"Wh—"
Zhang Tong quickly recovered and replied stiffly, "What's it to you?"
"Whether I found out or not is my business..."
"Really? You found it?"
Xu Qizhen murmured.
How was that possible?
"How could there be gold here?"
"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
"I didn't see it wrong!"
Zhang Tong blurted out.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he wanted to slap himself.
He'd spoken too quickly.
Well, that was great. He'd just given himself away...
Zhang Tong's face turned a mottled shade of purple and green.
Xu Qizhen still felt as though he were hearing a fairy tale.
Gold, of all things...
"If you saw it, why didn't you take it right away?"
Why make another trip now?
It didn't make sense...
Zhang Tong fell silent for a while.
"...There were other people there at the time."
The other person already knew about the gold, so he might as well say a little more.
Besides, this was the first time he'd realized Xu Qizhen could be so stubborn.
He'd told him to leave so many times already, yet Xu Qizhen had still stayed, shamelessly?
Was he planning something?
A thought suddenly struck Zhang Tong.
"I found the gold."
Zhang Tong asserted his ownership, wariness and defensiveness surfacing on his face again. "The gold is mine."
"Don't even think about getting your hands on my gold."
Xu Qizhen understood.
There had been other people around when Zhang Tong first found the gold, so he hadn't dared make a move for fear of being seen.
He'd deliberately come back at night this time so he could retrieve the gold without anyone noticing.
He really had been patient.
Xu Qizhen marveled.
Zhang Tong's change in behavior gave him a rough idea