"Okay, wait..." Wen Xiao’ai tiptoed to look at the few stores in front, selling who knows what delicious food, "Let’s eat at two more places and then go back."
When Wen Xiao’ai finally had her fill, carrying the portion she had packed for Jun Moyan, and turned to find her way back to the hotel, she realized she might have walked a bit too far.
She walked back the way she came for a few minutes, but Wen Xiao’ai, who didn’t remember which corner she had turned at earlier, stood by the roadside, perplexed.
"What’s wrong, sister?" The boy asked, looking at Wen Xiao’ai’s frowning, baffled face. Read complete versıon only at novelFirｅ.net
"I... I think I’ve forgotten the way..." Wen Xiao’ai admitted, somewhat sheepishly touching her own cheek.
"Baozi, do you remember how to get back?"
"I... I thought you knew the way, sister, so I didn’t pay attention. Plus, I can’t remember... I’m a bit directionally challenged." The boy’s face reddened, although it didn’t show in his current state.
"What a coincidence, I’m directionally challenged too," Wen Xiao’ai said with a face full of excited camaraderie.
Among all the people she knew, she was the only one who couldn’t remember directions. Sometimes, she even had trouble recognizing faces, unless the person was extremely handsome, extremely ugly, or had very distinctive features that she could recognize at a glance, she would need to see them several times to remember them. Moreover, she couldn’t even differentiate left from right, let alone the cardinal directions.
Her friends often teased her about this.
But it never really bothered her.
"Sister, I don’t think that’s the point right now; we’re lost."
"Um... How about we try going this way?"
"But what if it’s not this road, but the one below? Then we’ll be getting even farther away."
"If it’s not, we’ll come back and then try the next one; we’ll eventually find our way back."
The two little confused wanderers walked on, as the completely unfamiliar skyscrapers around them made them lose all sense of direction.
"Sister, this doesn’t seem right."
Seeing the decreasing number of pedestrians and the dim street ahead making the boy timidly move closer to Wen Xiao’ai.
"It does seem off, I don’t remember seeing this park when we came before," Wen Xiao’ai pointed to a park by the roadside as she stopped and looked around.
"Sister, does the place we’re staying at have a name? Can we ask someone for directions?"
"Yes, Jun Moyan said it’s called a hotel."
"Then let’s head back to that place we were at earlier and ask around."
"Okay." The two had no choice but to retrace their steps again.
"Baozi, no need to worry, we won’t get lost. As long as I have this little bell, Jun Moyan can find me no matter where I go."
"Little bell? Is that some kind of magic artifact?" The boy looked at the hand Wen Xiao’ai lifted.
"Mhm... This is a magic artifact from the Human Realm. Last time Jun Moyan said there is something inside this little bell called some kind of positioning device, I didn’t catch the name, but it’s really powerful."
"Is it that human who gave it to you, sister?"
"It wasn’t given, it was a reward from Jun Moyan, the only one in the whole world," Wen Xiao’ai said proudly as she mentioned the reward.
"Also, Baozi, don’t keep calling him ’that human.’ It sounds weird; just call him Jun Moyan like I do."
Two passersby, seeing her talking to herself and getting answers, couldn’t help but give Wen Xiao’ai a second look.
They wondered to themselves who the girl was talking to.
"Bro Shèng, is that the girl?" Behind a bus stop not far away, seven or eight mean-looking men stood there, their gazes uniformly fixed on Wen Xiao’ai as she walked towards them.