After finishing his conversation with Doesn't Want to Practice Piano, Zhang Heng logged out of the forum room, but he did not change his plans to return home.
Staying in Ireland would certainly be safer, but as he had said, he still had unfinished business. No treatment had been found for Fan Mei Nan's illness, and a ticking time bomb was hidden inside his own body. More importantly, his family was all here now, and he did not want to bring trouble upon them.
Every extra day he stayed here increased the risk of being found, and the other side would inevitably take notice of his parents, his grandfather, and his unborn younger sister.
That was the most important reason Zhang Heng had decided to return, but he had not told Xiao Xia or anyone else in the house. Even so, a small incident occurred on the night before he left.
It was already one in the morning when Zhang Heng heard a noise coming from downstairs.
The sound was not loud, but it still did not escape Zhang Heng's ears. He had deliberately left his bedroom door ajar while sleeping in preparation for something like this. He got out of bed, casually grabbed a Small Knife he had just bought at the supermarket, hid it behind his back, then hunched over and padded silently down the hallway like a civet cat.
He followed the stairs down to the living room and saw a figure standing with his back to him before the refrigerator, rummaging through it for something.
"What are you looking for at this hour?" Zhang Heng put away the knife in his hand before speaking.
The figure heard his voice and turned around. It was Zhang's Father, holding two bottles of beer. "The stars look nice tonight.