She stammered a little. "Just now..."
"Was it its tail that hit me?"
The woman looked at Xiao Xiao.
If it was...
That was really...
So fast.
As the one it had happened to, she'd only caught a glimpse of a white blur out of the corner of her eye.
What she remembered most clearly was the sensation against her hand.
"Yes."
Xiao Xiao's straightforward admission left the woman stunned for a moment.
Oh.
Then...
"Was it also the one that hit Nini just now?"
The woman asked again.
"It doesn't count as hitting her."
The corners of Xiao Xiao's mouth lifted slightly.
"It just pushed Nini's hand away."
"Then how come when it was me, it counted as hitting?"
The woman blurted out.
Then a few threads of regret surfaced in her heart.
Why did she sound like she was arguing with a child over who got treated better?
"Because A Jiu was getting a little impatient."
The corners of Xiao Xiao's mouth lifted slightly.
"So it used a little more force."
After a brief pause, the woman understood.
What the young man meant was...
Three strikes and you're out.
The first few times, the Little Fox had still been patient with the child.
But when she went to touch the Little Fox for the fourth time...
Its patience had run out.
So it went from pushing to hitting.
The woman: ...
She was really lucky.
All right.
Better it hit her than the child.
The woman silently swallowed her bad luck.
"It..."
The woman rubbed the back of her hand. "Why did it hit me?"
"Why did it push the child away?"
A hint of confusion appeared on her face.
Xiao Xiao raised his brows slightly and answered