She swept her gaze over the children in the park but found no one who looked like a young Liu Woxing.
That made sense. Given Liu Woxing's childhood, coming to play at a park wasn't realistic.
But the last time she had traveled through time with Xu Shuangrong, she had landed in the factory where Xiao Jingxi was being held captive.
If that pattern held, she should be somewhere near Liu Woxing now, too.
Or... was there no pattern at all, and time travel just dropped her somewhere at random?
Come to think of it, she really hadn't heard Xu Shuangrong talking to the system this time.
That made things a little tricky.
Liu Woxing was still in sixth grade at this point, but the original novel hadn't mentioned which elementary school she attended.
Was she supposed to search blindly?
Several children were gathered around the park's sandpit, building castles and playing house, utterly unaware of the approaching danger.
A suspicious figure with a jacket tied around her head, leaving only three dark holes exposed, crept toward them in a hunched, thoroughly furtive manner.
The strange figure lowered her voice to a faint murmur, like a demon whispering.
"Excuse me... do you... know... Liu Woxing...?"
The innocent children turned around, only for their sweet smiles to turn instantly into terrified tears when they saw the stranger's face.
"Aaaaaah!"
"A robber! Help!!"
"Mommy!!!"
They ran away crying, and the other children scattered in fright as well.
Completely unaware that she was the one being mistaken for a robber, Xie Mi whipped around indignantly.
"A robber? Where? Let's see who dares hurt our nation's little flowers!"
She even shouted after the fleeing children.
"Don't be scared, kids! I'll protect you!"
The children ran even faster.
"Run! The robber's catching up!"
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