The woman and the man both froze.
So the child had wanted to come back.
But...
"You don't know the way home?"
The woman was surprised.
"Did you go really far?"
She began to think back to where she'd found the child...
It hadn't been very far from home...
After all, how far could such a little child get on foot?
How far could a child this young walk in such a short time?
They both saw the smile on the other's face.
Was it a wild epiphyllum?
Before she could even ask if the epiphyllum had anything to do with Wei Wei taking you to see it...
How could she have these doubts now?
"I couldn't find my home..."
A child this young wouldn't remember the way home if they hadn't made a point of memorizing it.
The man and woman understood.
The man gently patted the child's head, his smile tender.
"You were just hanging over someone's wall, looking at the epiphyllum in their yard?"
She'd promised Wei Wei.
Uh...
The woman still asked the question that had been bothering her.
"That wasn't my home."
Such strength...
So what about that person... made the child think they suited the name Wei Wei?
If she had the chance, she hoped she could see an epiphyllum bloom, too...
She didn't know.
If he had to explain... to make her understand that this wasn't the answer he wanted... the man waited until the child's voice trailed off before speaking again.
"It's okay."
"Epiphyllum flowers are so pretty~"
"I watched the petals open one by one..."
After shaking her head, the little girl seemed less certain.
Oh, right.
"We watched the epiphyllum bloom."
"The neighborhood looks different at night than it does during the day."
She shared how her body