Without even looking up, Zuo Changlu said, "Stop wasting time here. If you're done eating, why are you still sitting here?"
Zuo Xiaonian said, "This is delicious, Mom. Your cooking has improved again. You've climbed another step beyond the top of a hundred-foot pole. That's amazing. These dried shrimp are especially good."
Zuo Xiaoduo finally erupted. He slapped his thigh hard and tugged at his hair, asking in utter grievance, "You... haven't you noticed that I'm acting really unusual today?"
"Unusual? Are you?"
Zuo Changlu looked startled. He turned to Wu Yuting, who looked equally bewildered, then at Zuo Xiaonian, who looked just as clueless.
"What's unusual? What?"
"!!!!"
This time, Zuo Xiaoduo truly felt both wronged and frustrated. "I've sighed so many times..."
"Isn't that normal?"
Wu Yuting fought back her laughter, looking puzzled.
"That's normal. What day goes by without you sighing?" Zuo Xiaonian's shoulders trembled slightly. Even as she ribbed him, she could barely hold back her laughter.
"What's worth mentioning about a sigh?" Zuo Changlu asked in bewilderment. "If you're not eating, leave. Why sit here? Striking a pose?"
"Aaaaah..."
Zuo Xiaoduo was frustrated, feeling so wronged he could die. He slapped his chopsticks down and wailed, "Not one of you cares about me at all! I'm clearly weighed down with worries, with something huge bottled up inside, and all my emotions written on my face, but none of you even asks."
Zuo Xiaonian said, "What earth-shattering thing could you possibly have..."
Zuo Changlu raised his glass and slurped a sip. "Good liquor."
In the end, Wu Yuting could not quite bear it. "You say we don't ask, so let me ask you. You were practically dancing the yangge the whole way home, looking so happy you could die, but once you got home, you