"Have you got nothing left to pursue in life?" Lelouch raised an eyebrow despite himself as he watched Jiu Ming yawn lightly, holding a teacup in one hand.
Lazy!! Far too lazy. He had been like this when Lelouch saw him two days ago, and now he was still wearing that half-dead look!!
"Tch, dare you say you weren't the same after you achieved your goal?" Jiu Ming took a light sip of tea and cast Lelouch a slow glance. "Living shamelessly happy days with your sister or your best buddy—so what if I'm a little lazy?"
A vein abruptly throbbed on Lelouch's forehead. "A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!"
"But mine can." Jiu Ming opened his mouth slightly and spat outward, pulling out a snow-white elephant tusk a full meter long.
"..."
"Fine, fine. I really want to know what kind of shock you suffered to turn out like this. Have you given up and let the broken jar stay broken?"
"Aha~ Why would you think that?"
Lelouch lifted his brow slightly. After a moment of silence, he finally said, "It's simple. When I saw you before, even if you never said it outright, I could still tell there was something in your heart you couldn't let go of. But now... have you compromised?"
Jiu Ming shook his head, set his teacup on the nearby table, and sat upright. "Can't you think of it in a better light? Life... isn't it wonderful when you get a little marvelous luck?"
What kind of answer was that?
Lelouch fell silent, mulling over Jiu Ming's completely unrelated answer. Seeing that Jiu Ming had no intention of explaining, he decided not to press him either. If he would not say it, then it was probably not something he could tell others. In