Chapter 399 The Child and the Key

"Coffee~"

Feifei narrowed her eyes slightly, and the curved arc of her eyes seemed to be smiling.

"Ouch~owoo~"

It was rare for Taotie not to close his eyes and take a nap. He searched around very alertly.

A certain monster hummed a few times in annoyance at the lack of discoveries so far.

However, his attention was soon drawn again to the roasted sweet potatoes in the hands of a passerby on the roadside.

It smells so good! You smack your lips and look drooling.

Compared to the invisible monster, the food in front of us is more real.

Taotie couldn't help but stretch out his claws and pull Xiao Xiao's hair.

It is hungry.

The monsters that will come later will be the main course, so it would be nice to have some appetizers now.

……

Xiao Xiao has become accustomed to Taotie's attention being always distracted by food.

I also became accustomed to the habit of having my hair pulled from time to time.

If he could satisfy the appetite of a glutton every time, he would basically not have to do anything else.

Because this glutton is basically in a state of hunger 24 hours a day. He will drool as soon as he sees delicious food, and his stomach is like a bottomless pit that can never be filled.

Anyway, Xiao Xiao later understood that hunger was the normal state of a certain monster and it was not a big deal.

Moreover, in a sense, Taotie is actually a very resistant monster.

After all, if conditions permit, this glutton will always keep eating.

However, for a monster who loves to eat, enduring hunger is probably a more painful thing than death, right?

……

Xiao Xiao adjusted the earphones beside his ears, feeling somewhat helpless about the monster's persistence this time. He knew that Taotie was getting a little impatient. After all, for a hungry foodie, ten minutes is too long to spend looking for food, not to mention that it has already been an hour.

Xiao Xiao suddenly thought, if he really found a monster that could be attacked, but he ended up feeding it to the monster summoned by the Monster Mirror, would a certain Taotie go berserk?

Oh my, it seems very likely.

Xiao Xiao seemed a little distressed, but there was a hint of smile in his eyes.

Thinking of the pitiful Taotie, Xiao Xiao pressed the earphones in his ears and said to the anxious monster in a conscientious voice, "Don't worry, it's not that easy to find a monster."

"Ow~"

It is hungry.

"What if you scare the monster away by being so violent?"

"Ow~"

It's hungry!
"Be good and be quiet."

"Ooo ...

Damn, it said it was hungry.

Taotie is going crazy.

This stupid human! Can't you understand what the monster is saying?!
Then Taotie realized that this human really could not understand what the monster said.

Taotie's expression froze for a moment, and he even stopped pulling his hair.

After his face changed between blue and purple, Taotie pouted angrily.

Stupid humans can't even understand what monsters say!
……

Xiao Xiao lowered his eyelids, hiding the smile that was about to overflow from within.

Suddenly he felt the weight above his head shift and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Did a certain glutton think that he would be able to understand what it wanted to say just by talking to him face to face?

……

Even if he understood, he would pretend to be ignorant.

……

Xiao Xiao's brows were relaxed and his smile was as gentle as the breeze and bright as the moon, but there was a hint of "bad intention" in his eyes.

A certain Taotie shuddered inexplicably, and its body shook uncontrollably.

what happened?

Taotie blinked his eyes in confusion under his armpits.

After a while of confusion, I put aside this inexplicable feeling.

The most important thing now is to get this stupid human to take it to buy food!

...Half of the Taotie's body was already hanging in the air. Just when it opened its mouth to scream, Xiao Xiao suddenly reached out and pressed it back on its head. Just when it was dazed for a moment and was about to get furious, it discovered that a human cub had bumped into Xiao Xiao.

……

A little child suddenly ran out of the alley, and Xiao Xiao was able to dodge.

But seeing as how the kid couldn't stop in time, if he had moved away, the kid would most likely have fallen flat on his face.

Helplessly, Xiao Xiao turned around and held the child who rushed into his arms with both hands.

……

"Kid, are you okay?"

Seeing that the child had stood firmly, Xiao Xiao slowly released his hand that was holding the child's shoulders and asked in a gentle voice.

The child was obviously confused by the fact that there was someone outside the alley and that he almost bumped into this person.

Hearing the voice next to him, the child blinked slowly but quickly came to his senses.

Children love to play and make noises, and this kind of thing has happened more than once or twice.

Because of this, I was scolded many times by my parents.

But the child never changes despite repeated teachings.

It is just as easy as walking without looking at the road, and when running one pays even less attention to the surrounding situation, which can result in a "car crash" if one is not careful.

……

"it's okay no problem."

"I'm sorry, big brother."

Although the child is reckless, he is a polite child.

"It's okay, s-"

"Oops, I'm going to be late."

"Big brother, I'm leaving first."

The child suddenly yelled and interrupted Xiao Xiao's words. After hurriedly explaining, he ran away.

Uh, Xiao Xiao silently swallowed the words "Be more careful next time" back into his stomach.

He shook his head in amusement.

Children are just full of energy.

……

"what?"

Just when Xiao Xiao was about to leave, he suddenly saw a flash of light in the corner of his eye.

This is?

Xiao Xiao squatted down and picked up the thing that caught his attention.

is a key.

There is also a red rope passing through the keyhole.

……

Could this be...the child from before?

Although it was just a guess, Xiao Xiao was already 90% sure.

It should be that the collision between the two people caused the key to fall from the child's body.

……

There was no other way. In order to prevent the child from being unable to return home or being scolded by the adults at home for losing the key, Xiao Xiao felt that he should be a good person and return the key to the child.

Xiao Xiao stood up and walked towards the direction the child had run away.

……

He followed the faint sound of running footsteps and came to the bottom of a bridge across the river.

The sound of water gurgling was heard, and the already cold air became even colder because of the water vapor.

Xiao Xiao immediately saw several children chasing and playing by the river.

One of them was the kid who almost hit him just now.

……

Xiao Xiao walked slowly towards the child.

By chance, I caught a glimpse of the scattered cardboards, newspapers, and some pots and pans and other sundries beside the bridge pier, and I realized that some homeless people must have set up camp here.

However, in such a cold day, it’s still a bit cold to live by the river, right?
(End of this chapter)