"...We only played outside for a little while..."
"When it was time to go home, we all went our separate ways..."
"Did Xia Cheng go home too?"
"...He did."
"Xia Cheng told them he was going home..."
"...But he still hasn't come home?"
"Please don't worry."
The woman tried to comfort Xia Cheng's grandmother.
She'd happened to overhear Xia Cheng chatting with his classmates. His grandmother had come from the countryside to stay at his home for a while.
On the way home, something might have caught his attention—a flower, a blade of grass, or a big cat or a big dog.
According to Yue Bili's Grandmother, Xia Cheng had said goodbye to his friends before leaving...
Uh...
"That was him?!"
"You..."
She tried not to think the worst.
The man felt rather embarrassed.
Maybe Xia Cheng had said goodbye to his friends, waited for them to leave, and then doubled back...
"By all rights, Xia Cheng should be home by now."
Fortunately, it was nearly summer, and the days were getting longer.
"Please don't panic."
The place where the kids had played was by the canal in the neighborhood.
The man unconsciously clenched his fists.
The man pressed his lips together.
It had only been a sudden flash of inspiration—a way to change the subject.
Xia Cheng!
Xiao Xiao looked thoughtful.
It seemed he'd picked just the right time to ask Master Xiao out and tell him about Xia Cheng.
After standing there in a daze for a few seconds, she immediately set off.
She didn't have time to chat.
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly.
"Don't go off on your own."
"You..."
Chi Xiuchuan was surprised by Xiao Xiao's message.
Maybe Xia Cheng had been distracted by something else on the way