I hoped the girl with the slanted ponytail wouldn't be too angry when she saw he was gone.
"You disappeared."
"Your aunt is very worried about you."
Xiao Xiao bent down to look at the child.
"Let's go."
"When you see your aunt, you can explain to her why you left the convenience store without permission."
The little girl's face stiffened.
Then, as if she'd thought of something, her expression relaxed.
But soon, her face darkened again.
She opened her mouth as if to say something...
"Let's go."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
The little girl didn't need to explain herself to him.
Besides, the girl with the slanted ponytail really was worried about the little girl.
The most important thing now was...
To get the little girl in front of the girl with the slanted ponytail as soon as possible.
After a second, the little girl pressed her lips together.
With her head lowered, she was about to follow Xiao Xiao away.
"Sweetie."
A kind-hearted onlooker asked, "Do you really know this man?"
The little girl blinked.
Huh?
She nodded.
She'd met this big brother before.
He'd even given her pretty, delicious candies.
"What is he to you?"
Someone else asked.
He kept saying the child's aunt...
But he hadn't said what his relationship to the little girl was.
The little girl was stumped.
Big brother...
What was he to her?
The little girl tilted her head.
"...He's just my big brother."
The onlookers were taken aback.
What kind of answer was that?
"Is he your biological brother?"
Someone guessed.
Siblings with such a big age gap...
It wasn't unheard of.
"No."
Xiao Xiao answered for the child.
"I met her once before."
"Today, in fact."
Huh?
The others