Chapter 1340 Reason
Xiao Xiao's straightforward statement made the old man subconsciously refute, "Chenchen would not steal other people's things!"

"I didn't say steal."

Xiao Xiao pointed out that the old man's wording was inappropriate.

"Chenchen may think that it is ownerless."

"But they have owners."

"Chen Chen."

Xiao Xiao looked at the child who seemed a little uneasy, "You should remember what I said, right?"

"The owners of those pearls want their pearls back."

"Chenchen, can you return the pearl to me?"

……

"pearl?"

The old man was surprised, "Chenchen, you took someone else's pearl?"

"really?"

The child's silence made the old man raise his voice and call out, "Chenchen!"

"That's what I found."

The little boy shuddered and said stubbornly, "Whatever I find is mine."

"Did you find it?"

The old man was so angry that he almost laughed, "What do you mean you discovered it?"

“You found someone else’s stuff in someone else’s house!”

This kid not only broke into a private house, but also took things without asking.

If he wasn't such a nice person and he wasn't just a child, I would have called the police long ago.

The old man felt a little scared.

If the police really come to the door, this child's reputation will be ruined.

In the eyes of others, this child is a bad child.

Which parent would want their child to play with a bad kid?
Fortunately, fortunately.

……

The little boy's eyes turned red and he screamed, "I found it!"

"I touched it when I was feeling for the marbles."

"Touch the marbles?"

The old man was stunned. What was going on?

"Chen Chen."

"what happened?"

"say clearly."

Is there some hidden secret behind this?
He also didn't believe that his grandson would steal things from other people's homes.

Entering someone else's yard can be considered a mistake, but entering someone else's yard and taking their things cannot be explained by a misunderstanding.

It's obviously intentional.

But, to make him believe that his grandson deliberately...

He didn't want to do that in his heart.

……

"...My bead fell into the pond..."

The little boy bulged his eyes and reluctantly told the old man what happened that day under the old man's stern gaze.

However, the little boy was still young, and it had been several days since the incident, so he could not remember some details clearly, "...I put the beads on the table and found that some of them were different..."

Moreover, as he was talking, the little boy went off topic.

"I recognize Pearl."

"Mother has a pearl necklace that she won't let me play with."

Children's emotions come and go quickly. Just now, they had red eyes and looked like they had suffered a great injustice, but now they are complaining about their mother, "Mom is so stingy."

"Humph, if my mother wouldn't give me the pearl, I would find it myself."

……

"Stop."

The old man didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "There's no need to talk about these."

Although the little boy's narration was halting and somewhat incoherent, the old man still roughly understood it.

So he looked at the young man in front of him in confusion, "Your pearls are at the bottom of the pond?"

Xiao Xiao was not surprised by the old man's question.

He smiled and slightly raised the little white fox in his arms, "This is Ah Jiu."

The little white fox opened his eyes slightly, somewhat confused.

The old man was even more confused, "Ah, oh."

Why are you introducing the fox now?
But, “What a beautiful little fellow.”

Even though he was a little upset because his grandson took other people's things, he was still somewhat amazed by the appearance of the little white fox.

"Thank you." Xiao Xiao curled his lips, "It likes pearls very much."

"The pond is its secret base."

"It always hides its pearls in the pond."

"It's fine for the pearls to be in the water anyway, so we just left them at the bottom of the pond, and that saved Jiu from always having to hide them at the bottom of the pond."

The little white fox understood Xiao Xiao's plan.

It twitched its eyebrows, swung its tail on Xiao Xiao's arm, and closed its eyes again.

……

The old man opened his mouth wide and looked at the little white fox in the young man's arms with surprise.

"Really, really?"

"Young man, you are a fox with real intelligence."

Then the old man sighed, "When I was a kid, I had a dog that was just as smart."

But he believed Xiao Xiao's explanation.

"He always likes to hide his toys."

"At first I was confused as to why its toys kept disappearing, but then I discovered its secret base."

"Guess where?"

"In a vase at my house."

"One time I accidentally broke a vase and discovered that there were so many toys hidden inside it."

Thinking of the scene in his memory, the old man couldn't help but smile.

"Sorry, I got off topic."

The old man smiled embarrassedly.

Then the old man said seriously, "I'm so sorry, young man."

"The kid didn't mean it."

After listening to the child's story, the old man realized that the pearl was not taken from someone else's room, but was picked up from the pond by the child, or was trying to find the marble he had dropped into the pond. This made him feel relieved.

He said that children are taught at home and in kindergarten not to take other people's things.

Although his grandson is a little naughty and likes to play pranks, he is not the kind of child who would do bad things.

But no matter what, after knowing that it was a pearl, the child still took it away. The child was indeed wrong in this matter.

"I'm really sorry."

……

"I know Chenchen didn't mean it."

"It was we who placed the pearls at the bottom of the pond, creating the illusion for the child."

"You can't say that."

The old man smiled bitterly, "You can put your things anywhere you want in the house."

"It's the child who's wrong."

……

"Chen Chen."

The old man turned to look at the child who was playing with his fingers, showing no interest in their conversation. "Where is the pearl?"

"On you?"

"Give it back to big brother."

The child subconsciously covered his pockets.

Children are quick to get interested in things. They like many things quickly but forget them just as quickly. For example, he no longer likes marbles.

However, the pearl was so beautiful that he always kept it with him and was reluctant to show it to others.

I didn’t show it to my mother either.

He was worried that his mother would take his pearls away.

……

Seeing the child's displeasure, the old man raised his voice a little, "Chen-Chen."

"That's Big Brother's pearl."

"Good children don't take other people's things."

"Chenchen is a good boy, isn't he?"

The little boy pursed his lips, lowered his head and said nothing.

The old man was a little disappointed.

He reached out to pull away the child's hands that were covering his clothes pockets, but was stopped by the young man opposite.

The old man looked up in confusion.

"Wait a moment."

Xiao Xiao said softly.

His eyes returned to the little boy's hands.

(End of this chapter)