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He hadn't expected his guess to be right, either.
The old woman really had been at the little plaza.
In her usual spot, too.
Well...
Not exactly her usual spot.
He was used to seeing the old woman's striking figure in daylight.
The old woman, hidden in the darkness just now, had indeed seemed a little different.
Xiao Xiao looked at