"...Huh?"
Hadn't he known that all along?
Wasn't that why he'd sought out so many experts to ask about it?
Wait.
Boss Bai pressed his fingers against his temples.
He realized he'd fallen into a misconception.
It was because the two children he'd met at different times had said the same thing that he'd noticed something strange about the jade ball and decided to get to the bottom of it.
But he himself hadn't actually heard any sound.
In other words, he couldn't be sure that the jade ball had really made a sound.
Now Master Xiao had confirmed that a sound really did come from inside the jade ball.
This was indeed... a new discovery.
Boss Bai took a sip of tea.
He needed to calm down.
"Master Xiao, why can't I hear anything?"
He followed up on Master Xiao's words.
"I listened for a long time, but still couldn't hear a thing."
"And how could there be a sound coming from inside the jade ball?"
"The jade ball..."
His brows drew together in a troubled frown. "It's just jade."
"It's not alive."
Boss Bai said a lot.
The more he talked, the more he wondered if he'd been foolish to seriously seek answers from people.
Something this absurd...
And he'd actually expected to get an answer?
Xiao Xiao examined the jade ball carefully.
He looked completely absorbed.
Boss Bai: ...
Had everything he'd just said gone to waste?
He took another sip of tea.
He opened his mouth, as though he still had something to say.
But in the end, he stayed silent.
His gaze settled on the jade ball in the young man's hand.
He waited.
He waited to see what explanation the young man would finally give him.
Xiao Xiao's fingers brushed