"Ah!"
A flash of insight struck Zhang Lei. "You think my niece's bad luck was caused by someone?!"
So that was why he had asked whether his niece had recently met anyone strange?
"Impossible."
Zhang Lei shook his head firmly.
"If she really had met someone strange, my niece would definitely have told her parents."
"Especially in her current situation..."
"The person who most wants to get away from bad luck is the child herself."
"Oh."
The older man nodded.
All right.
Although the recent events had been rather coincidental,
they weren't that coincidental.
He'd almost thought...
Zhang Lei's niece had also seen the little old gnome with green hair and green skin.
That...
would mean the little girl now was overlapping with him from years ago...
It was practically like going back in time.
"Anyway..."
Zhang Lei absolutely didn't believe it. "Someone causing it... that's too much."
All those unlucky things that had happened to his niece...
Who could be skilled enough to do something like that?
And keep his niece from finding out.
His niece was young, but she wasn't stupid.
"Hey!"
Zhang Lei's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly looked up at the older man.
"Was your bad luck back then caused by someone?!"
That couldn't be...
Then why had Zhang Chen asked a question with such an obvious answer?
Wasn't it because of his own experience?
Zhang Lei unconsciously held his breath.
"No."
The older man blurted out.
He lied without changing his expression—
Hmm.
It didn't really count as a lie.
After all, although he still had some doubts, his parents had long since told him...
that the old man with green hair and green skin was just a figment of his imagination.
So how could his answer count as