The Real World—It Wasn't Doing It on Purpose Either
After Xu Hongdou sent Wang Yue back, he felt rather gloomy. It wasn't because she had sent him back; rather, he had a vague feeling that Where the Wind Blows might be connected to another world.
He had to remember that the morning after he and Xu Hongdou had finally gotten together, he'd suddenly felt like climbing onto the roof. From there, he'd spotted a demonic aura in the distant mountains. He figured it belonged to a demon from some other world, and was probably connected to one of that world's protagonists.
From what he'd learned over all this time, Xu Hongdou's world was simply a world about travel and tourism, like the Yunmiao Village associated with Xu Hongdou and Xie Zhiyao. The place where the demonic aura was spreading must have some kind of demon.
That was why he'd left the two children at home with Xu Hongdou's parents this time. He thought that if he went looking for the demon, he could take Xu Hongdou with him. If they ran into danger, he could protect her. But if he brought the children too, they'd be much harder to rescue.
Children cried whenever they pleased, after all, and there was no predicting when they'd start. If their crying drew the demon's attention, they'd be in trouble. It was safer to leave them with his in-laws.
But Wang Yue's arrangements had led Xu Hongdou to misunderstand him. She'd even gotten angry with him over it, which left him feeling awkward. He wanted to explain, but first he had to figure out which urban fantasy series featured that demon.
Luckily, he had a rough idea of where the demon was. That made the series easier to find; otherwise, it would have been