Pei Huaian had been pondering for quite a while, and when he heard no sound from behind, he turned around with displeasure and saw the person standing there. He said sternly, "Why are you standing there like a log, right behind me?"
"Did you hear what I said just now?"
"Your subordinate... heard it," Ah Mo could only compromise under his master's displeased gaze. How many times had he tried to speak earlier only to be interrupted, and now he's being blamed for not responding?
"If you heard, why didn't you speak?"
"Your subordinate, your subordinate was considering how to help master solve the problem," Ah Mo struggled to find an excuse.
Heaven knows how many times he had tried to speak and was interrupted!
"Tomorrow, help me deliver a submission to the palace," Pei Huaian said and left those words behind, leaving Ah Mo to drift alone in the wind.