Xiao Xiao gestured for the girl with the slanted ponytail and the two children to go first.
"Auntie."
The little girl was just about to say something—
The girl with the slanted ponytail raised a finger and wagged it.
"Hold it."
"You saw for yourself..."
"There's no..."
The girl with the slanted ponytail paused, then continued, "There's no old man with seaweed-like hair and green skin around here."
The little girl scrunched up her face.
She looked utterly confused. "Why isn't there?"
"Yeah."
The girl with the slanted ponytail nodded. "Why isn't there?"
"Because the old man has already left."
"Princess, don't keep thinking about that old man."
"Weren't you really scared of him?"
"Why do you want to see him so badly now?"
The girl with the slanted ponytail was a little puzzled.
Hadn't this child run away in fright when she saw the old man?
She'd spent so long looking for her.
She'd even called the police.
Fortunately, the child had been fine in the end.
She'd really scared her to death.
The little girl pouted.
"I saw him just now..."
Since she'd seen him, she wanted her auntie to see him too.
She'd been scared by that old man.
He really did look terrifying.
But with her auntie, her brother, and big brother there, she wasn't quite so scared.
The little girl was feeling a little like a fox borrowing the tiger's might.
She wanted to show off in front of the old man again.
When she realized that wasn't going to happen, the little girl felt a little disappointed.
"You..."
The girl with the slanted ponytail gently poked the little girl's forehead,
"You never learn your lesson."
"Don't think about that old man anymore."
"It's getting late. Are you planning