Xu Hao had already been in the tree for quite a while.
He had also spent quite a while looking around.
Without finding anything.
Xu Hao pursed his lips.
That human wasn't punctual at all—
Uh.
Come to think of it...
Had they agreed on a specific time?
Xu Hao tapped his own head.
Apparently... they hadn't.
Even if they hadn't...
Wouldn't coming early be only natural?
Xu Hao vigorously shook the branch beside him.
The rustling sound made an old man who happened to be passing beneath stop and look up.
A trace of confusion showed in his cloudy eyes.
But soon, the old man happily clasped his hands behind his back and leisurely walked away, satisfied with the flourishing growth of the great tree.
Must have been the wind?
the old man guessed inwardly.
Xu Hao leaned against the trunk, swaying from side to side.
Could that human have forgotten his promise to him?
Humans had terrible memories.
He knew that.
He also knew that the older humans got, the worse their memories became.
Hmm.
Perhaps not.
Human children didn't seem to have better memories than adults?
That wasn't important.
Xu Hao shook his head.
What mattered was...
That human hadn't come.
Xu Hao suddenly hung upside down.
The face that appeared before his eyes made him widen them in surprise.
Caught off guard by the impact...
Xu Hao struggled futilely for a while...
But still fell from the tree with a thud.
Xiao Xiao promptly took a step back.
Watching Xu Hao crash to the ground, his brows and eyes twitched slightly with the loud impact.
That was quite a solid fall.
For a human, it could be called a rather serious accident.
But for Xu Hao, a demon...
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