The lunch didn't last long.
The two elderly people yawned one after the other, showing that they were getting sleepy.
Xiao Xiao naturally noticed.
"Thank you for inviting me."
"Lunch was delicious."
Xiao Xiao stopped, turned around, and said goodbye to the elderly couple who had walked him to the door.
"I'll be going now."
"Sorry for the trouble today."
The elderly couple didn't look very well.
"Tok... tok..."
The old man's cane tapped against the ground, again and again.
"...It was kind of you to have lunch with us."
They had invited the young man to stay for lunch because he had patiently listened to them talk for so long, and it had happened to be lunchtime.
They hadn't expected...
The atmosphere at the table to be so dreary.
It was all their fault.
They'd gone on and on about things that made people unhappy.
And they'd barely eaten before he and his wife started yawning one after the other.
To most people, that would look like a way of telling their guest to leave, wouldn't it?
But they really hadn't meant it that way.
They couldn't control how tired they felt.
Fortunately, Student Xiao hadn't taken it the wrong way.
Besides, though the meal hadn't lasted long, Student Xiao had done just as he'd said at the start and eaten almost all the dishes.
They were happy, but also a little surprised.
Student Xiao didn't look very robust. He was tall and slender, but they hadn't expected him to have such a good appetite.
Young people really were something.
As he marveled at it, the old man couldn't help feeling a little envious.
He used to have quite an appetite too.
But lately, he'd been eating less and less.
His mind wanted more.
His stomach, however,