"Have you found it?"
As the soft sound of footsteps approached, the old woman's voice drew closer.
The old man followed behind her.
Xiao Xiao turned his head.
"Not—"
Then, as if he'd noticed something, he reached out.
When he drew his hand back, a smile appeared on his face.
He opened his palm.
A silver ornament glimmered with a cool, clear light.
The few tiny, silver-blue gemstones set into it caught the two elders' attention.
"Found it."
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved with a smile.
"Thanks to you both coming over."
"You brought me good luck."
The young man's words eased the tension in the two elders' expressions.
The old woman shook her head. "What does that have to do with us?"
"You have sharp eyes."
"And good luck."
The old woman narrowed her eyes slightly.
"It's so pretty."
"So this is the precious thing you dropped."
"You said earlier that it wasn't anything important."
The old woman sounded displeased.
This young man, honestly.
He'd been ready to abandon such a pretty ornament that looked quite valuable without a second thought.
Good thing she'd insisted he come by today.
Otherwise, if she found this ornament someday and then tried to track him down... she might never find him.
"The young man just didn't want to trouble us."
The old man tapped his cane against the ground, speaking up for Xiao Xiao.
What a good young man.
To be honest, when he'd realized his face looked so different from the one he remembered—so much older—having a young person nearby had made him feel a lot better.
If it had just been him and his wife, they might have gotten stuck in a dead end.
Having someone to talk to, someone to share the burden with... that