"I can't afford to be too careless."
"Tangtang is still young..."
"You need to keep an eye on her and remind her..."
"I don't need to say more. I think you understand that, often... being special doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing."
"...Don't let Tangtang become an oddity."
Xiao Xiao spoke very plainly.
"That's right."
Old Master Jiang nodded.
"Old Tang, you have to understand how many people react to things they can't understand..."
"You have to protect Tangtang."
"You have to protect this special part of her."
"Don't let her get hurt because of it."
Old Master Tang's expression gradually turned serious.
He understood what Master Xiao and Master Jiang meant.
He had always understood...
Now that Master Xiao and Master Jiang had gone out of their way to bring it up, he took it even more seriously.
"I will."
"I know."
Old Master Tang said solemnly, "We won't let Tangtang get hurt."
Old Master Jiang smiled and nodded.
"Tangtang is a lucky child."
Huh?
Old Master Tang didn't quite understand what Old Master Jiang meant.
Did he mean...
"Tangtang is lucky to have met Master Jiang and Master Xiao."
Without these two masters, they would have been helpless to do anything about Tangtang's situation. They wouldn't have been able to help her at all.
They might not even have known what was going on.
The child could very well have gotten hurt...
They would all have been completely in the dark.
That would have been terrifying.
Old Master Tang was still shaken by the thought.
He was even more grateful to Master Jiang and Master Xiao.
Especially Master Xiao.
Since Master Jiang had invited Master Xiao, Old Master Tang was deeply grateful to him, too.
Without Master Jiang, he would never have found