"Quite a coincidence, huh?"
The uncle pulled the corners of his mouth into a grin.
"I think so too."
"...Everything is such a coincidence..."
Zhang Lei muttered.
It was almost as if...
The old man Zhang Chen had mentioned really existed...
That gnome with green hair and green skin, who said he was responsible for every piece of bad luck Zhang Chen had encountered...
Did he really exist?
"So even if Mom and Dad told me the old man was just a figment of my imagination..."
The uncle smiled. "I'd still have a hard time believing them."
"It felt too real..."
"But it doesn't matter anymore."
The uncle shook his head.
"Whether it was real or not..."
"I'll never see that old man again."
What difference did it make whether it was true or false?
"...That's true."
Zhang Lei nodded.
They had lost contact long ago anyway...
What difference did the truth make?
So what if it was real?
So what if it was fake?
At least Zhang Chen was fine now.
Zhang Lei looked at Zhang Chen.
He and Zhang Chen had been talking for quite a while...
He hadn't noticed anything abnormal about Zhang Chen.
However...
"Sigh~"
Zhang Lei let out a sigh.
"Why are you sighing?"
The uncle raised an eyebrow slightly.
"I didn't even sigh."
"Why are you sighing?"
Zhang Lei rolled his eyes.
"You're not having bad luck right now."
"I originally wanted to see whether you had any experience escaping bad luck..."
"Something my niece could learn from..."
"But in the end..."
Zhang Lei sighed again.
Zhang Chen's experience wasn't something ordinary people could use.
Could he really make his niece imagine a strange gnome with green hair and green skin...
Then have that gnome tell her...
That