Kicking an Iron Plate
"Mom, Grandma, I'm leaving."
Xiao Xiao said with a smile.
Xiao Xiao went to the kitchen again.
He lifted the curtain.
"Dad, Grandpa."
"I'm leaving."
"Be careful on the way."
Old Master Xiao waved.
Father Xiao waved as well.
Xiao Xiao left the teahouse.
After walking a few steps, Xiao Xiao stopped.
He turned around.
"Come out."
The girl froze slightly.
Had she been discovered?
The girl shrugged slightly.
She had thought she was hiding well.
But it didn't matter that she had been discovered.
The girl smiled.
Or rather...
She had hoped the other party would discover her.
It was just that he had discovered her too quickly...
This was somewhat beyond her expectations.
It also caught her off guard.
The girl walked out from behind the GG sign where she had been hiding.
Xiao Xiao raised his brows slightly.
"It's you."
The girl before him was none other than the unwelcome guest Madam Xiao had mentioned—the one who had secretly slipped into their courtyard twice.
The girl wasn't surprised that this young man recognized her.
Just as she had asked Madam Xiao who this young man was at the time,
Madam Xiao should have told this young man who she was.
After all...
To Madam Xiao...
She really was somewhat disliked.
The girl thought with considerable self-awareness.
"You followed me."
Xiao Xiao calmly stated a fact.
The girl nodded readily.
"That's right."
After learning that this young man was the Xiao family's son, the girl had begun making plans.
She had kept a close eye on the passage connecting the rear courtyard to the teahouse.
She had also worried that the young man might not return to the teahouse, but leave directly through the