"What?"
"Did something unpleasant happen when you met?"
Grandma Xu looked concerned.
"Did you argue?"
Grandpa guessed.
They were just kids—
Uh.
Well, not exactly.
Even adults got into arguments for no reason sometimes.
Turning something that should have been happy into something unpleasant.
Had the boy and his friend gotten into a disagreement over something?
"No."
The boy shook his head.
Faced with his grandparents' concerned questions, he felt aggrieved all over again.
Big Sis...
"She..."
"She seems a little different."
"A little different?"
Grandma Xu and Grandpa exchanged a glance.
What did he mean?
"She..."
A thought suddenly struck Grandma Xu.
"Has she grown distant from you?"
The boy's pupils dilated for a moment.
He didn't want to admit it.
But he couldn't suppress the thought in his heart.
He couldn't deceive his own senses.
"I see..."
Although the boy hadn't said anything, the two old people had already found their answer in his expression.
They, too, felt a pang of regret.
But...
"There's nothing you can do."
Grandma Xu comforted him.
"After all, you've been apart for a long time."
"It's only natural to feel a little distant when you suddenly see each other again."
"But it's all right."
"You used to be friends."
Grandma Xu narrowed her eyes.
"Now that you've met again, just arrange to meet a few more times. See each other more often, do things together a few times, and your relationship will naturally return to how it was."
"No."
"It'll become even better than before."
Grandma Xu said with a cheerful smile.
Wasn't that how relationships between people were built?
Unless the two of them were truly incompatible from the start, forcing it wouldn't make it work.
But that clearly wasn't the case with her grandson.