"Hey, what do you think? Could that girl have accidentally helped a monster, and now it's repaying her?"
"Isn't that how it always goes in novels?"
"Repaying her?"
Zhang Bo rubbed his chin. "...So it's repaying her by giving her one of its feathers?"
"Could the feather have some kind of special ability?"
He looked questioningly at Xiao Xiao.
"But didn't Third Brother say the feather disappeared?"
Zhao Luzheng remembered that clearly.
"Because the monster gave the feather to that girl, it disappears if anyone other than her picks it up?"
Zhuge Yun's imagination ran wild.
Uh...
Zhang Bo and Zhao Luzheng looked at each other.
Wasn't that a little too far-fetched?
How could a feather know that the person holding it wasn't a girl?
Could a feather really sense who it was meant for?
There were plenty of things to poke holes in...
It sounded absurd...
But...
Monsters were inherently beyond belief.
So...
It wasn't as if there was no logic at all to Zhuge Yun's guess...
They all turned to look at Xiao Xiao.
A faint smile appeared in Xiao Xiao's eyes. "Not a bad theory."
"Hehe, I've read stuff like that in novels."
Zhuge Yun waved a hand modestly. "Was I right?"
Really?
Zhuge Yun was almost impressed with himself.
"No."
"Haha!"
As soon as Xiao Xiao gave his blunt answer, Zhang Bo couldn't help laughing.
Zhao Luzheng also struggled to keep a straight face.
It was all because Second Brother had looked so smug just now...
Zhuge Yun: ...
"Fine."
He shrugged. "I was just guessing."
"Glad I could make you laugh."
He bared his teeth at Zhang Bo and Zhao Luzheng. "I'm happy to have entertained you."
"Ahem."
Zhao Luzheng pressed a fist to his lips, swallowing his laughter.
He hurriedly looked at