Xiang Tianxiang thought back over the entire meal. "This boy possesses a seven apertures exquisite heart, but that's an innate gift. Even if you two forced yourselves to learn it, you couldn't. There really is no comparing one person to another."
The brother and sister both lowered their heads in thought.
"Think carefully. Even if he said you were even and dispelled any discomfort you two might have felt... could our Xiang Family really wipe away this favor just like that?
"Our Xiang Family owes him an enormous favor! But that favor is owed by the entire Xiang Family, not by you two. From now on, this debt of gratitude has nothing to do with either of you."
"Brilliant!"
"He preserved the favor while protecting his classmates' self-respect, and he also got the information he wanted."
Xiang Tianxiang sighed. "Both of these classmates of yours are shrewd as can be. You must get along well with them from now on."
Xiang Chong and Xiang Bing nodded.
Xiang Bing's face twisted. "Second Uncle... you said that guy protected our self-respect, but didn't you hear him during dinner just now...? He's such a jerk! It's like he feels uncomfortable himself unless every sentence he says makes someone else uncomfortable. He's so annoying!"
She recalled how Zuo Xiaoduo had kept calling them Little Bug and Ice Egg...
Even now, Xiang Bing's hands were still itching. She really wanted to beat him up.
A faint smile appeared on Xiang Tianxiang's face. "Yes, every sentence he says makes you want to hit him despite yourself... but you only want to hit him, right?... Have you ever thought of killing him?"
Xiang Bing froze. "Why would I kill him? We get along pretty well. Why would I go entertaining murderous thoughts?"
"You get along pretty well?