Another Great Upheaval

Two days later.

The entrance to Peaceful Alley.

"Father, why are you here?"

When Hu Zhiyun saw her father standing at the alley entrance, she hurried over, confusion in her beautiful eyes.

The residence in Peaceful Alley was one she had bought for her father after passing Pingxiang Sect's disciple assessment. The people living there were not among Linhai City's top powerful families, but they were all well-off households.

Hu Zhiyun knew her father well. He was not comfortable living in a place like this, but out of concern for his safety, she had still chosen it. Usually, her father either went out to sea to fish with his old companions or stayed at home. Why was he standing at the alley entrance today?

"Zhiyun, you finally came back."

When Old Hu saw his daughter appear, delight spread across his face. He grabbed her hand. "Darling, I think your father's gotten himself into trouble?"

"Father, don't worry. Tell me slowly. Did someone come looking for you because of that male corpse?"

Seeing her father's anxious expression, Hu Zhiyun quickly tried to reassure him.

Whatever happened, she was still a disciple of Pingxiang Sect. The powerful figures in the city would show her some wariness.

"It... it rose from the dead! That boy wasn't dead. He's squatting in our house now."

Hu Zhiyun: ...

The Hu family courtyard.

The man stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back. Old Hu wore a bewildered expression. He had assumed that once his daughter returned, the boy would have the sense to leave, especially since his daughter was a disciple of Pingxiang Sect.

What he had not expected was that just as he was about to invoke his daughter's status to drive the boy away, his daughter stopped him first.

"Zhiyun?"