That boy still had no idea that monsters existed.
Hmm?
Xiao Xiao lowered his head.
A child had run into his shin.
The child staggered back a few steps.
He was about to fall flat on his bottom—
"Careful."
Xiao Xiao reached out and caught the child by the shoulders.
The child steadied himself.
"Little Fish."
The old woman hurried over with quick, short steps.
"Are you all right?"
Hearing his grandmother's voice, the child wrinkled his nose, but still couldn't hold it in...
"Waaah~"
The child burst into tears.
Xiao Xiao was slightly taken aback.
He looked at the old woman running over, his face showing a hint of helplessness.
He hadn't done anything.
The child had run into his shin all by himself.
When the child was about to fall...
He had even caught him.
He'd prevented the child from getting hurt a second time.
"Little Fish."
The old woman was a little out of breath.
She stopped beside the child.
"W-what's wrong?"
The child rubbed at his tears and bawled.
"Oh, oh."
The old woman was both worried and distressed.
"What's the matter?"
"Why are you crying?"
Flustered and at a loss, the old woman saw that the child was crying too hard to answer her questions for the moment. She gently patted his back with one hand and looked up at Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
"He ran into my leg just now."
"Oh, oh."
The old woman nodded.
She had actually seen that happen.
She had also seen the young man reach out in time to catch her grandson...
Keeping him from landing hard on his bottom.
Was the child really crying this hard just because he'd bumped into someone?
The old