"Yaozi, how did you get so fat that I can hardly recognize you?" Huo Yunjie said in disbelief.
"Ah! That's a long story." Zheng Yaoshou slapped his thigh and looked up at the sky with a sigh.
Ye Feng cleared his throat and asked, "You two know each other?"
Huo Yunjie and Zheng Yaoshou nodded repeatedly.
Zheng Yaoshou explained, "When A'Jie and I were just a few years old, we sneaked out of our homes and ran into each other at the street corner. That's how we met. Then, we went to the pond to catch cicadas in the banyan trees, played in the mud, and got beaten up together. We had a pretty good relationship."
As he spoke, Zheng Yaoshou's face showed a hint of regret, "Unfortunately, once we reached the age suitable for cultivation, we went our separate ways and never saw each other again."
Huo Yunjie added, "I went to look for Yaozi, but I heard that the Zheng family had moved."
