Clashing Head-On
"Selfish and domineering."
"Rude and ill-mannered."
"From now on, this child's mom can deal with him herself."
"...Isn't that a bracelet?"
The woman furrowed her brow.
Had she been looking in the wrong place?
She tilted her head even lower.
But...
Aside from the bracelet...
There was nothing else on the boy's hand...
"That's a snake!"
The child shouted.
A snake?
The woman froze.
She was a little confused.
How she saw it...
It looked like a bracelet to her.
"Mom!"
The child screamed.
The girl walking over was startled.
The woman's face was still a little pale from the earlier scare.
Her legs were also weak as her friend supported her.
She took a long while to steady herself where she stood, then finally walked over slowly.
Naturally, she had come to thank the person who had saved her life.
The girl paid no attention to the child in front of her.
She disliked how willful he was.
His loud shouting had made her already rattled heart feel even more constricted.
She wasn't feeling well.
She didn't want to deal with the child.
"Hello."
The girl gave Xiao Xiao a faint, grateful smile.
"Thank you."
Supported by her companion, she bowed.
"Thank you for saving me."
"If it weren't for you..."
The girl didn't finish.
Without this young man, she couldn't imagine what might have happened to her.
It was too terrifying.
To the girl sitting on the ground, the horse charging toward her had looked huge and vicious.
Like a monster baring its teeth as it pounced on her.
Her heart had stopped.
Her eyes had been filled with fear and despair.
Just as she thought she was going to die there that day, a figure appeared in