Xiao Xiao knew.
For these two children, there were only two choices.
Leave together.
Or stay together.
The children weren't too keen on leaving together, either.
What they wanted was to take Grandma home with them.
The problem was...
Grandma Tian had firmly refused their request.
For Grandma Tian, there was something more important she needed to do right now.
So...
Xiao Xiao quickly came up with a new way to handle things.
He took out his phone.
"You can stay with Grandma."
"Call your mom and dad."
"Explain the situation."
"If they agree..."
"Then you can stay with Grandma."
"If they don't..."
Xiao Xiao's expression turned serious. "Then you both go home right away."
"Got it?"
The two children immediately broke into happy grins at the thought of staying with Grandma.
But then they heard they had to call their parents...
Their faces fell at once.
Ah...
They had to call their parents...
The two children looked at each other, and another round of standoff began.
"If you don't want to call, you can go home now."
Xiao Xiao issued his final ultimatum.
"I'm counting to three."
"One, two, three—"
"Ah!"
The two children cried out in alarm.
They reached for the phone.
Their four hands hastily snatched it from Xiao Xiao.
"Are you going to call or not?"
After waiting a while and seeing the children silently deadlocked again, Xiao Xiao urged them.
Xiao Xiao sighed inwardly.
They said one monk could carry water, two monks could carry water together, but three monks had no water to drink.
In this case, the two "monks" before him couldn't get any water at all.
"Give it to me."
Xiao Xiao took the phone.
"The number."
The two children froze.