Xu Huo didn't answer; he simply smiled, stopped the street vendor, and after negotiating with the owner, turned around with a sugar figure.
"Thank you, Uncle!" The little girl ran over happily, only to see him put the sugar figure into his own mouth and bite off the head with a crunch.
The little girl was shocked and puzzled, but still managed to remain calm without causing too much commotion. She sneaked a glance toward her parents, trying to furtively communicate with the vendor.
"Xiao Qing!" A voice called out from ahead, and the little girl immediately backed away, loudly defending herself: "I was just smelling it!"
Her words embarrassed the adults, and the other kids ran over, seemingly quite tempted.
Xu Huo took five more sugar figures from the vendor and distributed them, saying, "Vegetable version sugar figures, worth tasting."
