Knowing
The children were all a little startled.
They thought some kind of terrifying beast was about to appear.
But what came into view was a somewhat familiar figure.
"...Big Brother?"
The short-haired girl spoke hesitantly.
This...
Wasn't he the Big Brother who had helped them deal with the big sister last time?
The young man looked a little surprised.
"You still remember me?"
He'd only met these children once.
Well.
As for Yaya...
If seeing her on the surveillance footage counted...
Then that made twice.
It probably didn't count.
After all, he'd been the only one who saw Yaya that time.
And Yaya hadn't seen him.
"You have a good memory,"
the young man praised her.
The short-haired girl grew a little shy at the praise.
But her eyes shone brightly.
"Ah!"
The ponytailed girl recognized the young man too.
"Big Brother, it's you!"
"It's me."
The young man nodded.
"Who?"
the child asked quietly.
She had a vague feeling that this Big Brother was familiar.
But when she thought about it, she couldn't remember where she'd met him.
"You don't remember?"
The ponytailed girl looked surprised.
"Yaya was focused on the big sister at the time, right?"
The short-haired girl quickly figured out why.
"Yaya."
The short-haired girl explained to her, "Last time the big sister came to school to find you..."
"That was when Nini went to pick up the volleyball and ran into the big sister..."
"Then another Big Brother showed up and told us to go ahead, remember?"
"That's him."
"Do you remember now?"
The child blinked.
She remembered the incident the short-haired girl was talking about.
After all, it had made her think much less of Teacher Chen.
Because Teacher Chen had shown up and