What Teacher Chen Said
The child was very happy.
She liked Teacher Chen.
Once the child liked someone, she opened up.
She began telling Teacher Chen everything.
"...I told Teacher Chen that I'd seen a really strange-looking leopard..."
"It had only one eye."
"It was a one-eyed leopard—"
The child gestured excitedly as she spoke.
As soon as the words left her mouth, the child's heart gave a jolt.
She suddenly remembered...
Her mom didn't like her talking about this.
She said the child had imagined it.
There hadn't really been a huge leopard.
She told her not to make things up.
Especially not to tell other people such nonsense.
The child's face stiffened.
She'd been caught red-handed.
The woman and the man looked at each other.
So it was this!
The woman was somewhat inclined to believe the old lady. Aside from the old lady's heartfelt sincerity, it was also because she'd said that her granddaughter had seen a leopard too.
The old lady's granddaughter had seen the same thing as her child...
If it wasn't just a trick of the eyes...
The woman clenched her hands.
"Yaya."
The child pressed her lips together nervously.
"Go on."
The woman let out a quiet breath and spoke softly.
"You told Teacher Chen about it..."
"How did Teacher Chen react?"
The child cautiously studied the woman's expression.
Was Mom angry?
"If you don't say anything, Mom might get angry," the man reminded the child in a low voice.
The child suddenly understood.
She answered right away. "Teacher Chen thought I was amazing."
A smile spread across the child's face.
"She couldn't believe I'd seen such a special leopard~"
"Teacher Chen wants to see the leopard too."
"I promised Teacher Chen that next