Seeing the look on Xiao Xiao's face, Old Gu nodded. "Exactly."
"I almost fell again."
"If I hadn't reacted in time, I really would've fallen."
"Old Cao, you ought to thank me."
Old Gu looked rather pleased with himself.
Old Cao rolled his eyes, not at all amused. "Yes, yes. Thank you."
"If you hadn't gone on to make fun of me, I'd be even more grateful."
"You're welcome."
Old Gu didn't mind Old Cao's perfunctory attitude.
He had answered Old Cao's first remark.
As for the second...
Old Gu narrowed his eyes. "You don't have to say that. If we switched places, you'd laugh too."
"After all, what are the odds?"
"You've only been to the teahouse twice."
"And both times, you nearly fell."
"What's going on with you?"
"Do you know why you fell this time?"
"Or have you really gotten so old you can't even walk steadily?"
"No way."
"I'm several years older than you."
"Look at me."
"I'm still light on my feet."
Old Gu had always been rather proud of his physical fitness.
Though he was a little fat, he ate and slept well and had never suffered from any serious health problems.
So what if he was a bit fat?
Old Cao rolled his eyes.
"Just look at you. You're so skinny."
"I keep telling you to eat more, but you won't listen..."
Old Gu muttered on and on.
Old Cao's mouth twitched.
He had no idea how many times Old Gu had told him he was too thin.
But he'd been this skinny since childhood. It wasn't as if he'd only gotten thin in old age.
He hadn't put on weight during the years when people were most likely to, so he certainly wasn't going to start now.
No, no.