Stopping to admire the flowers as you passed by was one thing; bringing over a stepladder on purpose and climbing to the top of the wall to admire them... was another.
Anyone who didn't know the situation...
would think they were up to no good, trying to break into someone's home.
"Thank you, young man."
The woman thanked him again.
Really... if it hadn't been for this young man...
she had no idea what might have happened.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
I'm very happy.
The woman instinctively reached out again.
Xiao Xiao had been about to say that the height was low enough for him to climb up by himself.
In its eyes, nothing could move it more than food.
Pollen drifted down in a soft flurry.
The sight made the woman's heart pound with fear.
Besides, after everything that had happened today, its already good mood had only gotten better.
She opened her mouth—
Several little yaoguai opened their eyes one after another.
The scene had a certain air of peaceful serenity.
He could feel the joy radiating from Zhujian.
She felt as if her heart were about to leap out of her throat.
It grinned.
"Mm."
Beneath the sun, white walls and black tiles, white blossoms as big as bowls, golden pollen...
"Zhujian."
It felt even happier.
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
It had no reason to be unhappy, after all.
The woman lowered her head to look at the child.
Her earlier guardedness, her flustered helplessness, even her sharp words...
She lowered her head.
She couldn't bear to imagine the consequences.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
This time, the display was even grander.
Before long, the woman's figure disappeared at the entrance to the alley.
After a brief moment of dazed silence, Zhujian