Xiao Xiao's eyes flickered with a trace of amusement.
He had naturally noticed Xu Hao's little movement.
He had gone from not understanding why the monsters were so wary of him to being more or less used to it.
He curved his lips.
Xu Hao's whole body grew even more rigid.
In its eyes, the human's smile at that moment looked downright ill-intentioned.
Xiao Xiao: ...
He shrugged slightly.
He looked toward the river.
"I'm leaving."
Xiao Xiao casually picked up a pebble from the ground.
Then he bent down and tossed it.
"Plunk, plunk, plunk~"
The little pebble bounced three times across the river's surface.
Xiao Xiao looked at Xu Hao. "Are you still going to follow me?"
Xu Hao turned its gaze away from the river.
It looked curiously at the pebble on the ground.
How had he done that?
The pebble had flown across the surface of the water.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Want to learn?"
He picked up another pebble.
"Watch."
This time, the pebble bounced four times across the river's surface.
Xu Hao's eyes widened.
"Come on."
Xiao Xiao had Xu Hao assume the same posture as him.
Xu Hao awkwardly tried to imitate him.
It leaned its body about forty-five degrees to the side and crouched halfway.
It gripped the pebble it had picked up from the ground tightly in its hand.
It used its waist to generate force...
"!?"
Xu Hao's eyes widened.
The pebble Xu Hao threw sank straight into the water.
Xu Hao: ...
Xu Hao looked at Xiao Xiao.
Its face was tinged with confusion.
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
"It's okay."
"Just try a few more times, and you'll get it."
Xiao Xiao demonstrated for