Then the child thought of how Mom and Dad had reacted when she told them she'd seen the big leopard.
A sense of understanding dawned on her.
Yeah.
Mom and Dad didn't like her seeing the big leopard.
Though she didn't like it and wasn't good at lying to Mom and Dad, the child had already made up her mind...
Next time, even if she saw the big leopard again, she wouldn't tell Mom and Dad.
She wouldn't tell anyone.
She didn't like the worried looks on Mom and Dad's faces when they heard she'd seen the big leopard.
Or the oppressive atmosphere that made her feel awful.
She didn't want her good friends to distance themselves from her because she'd seen the big leopard.
The child nodded.
Even if Eldest Brother hadn't told her this, she'd already planned to do it.
She didn't want Mom, Dad, or Nini to be unhappy because of the big leopard anymore.
"Yaya."
Xiao Xiao gently reached out and patted the child on the head.
"Will you hate seeing the big leopard?"
The child stared blankly at Eldest Brother.
Hate it?
She thought she ought to hate it.
After all, seeing the big leopard had brought her a lot of trouble.
But when the words reached her lips...
The child found she couldn't quite say them.
When she was the only one who could see the big leopard and hadn't told anyone, seeing it had filled her with surprise and curiosity.
The big leopard hadn't done anything to hurt her.
Why should she hate it?
But...
It wasn't possible to say she had no complaints about the big leopard at all.
She resented it, but not enough to hate it, right?
The child thought hesitantly.
"Does Yaya still want to