Only he could hear the pipa performance...
Hey!
The old man suddenly thought of something...
A dazzling light, almost blinding, lit up his eyes.
"You said the person playing the pipa was your friend?"
"Yes."
Xiao Xiao nodded slightly.
"Then can you call him over?"
The old man couldn't help getting excited by the idea that had just occurred to him.
"If he's your friend,"
"then you must have a way to contact him."
"You can definitely call him over."
The old man's eyes gleamed.
"Call him over,"
"and have him play a song right here..."
Wouldn't that tell him everything?
Was he really unable to see the mysterious friend's true face?
Could he really only hear the mysterious friend's performance?
If he could just confront that mysterious friend in person... he'd find out whether this young man was lying... whether he was putting on a show...
Everything would become clear.
Xiao Xiao paused, slightly taken aback.
The corner of his eye flicked behind him.
Should he have the Pipa ghost play a song now?
"What's wrong?"
The old man mistook the young man's silence.
"Can't you do it?"
Although his request hadn't been fulfilled, the old man felt a complicated mix of relief and slight disappointment.
"Caught in a lie."
"Sure."
What!?
The old man's eyes flew open.
Just now...
"What did you say?"
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"I said sure."
"R-really?"
The old man couldn't help stammering.
"Of course."
Xiao Xiao's lips curled slightly.
It just so happened...
The Pipa ghost was right here.
So it would be very easy to grant the old man's request.
The old man opened and closed his mouth.
"When?"
"When would you like?"
Xiao Xiao asked in return.
The old man