The elders also realised that they might have made a mistake. Elder Qin immediately said to Ruan Chanchan and Chief Xie, "What I meant to say was that it was tiny when I first saw it in the morning. How was I supposed to know that this thing was supposed to be the statue of the river guardian? I thought it was something that you came up with, Chanchan. But to make the river guardian's statue and even establish it without asking us, that's really no less than sinning."
Yeah, of course; after all, you are so special! mocked Xiao Xi with a roll of his eyes, not liking the way these elders were speaking to Ruan Chanchan.
Ruan Chanchan smiled and didn't seem to take any offence. She simply said, "That's because we were waiting for the statue to finish. What was the point of telling the elders about the making of this statue beforehand? It is, in fact, a good thing that we didn't tell the elders about the statue or else you would be in trouble."
