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The group finally drove to the original address of the small shop, and as expected, they saw a small figure leaning on the dusty door trying to look inside.
"Shi Tou!" Si Le didn't wait for the car to stop before rushing over and picking up Shi Tou.
After feeling all over his body and finding no problems, Si Le finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Sitting wearily on the ground, he wanted to scold Shi Tou but in the end couldn't get any words out, only saying, "You scared me to death..."
Little Shi Tou also sat down, rubbing his dark little face against Si Le's and softly calling, "Brother... Auntie didn't open the door."
Si Le didn't move or speak, just looked at Shi Tou.
Shi Tou said again, "Auntie didn't open the door."
He was a little aggrieved. "Auntie didn't open the door...Shi Tou knocked for a long time..."
He held out his little red hands for Si Le to see.
Seeing this, Si Le felt heartache again. "Are you stupid? If no one opens the door, don't keep knocking!"
"Miss Auntie..." Shi Tou blinked at Si Le as he blew cool air on his palms. He laughed again.
The breath on his palms was too ticklish, and Shi Tou couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Zhuang Auntie had just gotten out of the car and saw silly Shi Tou smiling at Si Le, and she felt relieved.
"Shi Tou!"
Hearing Zhuang Auntie's unique way of calling people, Shi Tou immediately looked over. Seeing the person he was looking for, he happily slapped Si Le. "Auntie! Auntie!"
Si Le smiled and picked him up. "Yes, Auntie, but you'll probably have to call her Mom from now on."
"Mom?" Little Shi Tou repeated in puzzlement, touching the black crepe on Si Le's arm. "Mom is sleeping..."
He was referring to the last time he saw his mom lying cold in the morgue, not waking up no matter how much he called.
"You still don't understand..." Si Le smiled again. "Never mind, you'll know later."
He handed little Shi Tou to Zhuang Auntie who had walked over with big steps. Zhuang Auntie took him and said, "Yo, let Auntie take a look. How did you get so skinny? Where did my little pig go?"
Shi Tou briefly forgot everything that had happened in the past few months. Happily twisting and turning in Zhuang Auntie's arms, it wasn't until Lisa and Jungkook walked over that he looked at Lisa and called "Tummy..."
"No more tummy, only a little brother. Do you want to go see?" Lisa pinched his little face.
"Little brother! Little brother!" Shi Tou was extremely happy.
So the group drove back to the small shop with the two children.
Du Rourou had been waiting at the door the whole time, absent-mindedly looking around. Only when she saw the familiar car did she happily call, "They're back, they're back!"
She opened the door after the car stopped and ran over. "How was it? Did you find Shi Tou?"
Zhuang Auntie got out of the car holding Shi Tou. "There he is, the little rascal."
Du Rourou teased him for a bit. Seeing that he was drooping and somewhat sleepy, she let him inside.
After Zhuang Auntie had coaxed Shi Tou to sleep and came out, Lisa asked Si Le, "What happened with Shi Tou?"