"Was all of this fake?"
"He didn't believe it."
"He wanted to see the old man again."
Zhang Lei said matter-of-factly, "And give back the peaches he'd eaten."
"Peaches?"
The little girl murmured.
Uncle Zhang Chen had eaten the old man's peaches?
"Mm."
Zhang Lei nodded.
"Uncle Zhang Chen thought they were peaches someone had left behind and didn't want, so he ate them."
"Who knew that because of those two peaches, he'd suffer the revenge of their owner—the old man?"
"Uncle Zhang Chen didn't do it on purpose."
Zhang Lei shook his head. "He didn't know the owner still wanted those two peaches."
"If the old man had come to him from the start and told him he'd eaten the two peaches, he would've paid him back."
"There was no need for the old man to take revenge on him like that."
"Oh, oh."
The little girl nodded.
"Yeah."
"Couldn't he just pay the old man back for the peaches?"
"What about you, Tián Tián?"
Zhang Lei looked at the girl. "If someone accidentally ate your..."
"Cake."
Maybe her name had something to do with it...
The girl really liked sweets.
But eating too many sweets was bad for a child's teeth.
So her older brother and sister-in-law kept an eye on how many sweets she ate.
"Then he paid Tián Tián back for the cake afterward..."
"Would Tián Tián accept the cake?"
"Would Tián Tián still be angry?"
The little girl tilted her head and thought for a moment.
Then she nodded and shook her head.
"I'd accept it."
"Why wouldn't I?"
The little girl looked puzzled. "It's the cake he owes me."
"I wouldn't be angry."
"He already paid me back with a cake."
"Why would I still be angry?"