"Grandma Tian, ma'am."
"Here."
"Jianbing Guozi."
Xiao Xiao set the bag in the open palms the elderly woman and the younger woman had instinctively held out after seeing his demonstration.
"It's still warm."
"Eat it while it's hot."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"You must be hungry too."
"There's news now."
"Have something to eat and tide yourselves over while you listen."
"Th-thank you."
Feeling the steady warmth coming from the bag in her hands, the woman stared at him in a daze.
Huh?
The old woman was a little slow to react.
She instinctively closed her hands around it. A few seconds later, she finally realized what she was holding.
Her first reaction was to refuse.
She wasn't hungry.
Besides, she wasn't in the mood to eat anything right now.
But—
"Rumble~"
The old woman's stomach chose that moment to growl.
"Mom."
As she opened the bag, the woman smiled at the old woman. "Go ahead and eat."
"You're hungry too."
"Don't let the kid's kindness go to waste."
The old woman pressed her lips together.
"If you don't eat, we're not going to help you look for her."
The woman "threatened" the old woman.
The old woman smiled helplessly.
She would eat.
Besides, she really was hungry.
The savory smell of the jianbing guozi only made her feel hungrier.
"Jianbing guozi is really good."
The two children enthusiastically recommended it.
They had already finished theirs on the way here.
"Mm."
The woman smiled and nodded.
Then her smile widened, and she gently wiped the corner of the little girl's mouth.
"You little glutton."
"You've got some right there."
"Ahem~"
The old woman across from them pretended to cough a few times.
She wanted to draw the attention of the group, who