"What are you talking about?"
Tang Xia assumed she was joking. "I only helped you up. How does that make me your savior?"
The little girl was as pretty as a porcelain doll, delicate and adorable. Tang Xia had liked her from the moment she saw her. With the child staring up at her without blinking, she finally gave in and reached out to pat her head.
"Little girl, where are your parents?"
Tang Tang kept her head tilted up, enjoying Tang Xia's touch. "They didn't come."
It was the same familiar feeling she remembered.
After years apart, she had missed it so much.
"They didn't come?"
Tang Xia's expression shifted. "Did you come out all by yourself?"
How old was this child? How could her parents be so irresponsible?
"I came with my brothers, an auntie, and an uncle."
"Then where are your brothers and the auntie and uncle?"
Tang Xia looked behind her. Aside from the passersby, there were only a man and a woman standing there, clearly stunned. But their reactions were too strange. They seemed unable to process what had happened, much like she had been when the little girl grabbed her leg to pull her scam. They must have been startled too.
Besides, judging by their looks, they probably weren't related to this beautiful little girl.
Unable to find anyone nearby who looked like the girl's family, Tang Xia began to feel annoyed with them.
How could they leave such a young child on her own?
"Do you remember their phone numbers?"
Tang Xia wanted to call the child's guardians, but when she felt her pockets, she realized she had left her phone in her locker.
"Little girl, I need to move some things right now. Why don't you sit inside the restaurant and wait