"Thank goodness they're all right."
The man sounded deeply relieved, with a hint of lingering fear.
Whatever else, the driver had reacted quickly, and he was clearly a skilled driver.
The two children had been very lucky.
"But later, you got into the car that nearly hit you."
The man couldn't understand.
"Why?"
"Did that boy know someone in the car?"
The little girl nodded.
You'd heard all that by now...
"Little Brother said Mom and Uncle might be there, so he asked the driver to bring you straight here."
"There was no kidnapping or anything like that."
Hearing his mother praise him, Big Boy's face lit up at once, his smile bright as sunshine.
The focus of their conversation had shifted to the people in the car.
"Mm."
The little girl nodded.
Seeing Little Brother nod, the man immediately spoke, his tone carrying a hint of urgency.
"He brought them here?"
I was already getting a headache.
The little girl muttered under her breath, sounding aggrieved.
Xiao Xiao nodded.
The man asked again.
They instinctively glanced at their own children.
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly.
"Do you understand?!"
The little boy on the other side, though, was the little girl's complete opposite.
The man blurted out, "Why is he here?"
His hands, hanging at his sides, clenched tightly.
The little boy's mother nodded too.
What did that mean?
"Big Brother, forget it."
"You did very well."
Before long, the little boy was sobbing so hard he could barely catch his breath.
Besides...
"It's not your fault."
Big Boy looked deeply conflicted.
"How could you do that?!"
Sigh...
"Mm."
Why had that little girl pulled his daughter away and run?
The little boy's mother looked just as confused.