Although Raffles had two brains, they weren’t shrewd enough to do business.

As we dragged Raffles away, Harry put one hand behind him and winked at me. I looked at him and saw that a bean had appeared magically in his hand.

I was secretly delighted. Quietly, I walked up behind him. He was already bargaining with the old man, “I reckon even you are not sure if all the beans here could spr…”

My fingertip glided against Harry’s warm fingers and palm, and I quickly took the bean from his hand. He paused for an instant, and finished his sentence when my hand left his, “- sprout, right?”

“Humph!” The old man looked away. He seemed to be very angry that we were...