Sunday morning,
After sending off her grandparents, Little Xiaolei energetically stepped out of the back door as soon she saw the boy leaning on the tree trunk from the window. She had already prepared the things she wanted to bring with her the night before so she was more than ready to go by then.
Approaching him with a big smile, the boy tilted his head, looked at her bag and then, without a word, he took it from her.
He faced towards the woods and said, "this way."
Obediently, the girl followed him but by the time they reached the spot where they ate their first meal together, the boy halted in his tracks and faced her. His cold eyes were instantly serious.
"Are you sure? It's scary there." He warned, but the ever so decisive look in the girl's eyes didn't change.
"I'm not scared," was all she replied.
"You've heard about the rumors, right?"
"About the monsters? Yes."
"You don't believe them?"
