"It's just my bad luck."
The boy smiled.
"Some pretty bizarre bad luck."
Living in the city, yet being plagued by a rooster's crow...
Who else could it be but him?
Stranger still, even after hearing the rooster crow for so many days, he still couldn't find where it was coming from...
He'd asked everyone in the entire apartment building.
If he hadn't been sure the crowing was coming from nearby, he might even have gone to ask in the neighboring building.
But after thinking it over, he decided that was impossible.
The neighboring building?
What if Little Brother still hadn't found Hao Wen?
Xiao Xiao spotted Big Boy sitting on the stone bench in the distance.
It was hard to tell whether the dog understood its little master's words.
Xiao Xiao raised the dog leash he'd borrowed from Big Boy earlier.
While Big Boy waited, time slowly passed, and he'd already cried several times.
The old man reached out and patted the boy on the shoulder.
The dog rushed toward its little master.
Since the young man had said he would help Xiao Ding, he would definitely come back to find them.
Xiao Xiao reached out and steadied the dog as it slipped in Big Boy's arms.
Xiao Xiao crouched down in front of Big Boy.
Xiao Xiao's lips curled into a smile.
He had already said the same thing to Xiao Ding many times.
"If you don't want to go through this again, don't let it happen next time."
"...Didn't you see how miserable all those lost dogs on TV were..."
The longer time passed, the more scared I got...
He laughed at himself for such an absurd idea.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Big Boy reached out to take the leash, but