She was secretly laughing.
So strange, isn't it?
Mono wasn't surprised.
If it were him, he would laugh too.
He, a dignified Transmigrator, had actually cried over a Little Girl because of a small misunderstanding...
Mono felt really terrible right now.
He just wanted to forget everything that had just happened.
And find some way to make Six forget it too.
But the soft laughter, like the giggling of a little mouse, came again... It was like being constantly scratched by a cat, constantly pricked by needles... impossible to forget...
Mono clenched his hand, finally unable to hold back.
He turned his head, trying his best to remain calm and kindly said to the Little Girl beside him:
"Six, I'm warning you, if you keep... looking at me like that, I'll... break off our friendship!"
Hearing this, Six lowered the small hand covering her mouth.
She looked at Mono with confusion, as if not understanding his 'gnashing teeth' reaction:
"What's wrong with Mono? Why are you so angry?"
Mono snorted coldly:
"Don't pretend with me. I advise you to forget what just happened; it's for the good of both of us..."
Six was sometimes really cheeky, annoyingly so.
"What just happened?"
Six looked at Mono with confusion again.
A vein throbbed on Mono's forehead.
He couldn't take it anymore.
He took a deep breath.
Facing the gaze of the person sitting beside him, Mono slowly relaxed his hand.
Then, his young face regained its calmness. His tone was indifferent as he slowly asked:
"Six, why... do you never listen to me?"
Six's 'confused' expression froze...
Looking at Mono, who had gone from being embarrassed to suddenly so serious...
She was stunned.
She still wanted to see Mono caring about her.
But looking left and right, seeing that Mono seemed to be asking very seriously, she grew uneasy.
She thought about what had just happened.
Because of her disobedience, Mono had been put in danger... Seeing Six suddenly fall silent, Mono sneered.
Just a Stinky Girl—he couldn't handle her?
"Speak..." Mono looked at her silently again, "Why... why don't you listen to me..."
It was like a parent asking their child who scored zero why they performed so poorly.
The tone was clearly very gentle, yet exceptionally... terrifying...
However, Six remained silent...
After a long while...
...
"Because..."
"Afraid..."
"Because I don't want to leave... Mono..."
A flat voice came...
Mono curled his lip.
Did she think he wouldn't seize on this pretext?
"Do you know, it's precisely because of this fear of yours... that we almost died here... Do you know..." Mono began to reprimand Six.
And he really should reprimand her.
After all, he could have hidden properly, calmly executing his plan, calmly getting through it.
Yet it had somehow escalated into a life-or-death race.
His legs were still tingling from it.
How could anyone not be angry about that?
Moreover, the main thing was, he had just broken down in tears...
What was even more hateful was that she had seen it... him crying? Hahaha?
Humiliating.
Infuriating.
Unsettling.
Listening to Mono's accusations, Six lowered her head.
Seeing this, Mono became even more enthusiastic in his lecturing.
Who told Six to laugh at him earlier? She deserved it.
Finally, he stopped.
The atmosphere suddenly grew quiet.
Six had, at some point, turned her body away, hiding her face beneath her hood.
Would she end up hurting those around her?
She didn't want to. She only wanted to protect Mono... But she hadn't expected to end up putting him in danger instead... The happiness she had felt moments ago from being cared about vanished.
Guilt and unease filled her heart, causing her mood to suddenly plummet.
"I'm sorry... If... it weren't for Six, Mono wouldn't have been in danger..." she said slowly.
After speaking, she fell silent once more...
The atmosphere sank into quietness...
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