"Go on to school."
Zuo Changlu said to Zuo Xiaoduo, "Don't forget to come see your godfather off tomorrow."
"Mm, I know."
Zuo Xiaoduo left.
But hearing those words left Wu Tiejiang frozen stiff in utter bewilderment!
Even after Zuo Xiaoduo had vanished from sight, he was still standing rigidly there, his mouth hanging stupidly open, his eyes blank and his eyeballs dangling outside their sockets.
"What are you doing?" Zuo Changlu frowned. "Who are you putting on that idiotic face for?"
"God... godfather?"
Wu Tiejiang looked as though he had swallowed a mouthful of shit. "What's this about a godfather?"
"Don't call me godfather."
Zuo Changlu rolled his eyes.
"You mean you had Xiao Duo... take Blind Hong as his godfather?" Wu Tiejiang's voice was full of disbelief.
"What, do you object?"
"No objections. It's your business, after all... but this... I just find it bizarre."
Wu Tiejiang said, "I couldn't be sure without asking."
Zuo Changlu said mildly, "Naturally, I have other considerations in this."
He said meaningfully, "The most pressing matter now is to lay this great man to rest."
"That's only right."
Wu Tiejiang stepped forward and bowed, murmuring, "Blind Hong certainly deserves a bow from me. But you people's schemes run too deep. I know I can't fathom them, and I want to know even less. Don't let me hear or see any of it again. I'm just a blacksmith, all right?"
Zuo Changlu snorted. "You think I wanted you to hear? Wanted you to see? You were the one whose curiosity got the better of him, barging straight in. Who told you to come in? Was it me? Was it Xiao Duo?"
Wu Tiejiang scratched his head. "I..."
"Go outside."
Zuo Changlu said somewhat forlornly, "I want to say a few more words to