Madam Xiao pressed her lips together.
So that was what had happened.
The boy had gone with the old woman to her child's school again.
No wonder he'd come back so late...
She'd been worried that Xiao Xiao had run into some kind of trouble.
For example...
Maybe the old woman had made some difficult request of him...
She'd been completely wrong.
She hadn't expected that...
"Ah."
Madam Xiao sighed.
The unfortunate in this world each had their own misfortunes...
All they could do was help out as much as they could when they came across someone in need.
Then they could go on living their own lives.
"Thanks for the effort."
Madam Xiao smiled at him.
Madam Xiao didn't ask any further.
She knew her child would handle everything.
Her child was just that capable.
Madam Xiao's lips curved into a smile. "Go get yourself a bowl of chilled mung bean soup."
"Cool off a little."
Although he looked fresh and cool, as if the heat hadn't bothered him.
The sun outside had certainly been scorching.
Everyone who walked into the teahouse smiled at how cool it was inside.
Xiao Xiao returned to the room behind the teahouse.
He went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.
Sure enough.
He found a huge vat of mung bean soup.
He carried it out to the floor beneath the eaves.
Then he got a whole stack of bowls.
"Come on."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "Everyone, come have some mung bean soup."
"Awoo~"
Little Taotie let out a wail.
When it had first seen that enormous vat of mung bean soup, its eyes had lit up.
After all, it was countless times bigger than a bowl.
It had already decided that half the soup in the vat