For example, whether the other person still recognized him...
Otherwise, he would have missed his chance to reunite with him.
And this moment would never have happened.
The Elegant old man was very happy.
He'd made progress since he was young.
He was also glad to see his former high school classmate again after all these years.
"I live nearby."
The Elegant old man's eyes lit up a little.
"If you have time, why don't you come by my place after you finish shopping?"
The Elegant old man invited the old man and his companion.
The old man was taken aback.
His companion muttered,
"I have time."
For retired seniors,
the one thing they had plenty of was time.
Of course, in a sense, time was also what they had the least of.
After all, they were practically one foot in the grave.
Ah.
No, no.
What did he mean, one foot?
They didn't have one foot in the grave.
They were still strong and vigorous.
They had plenty of time left.
"Ah."
The Elegant old man quickly realized something.
"Don't you have to go back and open the teahouse?"
His face showed unmistakable disappointment.
It was rare to run into each other...
He'd wanted to spend more time catching up with his old high school classmate.
But if the other man had something to do...
"Then we can do it next time—"
"It's fine, it's fine."
The old man waved his hand.
"I gave the teahouse to my son a long time ago."
"I'm just helping him out."
"We haven't seen each other in decades..."
Of course, catching up with an old classmate was more important.
"I'll call my son."
"I just need to let him know."
"All right."
The wrinkles at the corners