Ruan Wei watched the busy crowd around him, and his mood to keep brooding vanished; very soon he joined in too.
Jiaojiao let out a long breath, patted her chest, and felt very satisfied with her ever-improving ability to talk people into things.
Honestly, if this had happened to Ruan Chi or Ruan Jun, it really wouldn't be that easy to comfort them, since both of them are pretty sensitive. But with naturally slow-on-the-uptake Ruan Wei, it was much easier to fix—see, a couple of words and she'd already talked him around.
"Awooo." Rou Rou walked over to Jiaojiao's side feeling a bit wronged, whimpering under its breath.
Jiaojiao smiled with squinty eyes and kept coaxing: "Rou Rou, you're different. You should compare yourself with wolves, not people, okay? Among wolves, you're the smartest kind there is."
"Awoo?" Really? Rou Rou's eyes lit up and it lifted its head.
"Of course—" Jiaojiao was just about to give a firm answer when she met Duan Xi's gaze.
"…" Jiaojiao.
