Then he realized that what had appeared before him wasn't just one of his kind, but a human, too.
But this white fox wasn't a wild fox in the first place. It was a human's fox from the zoo.
It was used to seeing humans.
And it had received plenty of kindness from them.
It didn't hold any hostility toward humans.
So the white fox was only as wary of him as any animal would be. It wasn't so frightened that it immediately turned and ran.
Besides, A Jiu was here, too.
Xiao Xiao didn't move.
Every now and then, the fox would glance quickly up at Xiao Xiao.
I sprang to my feet.
You tried reaching out your hand.
There were only a few of us.
The boy with the bun and the girl, Qi Lingling, both widened their eyes.
The white fox tilted its head, seeming a little confused.
You moved more slowly.
If the auntie hadn't come forward earlier to confirm it, they probably would have kept pestering the other person for quite a while.
Qi Lingling's gaze shifted back and forth between the boy's face and the Great White Fox in his arms, which looked like a snowball as it dozed.
And to think they'd mistaken them earlier.
You compared their hands.
Although he'd guessed while on the phone that someone he knew might show up, Xiao Xiao still felt a little strange when he actually saw the boy with the bun and Qi Lingling.
He felt a little dissatisfied, and a little puzzled.
At last, someone had provided information about the missing white fox.
"We've been looking for you for ages."
Sure enough, it was someone he knew.
"...It's you!?"
Qi Lingling's voice cut off abruptly.
The zoo staff arrived very quickly.