"Is it really that exaggerated?"
Zhuge Yun awkwardly pulled his hand back.
"Ah, Master Xiao, it's you guys."
Xu Zizhen smiled.
Zhuge Yun automatically ignored the other person's "favoring one over the other."
"What are you thinking about?"
"You're so focused."
"Don't tell me you're going to almost walk into someone again, like you did at noon."
"Ah, you saw that?"
Xu Zizhen looked a little embarrassed.
"We saw it perfectly clearly."
Zhuge Yun's words left Zhang Bo speechless.
Honestly, this guy...
"Second Brother."
Zhao Luzheng sighed.
"Ahem~"
Zhuge Yun cleared his throat a few times. "What did I do?"
"I was telling the truth."
"Okay, okay. Let's change the subject."
Zhuge Yun raised his hands in surrender.
"Xu Zizhen, is something bothering you?"
"If you don't mind, why not tell us about it?"
Zhuge Yun put on the air of a caring big brother. "They say three cobblers can outwit Zhuge Liang."
"There are four of us."
"And none of us are cobblers."
"Tell us what's going on. Maybe we can help."
"Besides..."
Zhuge Yun rubbed his chin. "Look, we just happened to run into you when you were troubled."
"And we've run into you twice in one day."
What a coincidence.
"Isn't God's meaning perfectly clear?"
Zhuge Yun smiled until his eyes narrowed. "It means we can help you with your problem."
"We're your benefactors."
Huh?
Xu Zizhen froze.
Put that way...
"You can ignore all his extra talk."
Zhang Bo grinned. "But there's one thing he got right."
"If you can, tell us what happened."
"Maybe we really can help."
"...Thank you."
Xu Zizhen pressed his lips together.
Then he glanced around. "Let's go talk over there."
The group stopped beneath a big tree.
Xu Zizhen rubbed