The old man had not wanted his little grandson to accept it, but when he saw the smile on the boy's face, he could no longer bring himself to say so.
Ever since his little grandson had fallen ill, it had been a long time since he had seen the boy smile so happily. That alone was enough to keep him from telling his grandson to return the gift.
Shen Shixu thought the old man's expression suggested quite a story, but since this was their first meeting, he felt awkward prying into private matters. Instead, he poked 011, who had been sleeping inside his head for several days.
Before coming to Qu City, he had agreed with 011 that 011 would not feed him gossip, especially anything related to the case, unless he truly could not solve it.
But Shen Shixu had wrapped things up so quickly that 011 never had a chance to speak. That silence had lasted until now, and only when Shen Shixu poked him did he finally speak.
[Do you want the gossip on this grandfather and grandson, big brother? Let me look. I'll tell you in a moment.]
Hearing 011's voice for the first time, Jiang Miaokong and Song Zhuoyang widened their eyes in shock. They opened their mouths to ask whether the others had heard it too, only to feel hands clamp over their mouths.
Jiang Bin and Zhang Ming each covered one man's mouth. Jiang Bin whispered breathily to them, "Don't speak. What you're hearing is the voice of 011 inside my master's head. There's nothing in the world 011 doesn't know, so keep your mouths shut and enjoy the gossip."
From what Jiang Bin said, they had known about this for a while, which meant there was no danger. But what did