Perhaps because he really was in a bad mood, Sama Tetsuya moved very quickly through the exhibition hall, even accidentally bumping into Cheng Tian as he passed him.
Sama Tetsuya stumbled, and a hunter-case pocket watch fell out of his right pocket.
"Ah, sorry, sorry..."
"Sorry."
Although Sama Tetsuya had something of a temper, he was still very polite. Both of them began apologizing to each other. Cheng Tian bent down to help pick up the pocket watch, but the instant he picked it up, he froze.
The pocket watch in his hand was old, but it had been well maintained, with only a few spots of rust on its case.
On the dial inside, the hands still kept time accurately. But what captured Cheng Tian's attention was the photograph inside the lid.
The backdrop was beneath a cherry blossom tree, where a young couple embraced and smiled. The man wore glasses and was very handsome; he looked like he must be Sama Tetsuya. As for the woman on the left...
She had long hair and was young and beautiful, with a confident smile on her face, her arm hooked around Sama Tetsuya's in a deeply affectionate way.
"Ah! I'm so sorry for the trouble. Luckily, it wasn't broken."
Sama Tetsuya hurriedly took the pocket watch back and inspected it carefully all over, only letting out a sigh of relief once he found that it had not been damaged in the fall.
Cheng Tian could not understand what he was saying. Only after Su Han translated for him did he shake his head.
"It's all right."
Sama Tetsuya paused, then thought for a moment before slowly opening his mouth.
"Are you... from China?"
Fluent-sounding Chinese, tinged with a Japanese accent, came out of his mouth one word at a time.