After racking his brains the whole way, Fu Yanci coughed twice to draw the attention of Chi An and the two children in the back. "Do you remember that neighbor of ours who died?"
A neighbor? A dead neighbor, at that?
Chi An had no idea what expression he should make to steel himself.
The Castle on the island had no neighbors, and the people living on either side of their current house were all acquaintances. Who was supposed to die here?
They happened to reach a red light. Fu Yanci shot Chi An a look, and Chi An nodded in understanding. "Yes. What about him?"
Huh? Why had he said yes?
Coming up with another approach, Fu Yanci continued, "I only told you he died, but I never told you how. Let me tell you about it."
"All right, go ahead." Catching on to what Fu Yanci meant, Chi An played along.
"Ahem!" Clearing his throat, Fu Yanci checked the two children in the rearview mirror. Only after making sure he had their attention did he begin his performance. "I remember it was winter. That man died a terribly tragic death.
"As I remember it, he didn't like to smile. He always wore a sour expression around everyone and barely responded when people spoke to him, so a lot of people didn't want to be friends with him.
"Since we were neighbors, I could see his yard from my window. It was snowing heavily then, and the temperature that day was minus eight degrees, cold enough to freeze water into ice. He was playing in the snow alone in his yard.
"Honey, have you heard this saying? Your coldness is minus eight degrees.
"That was exactly the temperature. Ah, he himself was already minus eight degrees, and the weather