"Did no one else have one?"
The child looked up, a faint light glimmering in her eyes.
"Most people don't."
Xiao Xiao answered with great care.
Even though the child might not notice that care just then.
The light in the child's eyes suddenly blazed.
It spilled out.
Her whole face lit up.
She was special.
The child couldn't stop the corners of her mouth from lifting.
"Why is it taking so long?"
In the other private room, Child's Mom was growing increasingly anxious.
She had thought she would see the child again soon.
She knew her child.
Around people she knew, the child was rather passive and not good at finding things to talk about.
With strangers, she was even more used to staying silent.
So she had never expected her child to chat for long with this strange young man.
When Student Xu had asked them to order tea, she had even considered refusing.
She had suspected the child would come out to find them before the tea arrived.
But...
She had miscalculated.
The minutes ticked by, and the time had long since exceeded her estimate.
There was still not the slightest sound from the room next door.
No one had come out.
The woman even found it a little unbelievable.
Child's Dad pressed his lips together.
He felt the same way as Child's Mom.
After all, they knew their own child best.
They hadn't expected...
The situation had completely taken them by surprise.
He was nearly done with his cup of tea, and he had eaten several pieces of pastry...
Yet the child still hadn't come out.
Child's Dad was genuinely curious now...
What had that young man been talking about with the child?
How had he managed to keep her