The child froze.
The old man froze too.
This young man's way of doing things...
Very good.
The old man looked at the young man in surprise.
He didn't want the child to feel guilty and miserable over an uncle who didn't even exist...
An uncle she had clearly imagined herself...
And yet the child had actually started feeling guilty.
The old man shook his head.
This child...
The old man really wanted to punch the child on the head.
If that would help...
The child stammered, "U-Uncle... n-not mute?"
"No."
Xiao Xiao shook his head.
The child opened her mouth wide.
Th-then she...
The child immediately grew so nervous and flustered that she nearly fainted.
She had thought she had already behaved terribly.
Now Superman told her...
She had behaved even worse than she had imagined...
"Little Mango."
Xiao Xiao placed his hand on the child's shoulder and gently pressed it twice.
"It's all right."
"Your uncle isn't angry."
"Really?"
The child looked at Superman with an expression on the verge of tears.
She didn't dare look at her uncle.
"Really."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Your uncle just doesn't like talking."
"People are bound to misunderstand him sometimes."
"Little Mango didn't mean any harm."
"Right?"
"Mm."
The child nodded vigorously.
She just didn't understand why her uncle had never spoken to her...
Even though her uncle had looked at her...
A thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
She thought she had found the answer.
Sure enough.
Thoughts that flashed through one's mind...
Really couldn't be trusted.
Her uncle clearly wasn't mute.
Yet she had said to his face that he couldn't speak.
Was her uncle really...
not angry?
The more the child thought about it, the more awful she felt.