Cao Meng's conversation with her mother was actually just a minor interruption at the dinner table, and as an outsider, a brief lament was all she gave. Therefore, after dinner, she promptly gathered her backpack and went downstairs with ease.
Unfortunately, on her way down she ran into the neighboring mother and daughter. Having just spoken about them and now encountering them face to face, even the straightforward Cao Meng felt somewhat embarrassed.
Aunt He, unaware of anything, simply smiled at her and instructed her own daughter, "Xiao Xue, stand in the hallway; Mommy will go and push the electric scooter."
Without responding, Xiao Xue obediently took a step back and stood steadily against the wall of the corridor.
Cao Meng was still on the stairs when she looked at the mother and daughter, feeling all the more that her mom's words were right.
