The old man was very surprised.
Why had his son come asking about the jade sphere again after five years?
Faced with his father's questions, he couldn't very well voice his suspicions.
He was afraid the old man would laugh at him.
He also wondered if he was letting his imagination run wild.
But he couldn't let go of the matter, not when it bothered him so much.
He pretended not to care and brushed the questions aside.
The old man didn't press him, either.
He readily recounted everything he knew about the jade sphere.
But to him, it was all the same old story.
Back then, his father had repeated these things over and over to get him to agree to carry the jade sphere with him.
He'd heard them so many times he could recite them in his sleep.
"Is that all?"
He was a little reluctant to give up.
For instance, had the old man heard anything strange, like the sound of a bleating goat?
The old man seemed to sense something.
"That's all."
"What is it you want to know?"
His father's gaze grew searching and sharp.
He fell silent.
In the end, he could only leave disappointed.
Since he couldn't get any useful information from his father...
He didn't give up.
As he racked his brains, he suddenly thought of Old Cai, whom he'd seen a few days earlier.
It seemed Old Cai had met quite a few experts over the past few years.
He'd even met one at Old Cai's Fresh Food Workshop.
An expert... Ah...
A thought struck him.
Using his connections, he sought out quite a few so-called experts.
They all seemed pretty convincing.
Unfortunately, not one of them could resolve his doubts.
Some thought he was overthinking