Screaming as she spun around, Lin Xiaolu first staggered backward with a series of thuds, bumped into the railing behind her, then slipped and smacked her head straight into the glass panel beside it.
"Ah!"
The back of her head throbbed with pain, and she cried out before falling toward the floor.
Fortunately, Lin Yun was quick enough to bend down and grab Lin Xiaolu by the arm before she could actually fall, pulling her upright on the spot.
"Are you okay?"
Seeing Lin Xiaolu grimace in pain, he instinctively reached out and rubbed the back of her head. Finding no wound there, he let out a sigh of relief. "Lulu, you need to watch where you're going."
—It was because you scared me!
Lin Xiaolu straightened up and pulled his hand away from the back of her head, saying resentfully, "Don't suddenly talk to people from behind!"
"I saw you two sneaking around here, so of course I had to ask."
Lin Yun raised an eyebrow. "You've been leaning over the third floor watching for so long. Did you really think I wouldn't notice?"
The truth was, he really had not noticed. Most people would find it hard to imagine someone watching them from the upper floors of a shopping mall. Still, now that he had discovered them, he needed some other excuse.
That excuse would normally have sounded rather forced, but since the two girls had been following him first and knew they were in the wrong, they did not question it.
"Sorry, Uncle. I was wrong."
Xia Liang reacted the fastest, immediately putting on the act of a well-behaved child. "I didn't mean to. I was just curious."
"Who was sneaking around? I was standing here openly!"
Lin Xiaolu was far less friendly. With one hand covering