"That old man always spoke in riddles."
"Last time, the time clearly hadn't come yet, so the tower doors hadn't opened, but he insisted on bringing up something about 'behind you or not behind you,' making people overthink it for no reason."
"Did you understand what he just said?"
After leaving Feiyuan, Zheng Qing complained nonstop about how obscure the old man's words were. At the same time, he hoped Xiao Xiao could solve the mystery in the old man's words for him. "That old man said the black tide outside the island... the Silent Black Tide has already passed, right? Could he have meant next year's black tide?"
"It's old gentleman," Xiao Xiao first corrected Zheng Qing's improper choice of words before cautiously replying, "As for the tide he mentioned, I don't think he meant an actual tide... but the greater trend. The vast, surging trend of the world."
"The greater... trend of the world?" Zheng Qing hesitated for several seconds before finally waving a hand. "Well, since it's such a huge matter, we shouldn't think about it... Living our own little lives properly is already great."
"We're different." Xiao Xiao glanced at the young government-funded student and teased, "As the saying goes, 'cats and dogs in packs, sons and daughters in pairs' makes one a winner in life. You're only halfway from becoming a winner in life, so naturally you want to live your own little life. But losers like us, who don't even have a single dog, need the tides of the age to surge before we can achieve our dreams..."
Zheng Qing pondered seriously for several seconds.
He had a whole group of cats, a dog that could form a pack, and a Little Fox.
So, all I'm missing is a son!
He muttered to himself