"Dad."
As soon as Boss Bai sat down and opened his mouth, the old man shot him another disapproving look.
"What's the rush?"
"Can't you at least pour our guest a cup of tea?"
"You have no manners as a host."
Boss Bai: ...
Why was it so hard just to ask a few questions?
Xiao Xiao was just about to speak when the old man waved a hand. "Young man, there's no need to be polite."
"No matter what it is, unless it's an emergency where someone's life is at stake, we should still observe the proper courtesies."
Xiao Xiao accepted the teacup Boss Bai handed him. "Thank you."
He took a sip of tea.
Then he set the cup down.
The old man smiled.
He looked at his son. "All right, tell me what you need from this old man."
At last, they were getting to the point. Boss Bai placed the jade sphere in his hands on the coffee table in front of them.
The old man paused.
"Don't tell me you're returning the jade sphere to me again?"
All of Boss Bai's pent-up feelings came to a halt.
"No."
He said it somewhat stiffly.
Then he took a deep breath, his voice softening a little.
"Dad, look."
The jade sphere on the coffee table had split in half.
The old man suddenly widened his eyes.
He looked utterly astonished.
"Dad, you didn't know?"
The old man's expression said it all, but Boss Bai still asked to be sure.
"...I didn't know."
The old man shook his head.
He picked up one of the semicircular pieces of jade and examined it closely, rubbing his fingers over the cut surface.
So he really hadn't known.
Boss Bai wasn't surprised by the