MoQiu wondered whether he should answer her and take her to his parents, or he should take her together to hear the answer. Finally, he decided on taking her along with him, for he felt he needed to compensate her somehow for failing to rescue her.
"I think it's best we talk when we are all together. Where is the little boy, though?" MoQiu asked.
"He is sleeping." Jiushu answered.
"Where?" MoQiu asked.
After all, the little boy needed medical assistance urgently. He actually went to the tree hollow to retrieve the child, not Jiushu.
"Somewhere safe." Jiushu gave a noncommittal answer.
MoQiu looked at her chidingly, as if he is a teacher and she is a little child.
"It is really safe." Jiushu insisted.
"Unless you put him in your pocket, there's no safe place for him." MoQiu said sarcastically.
This guy… he has become far too cranky in the little time she has gone. When she first met him, even if he was a little uptight, he wasn't this bad.
