"Then you have to listen."
Child's Mom put on a stern expression.
Oh.
The child wilted.
"All right, let's talk about the second thing."
The second thing?
The child jerked his head up.
There was more?
"If you'd apologized right away, there wouldn't have been a second thing."
Child's Mom's expression turned serious.
Huh?
The child was confused.
Child's Mom's face darkened.
Was this child really acting so completely clueless?
"You lied afterward and told us Little Fox had snuck off to eat the candy."
Child's Mom enunciated each word.
In her eyes, that was much more serious.
This child had really "grown up" now.
When confronted by them, his first reaction had actually been to lie.
His lying skills weren't very good, though.
But...
Compared to sneaking candy, lying to his parents was clearly much more serious.
"I didn't lie!"
The child blurted out.
"You're still lying?"
Child's Mom was astonished.
"I didn't lie!"
The child was terribly aggrieved.
"Little Fox really did eat the candy!"
"I didn't eat a single piece!"
"Zhang Lei!"
Child's Mom shouted.
The child went pale with fright.
Child's Mom took a deep breath.
"Lei Lei."
"Why are you still lying?"
"If you apologize, we can put this behind us."
The child's lips moved.
His face was full of anxiety and confusion.
His emotions were so intense that he couldn't make a sound.
He could only shake his head to show how he felt.
"Lei Lei."
Child's Mom was helpless.
"What are you being so stubborn about?"
"Why keep insisting on a lie that's already been exposed?"
"There isn't a Little Fox in this house."
"We've all looked, including you. We've searched..."
"There isn't one, right?"
"Why keep saying Little