Xu He shook his head.
He didn't know.
He stammered, "...Big Brother suddenly appeared."
"Then he rescued you and the others?"
That didn't make sense.
The woman remembered clearly that two firefighters in uniform had carried the children out.
"...Wasn't he Firefighter Uncle, then?"
The child had said earlier that he wasn't...
"No."
Xu He shook his head.
"Big Brother wasn't Firefighter Uncle."
"Big Brother wasn't wearing the same clothes as Firefighter Uncle."
"Big Brother left before Firefighter Uncle arrived..."
What?
The woman was a little startled.
"Big Brother left before Firefighter Uncle arrived?!"
"Didn't he come to rescue you?"
Xu He blinked.
Big Brother...
He should have been... there to rescue them too, right?
"Big Brother heard Firefighter Uncle coming..."
Xu He tried hard to describe what had happened.
Then he made me pinky swear not to tell anyone Big Brother had been there...
"...and only then did Big Brother leave."
Sigh...
The woman looked stunned.
She felt a little confused too.
What the child was saying...
"Could it be..."
The woman tried to piece together what had happened. "Big Brother knew Firefighter Uncle was coming and knew he would rescue you..."
"...and knew you were safe..."
"So he left?"
"He..."
"Did a good deed without leaving his name?"
Her expression turned strange.
Of course, people like that existed.
There were always selfless people who did good things without wanting anything in return.
They simply chose to leave quietly.
But...
The situation the child described...
Something about it felt off.
He'd gone into a burning house, found the children, but hadn't immediately taken them out...
And he hadn't left with the firefighters either—
Wouldn't that have been safer?
Instead, he'd chosen to leave alone, avoiding everyone?
Was there any need to go that