Chapter: 904

“Thank you, Ma’am!” With the prized balloon in hand, Melon’s grin illuminated his face. He could hardly wait to return to Ariana and share it with her.

On his way, a flower nursery caught his attention. There, nestled in a corner, was a young girl muttering in a low voice.

She was counting, and her counting seemed askew, for Melon observed a leap from twenty straight to fifty as he drew near.

A bemused smile graced his lips, and he inquired, “Engrossed in counting, are you?”

Unperturbed by his presence, the girl’s gaze remained fixed downward.

Craning his neck, Melon saw the girl his age in a pink bubble skirt on the grass.

with sweat. How long she had occupied

you squatting here?” Melon asked, his

girl offered no

extended the balloon toward her. “Should you deign to answer my question, this balloon shall be yours. What say

balloon capturing her attention. Yearning lingered in her eyes, yet she remained in a contemplative reverie without uttering a

presence of this doll-like girl, Melon found her actions not peculiar but rather an intricate

them, and he couldn’t just

the surroundings and finding no adult figure in proximity, Melon ventured, “Have

The girl remained silent.

silence shall be interpreted as

into him, eyes blinking but devoid of

evident as he clapped his little hands. “My mom shall delight in this new addition to the

didn’t protest made him happier. “Now that you don’t object, I’ll consider that a promise. So, consider

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