Wang Man's father looked around at everyone. "Let's start by following Mom's lead and looking for it."
"If we can't find an exact match, something similar will do."
"Maybe the old lady just mistook what she saw."
The others nodded in agreement and went off to look, each wearing a worried expression.
As expected, they found nothing.
Not even anything similar.
After all, what kind of animal had a snake for a tail?
It was just too strange.
But how were they supposed to explain this to the old lady?
Wang Man had said that whenever her grandmother was awake, she thought about whether they had found Little Guy yet. The only time she didn't was when she was asleep.
"Manman told me she was willing to believe her grandma."
"Her grandma was really worried."
"And apart from the matter of Little Guy, there was nothing unusual about her."
"Her grandma wasn't senile."
"But—"
Chi Xiuke furrowed her brows. "Manman said their whole family had searched all over the west side. They'd asked lots of people, too, but no one knew anything. Everyone thought they were imagining things."
"Manman later posted about it online, asking if anyone knew anything."
"At first, the people online all said her grandma either had bad eyesight or was senile."
"Then someone said that what her grandma saw was probably a monster from legend."
"And asked for her grandma's address."
"Manman naturally ignored that person. She thought they were just trying to stir things up. The idea of monsters was ridiculous, too."
"Manman doesn't believe in monsters, but—"
Chi Xiuke looked at Xiao Xiao. "Master Xiao, I thought of you."
"I thought you might be able to help Manman with this. Help her grandma."
"Sorry, I took the