And parents who were unwilling to see their child.
Just letting their child spend time alone with that boy...
Before Chen Jing, they might have only been a little worried.
But after Chen Jing brainwashed their child and kept harassing her...
They were genuinely very worried...
That their child might be brainwashed again without realizing it by some ill-intentioned adult.
What if their child's problem wasn't resolved...
And then someone like Chen Jing came along and latched onto her?
"Student Xu."
The woman began, "Could you talk to your friend?"
"For the child's sake..."
Xu Zizhen waved a hand slightly.
"I can't talk him into it."
"You both heard what I called him."
Xu Zizhen shrugged.
"I'm the one who has to listen to him."
Ah...
What had he called him...
Master Xiao...
The woman and the man exchanged a look.
That form of address...
Confused them, too.
But they'd more or less taken it as a nickname between friends.
They hadn't expected...
Judging by Student Xu's meaning...
Could that name not be a casual nickname between friends...
But...
Was he serious?
"He..."
The woman opened her mouth.
But she wasn't sure what to say.
After her initial surprise, she hadn't paid any attention to the name.
Young people these days called each other all sorts of things.
All kinds of nonsense.
They'd heard it all and let it pass.
They didn't take it seriously.
Or they simply treated it as a name.
For example, they could now call the neighbor's little black dog Snowball without batting an eye.
Master Xiao...
It sounded strange at first, but after repeating it to herself a few times, it seemed ordinary enough.
It was just a name.
"...What does that mean?"
The woman murmured.
She looked at