Xu He's eyes widened.
He actually felt as though he had a lot of questions.
But in the end, he obediently nodded.
Okay.
He hadn't planned to tell anyone else about Little Joy, anyway.
Because there were bad people.
Since Mom had emphasized it to him like this, he definitely wouldn't tell anyone about Little Joy.
"Good boy."
The woman smiled with satisfaction.
It was enough as long as the child didn't tell anyone else about this.
As for the child himself...
The woman decided to leave it to time.
Time would help the child slowly understand...
Just how childish he had been...
To believe he had seen a bird with two heads...
Xu He smiled unconsciously.
But then a strange feeling rose in his heart.
He put a hand over his chest.
What did it feel like?
He turned his head.
Mom was looking ahead.
She wasn't looking at him.
"Oh."
An elderly woman walking toward them smiled when she saw them.
"Xiao He, your mom came to pick you up from school today."
"That's rare."
The woman's expression was briefly unnatural.
She soon smiled.
She said nothing.
And she didn't stop walking.
Xu He grinned at the elderly woman.
He nodded.
Mm.
Mom had come to pick him up from school.
He turned and saw that Mom was getting farther away, so he immediately waved to the elderly woman.
Then he ran after Mom.
The elderly woman watched the child's retreating figure.
She couldn't help sighing.
"What's wrong?"
Another elderly woman carrying a cloth bag walked over. "Why the sigh?"
"Nothing."
The elderly woman smiled. "I just saw Xiao He walking home with his mom."
"Xiao He?"
At first, the woman with the cloth bag didn't understand. A few