Good job.
This child really...
He'd been clever and quick-witted since he was little.
Old Madam Xiao didn't know how many times she'd sighed over it.
"Is Xiao Xiao still by your side?"
Grandmother Zhao asked.
"Make sure to praise him for me."
"When I see him, I'll praise him some more myself."
"When people go somewhere familiar, they're more easily swindled."
Xiao Xiao had been very young back then.
"I'll head back in a bit."
Old Madam Xiao glanced at the fox-shaped stone carving.
"Why does he want it?"
Old Madam Xiao asked outright.
Old Madam Xiao was puzzled.
Grandmother Zhao was slightly taken aback.
"You think the stone carving fits the teahouse's atmosphere pretty well."
"Xiao Xiao."
The stone carving?
Grandmother Zhao opened her mouth.
Grandmother Zhao was very happy to hear that answer.
"Ah."
"What do you mean, you don't want it?"
Grandmother Zhao smiled awkwardly. "You called to ask about the stone carving..."
Old Madam Xiao took a deep breath.
"How did you manage to carry something that heavy home?"
"Oh, right."
"...I was just caught up in the moment back then..."
Grandmother Zhao replied quickly.
She wasn't trying to make fun of her.
Xiao Xiao replied.
Grandmother Zhao was a little surprised.
Other people might not have room for such a large stone carving in their homes.
Grandmother Zhao corrected Old Madam Xiao. "I gave it to you."
"But I don't."
"Ahem~"
Judging by what Grandmother Zhao said, she did like the stone carving, didn't she?
"It's become one of the distinctive features of my home."
"Why did you buy that stone carving?"
Of course.
That was already putting it tactfully.
As far as she was concerned, a stone was just a stone. It wasn't jade,