Chapter 5306: Too Stingy
"How did he know?"
The man's mind went blank for a moment.
Right.
How did he know that he was the one who ate the peaches...
"You didn't know?"
"You didn't ask?"
The two elderly people spoke one after the other.
Both looked somewhat surprised.
The man furrowed his brows.
"...Ah!"
His eyes lit up.
He remembered!
Honestly.
How could he forget something he'd just remembered a moment ago?
"The old man said he saw me."
The man pressed a hand to his temple.
It was slick with rainwater.
"He said he happened to see me leaving."
"When he went back and found the peaches gone, he guessed I'd eaten them."
Huh?
"That's all?"
The two elderly people were stunned. "That was enough for him to decide you'd eaten them?"
That was so childish.
The man grinned wryly. "Mostly, I also remembered that I really had eaten the peaches..."
That explained it, didn't it?
"Oh, I see."
The two elderly people nodded.
That made more sense.
Wait...
The old woman realized something. "He saw you, but you didn't see him?"
The man paused slightly.
Then he nodded.
That was right.
He had gone over it carefully many times.
He was sure he hadn't seen the old man in the woods.
If he had, given the old man's appearance...
He would never have forgotten him.
Come to think of it...
If he'd seen the old man in the woods, would he have thought he was a tree demon?
Or a vine demon?
Uh...
The old woman froze.
Then she shook her head. "You really are an honest one."
She seemed frustrated with him for not standing up for himself.
"You didn't even see him, but when he said