The Pipa ghost voiced an objection.
The Pipa ghost felt that the old man didn't dislike the pipa simply because he was born that way.
There was a hidden reason behind it.
Xiao Xiao chuckled.
"How do you know?"
A feeling.
The Pipa ghost answered with righteous conviction.
Xiao Xiao paused for a moment.
Then the smile in his eyes grew a little wider.
How could it make such an unfounded reason sound like a fact...
Still...
Monsters' sixth senses were usually pretty good.
Perhaps the Pipa ghost's feeling wasn't wrong.
A reason for... his dislike?
If that was the case, an outsider could indeed do something to change his feelings.
But it would be difficult all the same.
"Do you really want him to say your playing sounds good?"
Xiao Xiao's lips curved slightly.
The Pipa ghost nodded.
Yes.
It had always been working toward that goal.
Though it had seen little success—
Hmm.
Maybe it had even had the opposite effect?
Did the old man seem to dislike its pipa playing even more now?
The Pipa ghost wasn't sure.
Because even now, it still found it hard to accept...
That someone could really think its pipa playing sounded awful.
So...
There had to be a reason.
The old man was simply taking out his anger on its pipa playing.
The Pipa ghost was utterly convinced.
It really wanted to find out what that reason was.
But it had no idea where to start and didn't know what to do.
All it could do...
Was let the old man hear its playing again and again.
If he heard it enough...
He would surely have no choice but to stop deceiving himself.
"But you have to understand..."
Xiao Xiao saw a