Chi Xiuke blinked.
"A Jiu."
She called out with a hint of amusement.
"You're being awfully rude to me."
"Mm."
Chi Xiuke suddenly burst out laughing. "A Jiu must be thinking... Why should it show me any respect?"
After all the laughing and joking, the lingering fear in Chi Xiuke's heart finally faded away.
"No wonder that woman left in such a hurry..."
Had all that time really not added up to much?
After all, none of them had been staring at A Jiu's face.
"Big Red Bean, goodbye."
"Thanks for earlier."
Chi Xiuke instinctively touched her nose.
Only after she was pulled aside and brought to a stop did Xiuke seem to realize what had happened. She blinked.
Seeing her sister's troubled expression, Master Xiao smiled and said,
"Of course."
Chi Xiuke noticed Chi Xiuchuan wink at her.
Huh?
No wonder she and her brother hadn't noticed what A Jiu had done earlier.
The nearest hospital was quite a distance away...
Xiuke sounded excited.
Or...
Chi Xiuke walked with a spring in her step.
The girl smiled brightly.
He had made arrangements well in advance so he could have lunch with his sister today, leaving his entire day free.
Chi Xiuke shook her head.
Xiuke instinctively did as Chi Xiuchuan suggested.
Chi Xiuke went to open the restaurant door—
"It's fine."
Before she could ask, she saw someone pushing the restaurant door open from outside.
If she had stayed there a moment longer, the door would have hit her.
"Big Red Bean."
After lunch, Chi Xiuke found the big red fox in its tree hollow.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
The one who came through the door...
In the end, she didn't make a sound.
"It won't."
Huh?
She opened the umbrella she had brought with her.
Xiuke's