Wasn't that right?
The Middle-aged Man smiled bitterly.
To get his attention?
That was certainly a rough way of doing it.
"You mean that... Tomb Ghost has been following me because I took something of hers?"
"If I just return it to her, she'll leave?"
The Middle-aged Man asked to make sure.
"Yes."
Xiao Xiao nodded.
"Can you remember what you might have taken that day?"
The smile on the Middle-aged Man's face grew even more bitter.
He shook his head. "I already went over it carefully just now."
"I don't remember taking anything that didn't belong to me."
"But..."
"After all, it's been a week, and my memory's gotten a little fuzzy."
"I don't know if I might've overlooked something."
The Middle-aged Man hesitated.
He looked at the young man before him. "Student Xiao, can't you just ask... that... Tomb Ghost what I took from her?"
"If she tells me what it is, I'll return anything I took from her."
He'd thought it would be that simple, too...
A helpless look crossed Xiao Xiao's face. "She doesn't know."
"...Huh?"
The Middle-aged Man thought he'd misheard. "What did you say?"
"She... doesn't know?"
Seeing the young man before him nod, the Middle-aged Man felt a nameless anger surge up inside him. His voice grew loud again before he could stop it.
"She doesn't know why she's been following me this whole time?!"
The man took a breath.
"Ha."
He couldn't help laughing, his tone full of scorn.
"She doesn't know what she lost, but she knows I took it?"
How was that possible?
"Do you know how miserable she's made me these past few days?"
"I work so hard during the day, but I can't get a good night's rest."
"And I have to do everything I