"Heh."
"That's what I wanted to tell you."
It wasn't often that he got to see his junior fellow disciple at a disadvantage, and the old man had rather uncharitably wanted to share the story with someone.
After running through a few possibilities in his mind, he settled on Young Friend Xiao Xiao.
And so, he'd made this call.
"All right, have I kept you on the phone too long, Young Friend Xiao Xiao?"
He'd said everything he needed to, so the old man was about to hang up.
"Let's leave it there for now, Young Friend Xiao Xiao. Goodbye."
"Goodbye, Old Master Jiang."
Xiao Xiao put away his phone.
He walked back to the table.
As expected, all the pastries on it had already been devoured.
Taotie suddenly sprang onto his head.
"Eek, eek~"
Ear Mouse jumped onto the pastry stand in a fit of annoyance and was about to pounce on Taotie.
"Yinzi."
Su Youjin held out a hand.
Ear Mouse hesitated for a moment.
After glaring fiercely at Taotie, it jumped down from the pastry stand and returned to the girl's side.
Su Youjin stroked Ear Mouse's head.
Her eyes curved into a smile.
"It's all right."
Although he hadn't asked, Xiao Xiao could more or less guess what had happened.
He raised a hand and flicked Taotie right between the eyes.
"You've eaten too much again."
"Awoo~"
Taotie pouted.
The knock on its head hadn't hurt in the slightest.
It patted its belly.
What did he mean, too much?
It could still eat more.
"Sorry."
Xiao Xiao smiled apologetically.
Su Youjin shook her head.
"You don't need to apologize."
"I didn't prepare enough."
She'd already gone out of her way to prepare a lot extra.
But she'd still underestimated the