Zhuge Yun suddenly realized something.
"Did I misunderstand?"
The excitement on Zhuge Yun's face faded a little. "You think the strange thing is that plum tree?"
It was obvious.
Third Brother had been staring at the plum tree.
He hadn't been staring at the two elderly people.
"What about them?"
Zhuge Yun felt his heart tighten. "Did you notice anything concerning them?"
"...They seem to have something on their minds."
Xiao Xiao's attention had mostly been on the plum tree, and he hadn't paid much attention to the two elderly people.
But he had still noticed a few things that seemed off about them.
"Something on their minds?"
Zhuge Yun was taken aback.
Xiao Xiao's description differed slightly from what he had sensed.
His feeling seemed more... how should he put it?
It was a little more unsettling.
"...It's like something out of a horror novel..."
he murmured.
A house with a courtyard, a sick plum tree... and elderly people who seemed enigmatic and somewhat cold.
"Scaredy-cat."
Zhang Bo slapped Zhuge Yun hard on the back.
"Ow~"
Zhuge Yun nearly stumbled.
Once he had steadied himself, he glared at Zhang Bo.
"What was that for?"
"I was just trying to help."
Zhang Bo looked innocent.
"You looked like you were scaring yourself and getting more and more frightened..."
"...I'm not scaring myself."
Zhuge Yun defended himself.
"I was just lost in thought."
"Oh."
Zhang Bo's reply was perfunctory.
"There are so many of us here."
"I keep telling you to exercise more, but you never listen..."
Zhuge Yun:...
He wasn't sure how the conversation had suddenly veered in this direction.
"...Look at me, full of righteous energy."
Zhang Bo struck a bodybuilder's pose. "That keeps every evil spirit at bay."