Xiao Xiao opened his eyes, catching the young man in the black baseball cap off guard.
Though the young man immediately lowered his head, Xiao Xiao still saw the embarrassment, awkwardness, and hint of panic on his face.
After all, he was sitting, while the other man was standing.
No matter how hard the other man tried to hide his face...
Xiao Xiao could see it all clearly.
The young man in the black baseball cap seemed to realize this, too.
Head lowered, he turned and went to the very back of the bus.
Even after sitting down, the young man in the black baseball cap kept his head lowered.
It was impossible to see his face.
Xiao Xiao looked away.
He gazed at his reflection in the window.
A smile spread across his face.
What a coincidence.
If he hadn't known he was on the bus heading back, he might have thought time had turned back and he was on the bus going there again.
The same old lady traveling with two children.
Of course,
it wasn't the same old lady.
Nor were they the same two children.
It was just that both women were old ladies.
And both pairs of children consisted of a boy and a girl.
And the same young man wearing a black baseball cap.
This was the same person, not merely another young man wearing a black baseball cap.
Xiao Xiao tilted his head slightly.
Hmm.
As for the passengers from the ride there...
One was still missing.
The butterfly that had taken such a "special interest" in A Jiu.
But the butterfly had appeared on the first half of the return trip.
That was how he'd seen Old Meng.
So,
the passengers had all been accounted