Grandmaster Jiang had spent days looking...
and still hadn't found anything.
How could he expect someone who had just entered his granddaughter's room to discover something?
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Let's go outside."
Huh?
The unexpected words left not only Old Master Tang, but also the child clutching her painting and Old Master Jiang, looking astonished.
"You know what's going on with Tangtang?"
Master Xiao seemed to have guessed what was on Tangtang's mind...
Yes.
"...You've been..."
I saw it, of course.
In such a short time, he'd noticed something I hadn't.
The child's eyes flew open.
Old Master Tang's eyes widened, too.
But his face showed nothing but bewilderment.
His voice cut off abruptly.
"Let's go."
Old Master Jiang's thoughts surged like a storm.
What?
W-what?
They were leaving already?
Old Master Jiang suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Xiao Xiao naturally didn't let the child have her way.
Why was Tangtang so surprised?
They'd only just come in.
He abruptly looked at Xiao Xiao.
What on earth was going on?
"This is my first time here."
"But I guess..."
Old Master Jiang stammered, unable to get the words out.
Old Master Jiang shook his head.
He moved closer to Old Master Tang.
Old Master Jiang murmured.
Old Master Tang started walking.
He was smiling happily.
"Instead, he wouldn't have said what he just said to Tangtang."
Old Master Jiang was jolted out of his thoughts.
Old Master Tang didn't understand what Master Xiao meant by that.
He spoke softly.
Xiao Xiao nodded.
"Let's go."
Though his grip seemed loose, the child couldn't pull free.
Just like Master Jiang.
Or was it...
He took the child's hand.
He tossed the scraps into the trash.
His head hurt a