After the two of them finished eating, Xie Chaochao didn’t go back home. Instead, she stayed in the cave to accompany Gu Pei.
“Brother Gu Pei, if your wound hurts, let me know. I’ll go back and get you some medicine!”
The medicine that the little girl was referring to was alcohol. She didn’t know that alcohol might cause side effects to the wound.
Gu Pei smiled. “Don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt anymore!”
To divert Xie Chaochao’s attention, Gu Pei changed the topic.
“How did you become friends with these animals?”
Shouldn’t a little girl be afraid of snakes and tigers?
Xie Chaochao was even friends with them!
“Xiao Hu and Xiao Hua grew up with me! They are my best friends!”
“Are they friends your father found for you?”
The little girl said that she didn’t have a mother, so it could only be her father.
“Yes, when I was young and my father didn’t have time to accompany me, he would let Xiao Hu, Xiao Hua and the rest accompany me!”
“What does your father do?”
Gu Pei was very curious. Looking at the little tiger’s size, it should have been brought to the little girl’s side right after it was born. If he could take the cub away from the mother tiger, he would have to be quite capable.
“My Daddy is really awesome. Everyone in our village calls him Big Boss!”
Big Boss? A businessman?
Gu Pei was unable to find out anything from the little girl, so he decided to stop asking.
At first, he was curious as to why the little girl looked so similar to a woman he knew. Were they connected?
After thinking about it, perhaps it was just a coincidence. There were many people who looked similar in this world.
“Do you play in the mountains every day? Isn’t your family worried about you?”
“I’ve been running around in the mountains since I was young. With Xiao Hu by my side, I’ll be fine! My father is very busy every day. He needs to earn money to support the family. He will only accompany me to the mountains when he’s free!”
“Your father took really good care of you!”
Gu Pei could tell that the little girl’s eyes lit up at the mention of her father.
“Of course, my father is the person who treats me the best in this world. Grandpa as well!”
They were also the most important people in Xie Chaochao’s heart.
Gu Pei looked at the little girl’s smiling face and couldn’t help but ask, “What about your mother?”
He trusted his instincts. The girl in front of him looked similar to the person he knew. It didn’t seem like a coincidence.
“My mother?”
Xie Chaochao shook her head. “I’ve never seen her before. My father said that my mother went to a faraway place!”
Xie Chaochao was no longer a child. She might have been fooled by Xie Zhou when she was young. As she grew older, she understood what her father meant.
However, Xie Zhou had given her a lot more love, which was why the little girl could live a carefree life.