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Her eyes were red as she nodded gently.

"Don't cry, your brother will worry," she said.

"Mmhmm," the little girl murmured.

"Will you be good and stay here, alright? The shopkeeper uncle and aunt are very kind, and they will take care of you. I still have things to do, but I'll come back to check on you later," she reassured.

Upon hearing this, the little girl suddenly looked up at Zhang Xiaoying.

But after a moment, she lowered her head again, softly uttering "mmhmm."

Zhang Xiaoying patted her head, "Wait for me to come back."

Having said that, Zhang Xiaoying stood up and left.

She had to visit the nearby village to see if she could find Pei Zhaolin and the other person, hoping they hadn't been so unlucky as to encounter some disaster!

Zhang Xiaoying did not know that after she left, the little girl lifted her head to watch the door, her expression sorrowful.

She remembered her own mother, who had said the same thing and then never returned.