Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Sorry, did I scare you?"
"No, we were just distracted."
Little Deer picked up a glass of water from the table and pushed it in front of Xiao Xiao. "Master Xiao, have some water."
"Thank you."
Xiao Xiao picked up the glass. When he looked up and saw the three of them gazing at him with eager, pleading eyes, he couldn't help finding it both amusing and exasperating.
He set down the glass. "Do you remember what you promised me?"
The three of them stiffened.
Little Deer puffed out her cheeks. "We remember. We promised not to ask questions afterward."
But they really had so many questions.
While Master Xiao had been away, they'd sat on the sofa and finally had time to sort through everything they'd just seen and heard.
Then one question after another had come to mind.
Now, hearing Master Xiao say that, Little Deer felt like banging her head against the floor.
"Master Xiao, don't be so cold and heartless~"
Little Deer rested her chin in her hands and leaned on the armrest of Xiao Xiao's armchair. She gazed up at him with an exceptionally sweet, adorable smile, her large, lively eyes as clear as a deer's blinking at him.
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly.
Little Deer smiled even sweeter.
This trick never failed her. "Master Xiao~"
The girl's coaxing voice was coated in sugar, sweet enough to go straight to anyone's heart.
Even Pei You, sitting nearby, felt that if Little Deer asked her to do anything right now, she'd agree without hesitation.
If even a girl like her felt that way, surely a boy would be even less able to resist?
She stared at Xiao Xiao with shining eyes.
After reading so many novels and watching so