It was just that the woman had to protect her child.
She had to keep the child from being grazed by the moving car.
So she had no time to look up.
By the time the child was safe, the car had already driven away.
How could she still see Little Fox?
"Mom, didn't you see it?"
The child widened his eyes.
"That's right."
They were several girls around the older girl's age, and none of them were boys.
"You're such a brave coward, even afraid of pill bugs!"
The other children all agreed with the girl.
I blinked in confusion.
Xiao Xiao looked at the child's face.
"Then I'll tell Mom..."
The older girl followed Xiao Xiao to sit beneath a stone bench under a peach tree.
The only boy put his hands on his hips. "Shi Junhao is braver than any boy!"
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly.
Xiao Xiao looked up.
The children pulled faces at the older girl, then turned and ran away.
Yet the snow-white fur, shimmering in the sunlight, was enough to amaze everyone.
"Shi Junhao is a coward!"
The older girl immediately looked sheepish.
"Shi Junhao isn't a coward!"
Her well-behaved sitting posture revealed a hint of unease.
"It was just a reflex."
I lowered my head to look at the child beside me.
Xiao Xiao paused slightly.
"Since he isn't playing with us..."
"No!"
The older girl suddenly twisted her neck and raised her head.
"That has nothing to do with being a coward."
"I'm not afraid of anything!"
I admired the beautiful scene I had discovered by chance.
There were many peach trees in the neighborhood.
Yet there was something about it that made one's heart skip a