Giving them silent support and comfort.
Auntie's expression softened.
Her eyes filled with tenderness.
"Auntie."
The little girl reached out and hugged her aunt's leg. "They're crying so sadly."
There was a hint of tears in the little girl's voice, too.
Her aunt crouched down.
She held the little girl and patted her back.
"That's right."
The two children were crying so sadly...
They must have run into some trouble.
She just didn't know what yet.
"It's okay."
"You'll feel better once you've had a good cry."
"Is Nannan going to cry, too?"
"No."
The little girl buried her face in her aunt's arms.
"I'm not crying."
Her voice was muffled, with a hint of a sob.
Her aunt smiled and stroked the child's head.
Children were at their most sensitive age.
Seeing other kids their age cry probably made her want to cry, too.
Besides, the two children were crying so sadly that even her eyes were starting to sting.
Everyone's attention was on the two sobbing children. Xiao Xiao walked up to the monster.
Zhen tensed all over.
It watched the human warily.
What did he want?
Hadn't it done what he told it to?
Zhen's five tails instinctively straightened.
They seemed to casually block Zhen from view.
Keeping the human at a distance.
Xiao Xiao tilted his head slightly.
Had he shown any hostility toward this monster?
Even when he saw its tails pinning the two children down, he hadn't shown any anger.
Wasn't that enough to make his attitude clear?
Still...
He might not be angry.
But Xiao Xiao didn't approve of the monster playing around with children like this.
If he wasn't mistaken...
"Were you playing with them?"
Zhen looked down at...
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