Grandma Yu immediately took the phone from the child's hand.
"I'm this child's grandmother."
"Thank you for caring about him."
Grandma Yu's thanks were sincere.
The young man hadn't hung up as soon as he realized the child had dialed the wrong number...
Instead, he'd been concerned about the child's situation.
He'd wanted to help the child get back to his parents.
If the child really had gotten separated from his parents, forgotten their phone number, and been left all alone...
Then the young man's actions would have been a lifeline.
Perhaps he could prevent a tragedy.
The young man on the other end paused. "The child's grandmother..."
So the child had come out with his grandmother—
No.
The young man quickly realized something was wrong.
If the child had come out with his grandmother, why was he looking for his parents...
Instead of his grandmother?
"Are you really this child's grandmother?"
The young man got straight to the point.
Grandma Yu froze.
She'd already been prepared for him to hang up...
Who would've thought he'd suddenly ask her that...
What did he mean?
Grandma Yu was a little confused. "I am his grandmother."
Why was he asking her that?
"Then why did the child just tell me he was looking for his parents, instead of you?"
The young man voiced his suspicion directly.
Normally, if a child got separated from a family member, his first reaction would be to look for the one who'd brought him out.
Why would he look farther away instead?
One possibility was that the child had a bad relationship with his grandmother.
So even when he was in trouble, his first instinct was still to look for his parents.
And the other possibility...
Was...
That the old woman was lying.