It was the person who said they saw a girl hit a little monkey.
"I think I know..."
The person rubbed their chin.
"Those two girls also said..."
"That girl was feeding the little monkey potato chips."
"Trying to get it to come over."
"After trying for a long time, the little monkey finally came over..."
"Didn't you see?"
The storyteller looked around at everyone in confusion.
Wenren Yu, who was nearby:...
The short-haired boy:...
"Wouldn't it have been fine just to say you knew her?"
You didn't dare leave right away.
"Ahem."
Wenren Yu, who had come over:...
How could he have been the only one who saw it?
"Worried about drawing everyone's attention?"
The big monkey really came over, and then she got scared...
"Whoever made them angry can come find me."
"She just swung the bag in her hand hard at the big monkey."
"She knew she was a coward."
"Together, they tossed the little monkey over."
"The animal thought you liked it, so it came over all excited..."
The boy with a ponytail:...
"...They just thought they'd sensed your kindness and wanted to return it."
The short-haired boy:...
"I'll treat you to ice pops."
The big monkey was also safe and sound.
"What's wrong?"
"You slipped away without saying anything because you knew you were in the wrong, right?"
"You shouldn't have gone and provoked those animals."
"Being a coward is one thing."
"That was just an instinctive reaction."
"Two little monkeys—"
"If a dog came flying at you, would you kick it too?"
People's instinctive reactions were hard to control.
"They did that too, didn't they?"
The disastrous scene you imagined didn't happen.
It was finally over.
You didn't dare walk too fast.
You froze for a moment.
"You