Delving Deeper Is Terrifying, Steady Your Mind

The temperature in the room returned to normal.

Little Nian Bai stood right in front of us.

The way he looked at Ye Jinghong and me had become calm, no longer mixed with the hatred from before.

Eyes could not lie.

His eyes had clearly been full of hatred before, so why was it gone now? I could not figure it out, and Ye Jinghong probably did not understand it either.

"Come with me!"

After saying that, he pulled open the door and walked out.

Ye Jinghong and I followed behind him. To our surprise, he led us into the kitchen.

We were both completely confused.

He went to a corner of the kitchen, crouched down, and lifted a stone slab from the floor.

There was actually a basement here?

I had grown up in this house. When had there ever been a basement here?

I did not think I had simply been unaware of its existence. It was more likely that this little brat had created it himself.

He did not say anything to us and went down first.

Ye Jinghong looked at me questioningly. She was asking whether we should go down.

That kid obviously wanted us to follow him. Since he had already gone down, I was definitely going after him. Still, I said to Ye Jinghong, "Why don't you wait up here?"

She shook her head. "No. We agreed that this time, I'd stay with you the whole way through. Especially here. There are things you can't do, but I can. There are things you can't say, but I can!"

I gave a bitter smile. I understood what she meant. I was too emotionally involved, and with my connection to Bingbing and Nian Bai, there truly were things I could not do or say, just as