"What's wrong?"
The woman and little girl stepped apart.
She looked at the little girl in puzzlement.
"Don't you want to go home?"
"I do."
The little girl nodded.
She did miss home a little.
She missed her fluffy doll.
But...
"Grandma..."
"Didn't Grandma scold Lele?"
The woman put on a look of confusion.
The little girl's mouth opened and closed.
She was so flustered that no sound came out for a moment.
"Take your time."
The woman gently patted the little girl's back.
"Don't rush."
The little girl took a deep breath.
"Grandma..."
"Grandma wasn't that mean to Lele..."
The little girl mumbled.
"But Lele cried."
The woman shook her head.
"I..."
The little girl was so anxious she wanted to stomp her foot.
"I didn't cry!"
In the end, the little girl blurted out her denial.
The woman chuckled.
This child really was lying through her teeth.
She had just wiped away the child's tears herself.
If the child hadn't cried, what had she just wiped away?
Besides...
The woman gently brushed her hand over the little girl's face.
Her skin felt cool and damp.
Faint traces of tears still remained on the little girl's face.
That hardly meant she hadn't cried...
"I really didn't cry..."
The little girl looked to the boy for help.
Student Xiao's brows twitched.
He turned his gaze away.
"If you don't believe me, ask my brother."
The little girl glared angrily at the boy.
She strongly condemned him for refusing to come to her rescue.
"Oh?"
The woman looked at the boy.
"Huan Huan?"
"Is Lele right?"
The boy pressed his lips together.
A few seconds later, he lowered his eyes.
In a muffled voice, he said, "Yes."
"She didn't