In the end, the old woman would give in to her desire for an answer and tell Xiao Xiao what she was thinking.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Mm."
"I'm glad you're willing to tell me."
"What if I don't tell you?"
The old woman suddenly asked.
"Then I won't ask."
Xiao Xiao replied without hesitation.
The old woman was taken aback.
"If you don't tell me, you must have your reasons."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"If I keep pressing you..."
"It'll only make you feel awkward, or even upset."
"And in the end, we'll part on bad terms."
"Why bother?"
Xiao Xiao shrugged slightly.
"Ultimately, it's your business."
The old woman's lips trembled faintly.
"Aren't you curious?"
The old woman murmured.
"I am curious."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved.
"But I can't force you just because I'm curious."
The old woman: ...
She vaguely understood that this young man was going around in circles to persuade her after all.
Not to force herself...?
"...Aren't you worried I won't understand?"
All this roundabout talk...
If the old woman hadn't been so sensitive about the matter at hand, she might not have picked up on what the young man meant.
"You understood, didn't you?"
Xiao Xiao smiled.
So there was no point in wondering whether she might not understand.
The old woman: ...
She hadn't expected that she would understand, either.
The old woman took a deep breath.
Her head still throbbed faintly.
Her gaze couldn't help drifting back to the white fluff in Xiao Xiao's arms.
Though she couldn't see its face—
the white fluff had buried its face in Xiao Xiao's arm.
The old woman could still tell how cute it was.
She couldn't help thinking how nice it