"Alas, had Heaven not given birth to Aiou, the martial path would have been like a long night through the ages."
Seeing the great monkey flee in a sorry state, Aiou could not help but reveal a smug smile. With his hands on his hips, he sighed dramatically.
However, Mani could not stand it any longer and mocked, "Aiou, what are you so pleased with yourself for? You were obviously getting beaten up the whole time. Besides, the original line was, 'Had Heaven not given birth to Confucius, the ages would have been like a long night.' Don't just alter and misuse it however you like."
"Mani, there's something wrong with your brain!" Aiou turned around and said to Mani with a serious expression.
Mani was intimidated and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
"That line has already been altered until it's rotten in the streets. What's wrong with me borrowing it? And Mani, how do you even remember the original? That's so unlike Mani." Aiou slowly walked toward Mani, then pinched her cheeks between both hands and kneaded them, complaining as he rubbed them.
Mani grabbed Aiou's hands and pried them away, explaining, "I met a bookworm before. He read all sorts of strange books every day, and I heard it from him. The strange thing is, whenever he read, I remembered everything. Even if I wanted to forget, I couldn't."
"That impressive? Even you could remember what he said?" Aiou asked in surprise.
Mani said unhappily, "I was already very impressive to begin with."
"All right, all right. Mani is impressive. The most impressive." Aiou nodded with a grin.
Seeing Aiou's perfunctory expression, Mani immediately puffed up in anger, stomped on his foot, then turned and walked away while fuming, "Aiou, you really are a bastard."
"How dare you step