They had not given the boy any sort of reward.
And they had just left like that...
Was that really all right...
It made their gratitude toward the boy seem rather insincere.
But of course, that was not the case.
The girl with slanted ponytail was truly very grateful to the boy.
Extremely grateful.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"I've received your thanks."
"Auntie."
The little girl tugged at the girl with slanted ponytail's clothes.
There was a hint of urging in her gesture.
"Princess."
The girl with slanted ponytail pulled the little girl over.
"Say thank you to Big Brother."
"And goodbye too."
"We're going to say goodbye to Big Brother."
The little girl obediently thanked him. "Thank you, Big Brother."
Then she said goodbye as well.
"Goodbye, Big Brother."
"Prince."
The girl with slanted ponytail pulled over the little boy, who had been playing with his lollipop by himself nearby. "Come say goodbye to Big Brother."
The little boy came over.
With an utterly well-behaved look on his face, he said, "Goodbye, Big Brother."
"Goodbye."
Xiao Xiao said goodbye to the two children and the girl with slanted ponytail.
"Goodbye."
After the two children had said goodbye to the boy, the girl with slanted ponytail said her farewells to him last.
Then she took the two children's hands and turned toward the mall entrance.
"Auntie, hurry up."
The little girl tugged the girl with slanted ponytail's clothes as she walked forward.
The hand holding the lollipop waved through the air.
"Pictures, pictures. Let's go take pictures."
"All right."
The girl with slanted ponytail smiled. "Be careful."
"You'll fling your lollipop away."
"And then you'll cry again."
The little girl immediately stopped moving her hand.
Her eyes instantly turned to