As though afraid of delaying treatment for his brother, Wen Yan got into the car, changed her shoes, and floored the accelerator. Pei Yanchuan froze in the back seat.
The way that shoved me back into my seat...
Shou Shou waved his hands beside him, grinning happily. "Woohoo! We're going so fast we're going to fly!" Then he turned to Pei Yanchuan. "Will you come play with me again tomorrow?"
His eyes sparkled so brightly that Pei Yanchuan felt a little embarrassed. "Well..."
He could handle scheming swindlers and terrifying monsters, but faced with an innocent, kindhearted child, he had no idea what to do. For a moment, he was at a loss.
"He has things to do too," Wen Yan answered for Pei Yanchuan from the front seat. "Just like you have to go to class and study every day, Shou Shou, he does too."
"Oh..." Shou Shou lowered his head in disappointment, but a child's sadness always passed quickly. Before long, he lifted his head again. "Then do you have to do homework every day too?"
Pei Yanchuan said, "...Yes." In a sense, he really did have to do homework every day in his own world.
"Oh..." Shou Shou looked unhappy again, his head drooping and his lips pouting. "You're already so big and you still have homework? How many more years do I have to do it?"
Pei Yanchuan's lips curved into a smile. Sure enough, no matter where children came from, homework was their greatest worry.
After speeding the whole way, Wen Yan soon dropped Pei Yanchuan off at the Cannibal Hospital. Before leaving, she asked him, "Could I get your contact information? Shou Shou seems to really like you."
Pei Yanchuan hesitated. He did have a phone, but he had a feeling that nothing good