"You got it wrong."
The boy felt wronged, too.
He had clearly been talking about that leopard.
He didn't understand why this girl had come over to accuse him of falsely blaming her.
He hadn't done that at all!
"What?!"
The girl felt like she was about to explode with anger.
"So now it's my fault?!"
"Weren't you just asking me, right in front of me, why I'd popped the child's balloon?!"
"I was the only one standing in front of you!"
"If you weren't talking to me, who were you talking to?"
This baffling boy was actually accusing her of being conceited?
For a moment, the girl didn't even know what expression to make.
How had she run into something this absurd?
Her expression was starting to twist.
"Oh, dear."
The child's grandmother stood up.
The child had been frightened by the argument between the two young people and stopped crying.
He hid behind her.
She gently patted her grandson's shoulder.
Then she looked at the two young people. "Stop arguing."
"Let an old woman say a few words."
"Young man."
The old woman first turned to the boy with black-rimmed glasses. "You misunderstood."
"This young lady just happened to be passing by."
"My grandson's balloon popping had nothing to do with her."
"She was startled when my grandson's balloon suddenly popped, too."
"My grandson's balloon just popped on its own."
"It had nothing to do with anyone."
"Thank you for speaking up for my grandson."
"But you really did misunderstand this young lady."
The girl glared angrily at the boy with black-rimmed glasses.
Exactly!
The old woman had proved she was innocent.
What else did this boy have to say?
Li Mingtai was at a loss, too.
He raised a hand and pressed hard