Xu Zizhen held up his fingers to show that he really meant just a little. "A little unfair."
"What?"
Xu Zizhen's voice was too muffled.
The old man hadn't heard him clearly.
He turned to his wife. "What did he just say?"
The old woman shook her head in confusion, too. "Zizhen, what did you just say?"
"A little what?"
Did he really have to repeat something so embarrassing?
Xu Zizhen waved a hand. "Never mind. Forget it if you didn't hear."
"It's nothing important—"
When he saw his grandfather glaring at him, Xu Zizhen gave a wry smile. "All right, all right. I'll say it."
"I just feel... a little... unfairly treated."
"Unfairly treated?"
This time, the two elders heard him clearly.
"Why?"
The old woman was puzzled.
But the old man looked thoughtful.
"Well, it really is just a little."
Xu Zizhen smiled sheepishly. "After all, wasn't I the one who found Master Xiao this time?"
Hmm.
Though he'd found Master Xiao last time, too.
But last time, his uncle had been the first to notice that something was wrong with Spirit Maple. Xu Zizhen had just run errands and passed along messages.
But this time, when it came to who'd done the most... it should've been him, right?
So why was his uncle the one who got a gift in the end, instead of him?
He felt a little aggrieved.
The old woman understood.
The old man didn't look particularly surprised, either.
He'd already had a pretty good idea that this was the answer.
He grinned and patted his grandson on the arm. "You really are still a child."
"..."
Xu Zizhen's mouth twitched. "I'm about to graduate from college."
All right,
he knew the things he'd just said sounded childish and petty.