Tales of Shanjian City

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Lin Guanbai returned from the street, calm and composed as ever, but with sparkling eyes. Lin Jingshen asked him what he had seen. Lin Guanbai blinked and said it was nothing.

Lin Jingshen wouldn't believe him. He threw a tantrum and shamelessly refused to let Lin Guanbai rest. With no other choice, Lin Guanbai pushed him away and sat up.

"Today, on the street, I saw..." It was the first time Lin Guanbai had told someone about such a trivial thing, and his fair face showed a hint of embarrassment.

"What did you see?" Before he could finish, Lin Jingshen eagerly cut in. "Dogs fighting or cats squabbling over food?"

Lin Guanbai loved getting absorbed in little things like this. When he was a child, he could spend all morning watching ants move house on a lotus leaf, and only come home for lunch after being called again and again.

"No," Lin Guanbai said, shaking his head. He described it earnestly: "I saw a family holding a funeral. The coffin was made of very expensive wood, and it even had an immortal pine carved on it."

Lin Jingshen: "..."

Seriously, when a married couple is cuddled up together in bed, they could talk about anything. Surely talking about someone else's funeral would be better than admiring their coffin. Honestly...

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