His last words rang out with conviction.
He'd practically shouted them.
Fortunately, Zhang Tong had finally shown some self-awareness.
Even when shouting, he knew to keep his voice down.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He reached out and gently poked the "gold."
"Are you gold?"
Zhang Tong's eyes widened.
His expression turned rather strange.
What was this guy...
doing?
Talking to the gold?
Judging by the way he was acting, did he expect the gold to answer him?
What the—
Zhang Tong froze.
He stared blankly.
It took a long while for Zhang Tong's brain to start working again.
W-what?
What had he just seen?
He'd seen... a mouth appear on the gold?!
Ahem.
Or rather, an organ shaped like a mouth.
From the moment Zhang Tong first discovered the gold to the moment he obtained it, he had looked at it countless times.
Every time he looked at it, he was struck with awe and admiration.
This gold was as perfect as a work of art.
A masterpiece of exquisite craftsmanship.
But not once...
had he seen a mouth on the gold's face!
Uh...
There seemed to be a lot wrong with that sentence.
How could gold have a face?
Zhang Tong vigorously rubbed his face a few times.
It seemed that what he'd just seen had dealt him a tremendous shock.
Especially when that mouth had stretched into a grin.
Had it smiled at him?
He didn't know.
Maybe it hadn't even been a smile.
It had only looked like one.
All he knew was that every hair on his body had stood on end in that moment.
What kind of nonsense was this?!
Zhang Tong was getting a little flustered and angry.
This was gold!
How could it smile?!
It was an