Bai Erlang pointed at them and said, "You really have no shame in saying those words. Doesn't the teacher always tell us that there are heavens beyond this heaven and people beyond this world?"
Manbao said, "That's said to the two of us, not to you."
Bai Erlang: "Then what should be said to me?"
Bai Shan stood up, imitating the teacher's manner, with his hands behind his back and a solemn face, he said, "Erlang, do not belittle yourself."
Manbao clapped her hands and laughed, "Exactly, that's how it should be."
Bai Erlang looked puzzled and asked, furrowing his little brows, "Why are the terms for me different from yours?"
Manbao sighed, "Because Shanbao and I are not good; we are too proud."
Bai Erlang always felt she was not criticizing themselves but boasting instead. However, seeing her with a face full of embarrassed gravity, he couldn't produce any evidence to the contrary.
