Carter froze for a moment, then suddenly gave Hans a big, hearty hug, slapping him a few times with force: "Thank you for the reminder, my old friend!"
It was obvious—this was intentional payback for Hans's decision to keep things under wraps.
Hans laughed heartily, accepting this small punishment.
Watching these two old men interact like that, Yan Fei began to understand why Carter didn't press further during lunch.
Clearly, the Torres couple's previous unwillingness to return the dinosaur fossil had caused Carter and Hans to lose trust in them. So, after suspecting that Yan Fei's photographic memory allowed him to retain so much information, Carter had wisely decided to stop asking questions.
