"My master, I was an orphan from a young age, a little beggar who was beaten and scolded while struggling to survive. It was your grandmaster who picked me up and took me in, gave me food, taught me to read and practice medicine. But the old man, my master, was also very busy, so I ended up following my senior brother around like a little shadow."
The old master reminisced about the past.
"Your senior uncle was quite loyal when he was younger. He was a determined kid and, while he wasn't exceptionally kind to me, his younger apprentice brother, he wasn't mean either. You see, I grew up in a nest of beggars, unloved and uncared for, and suddenly I had a senior brother who was like an older sibling to me. How could I not like him?"