Father Xu came downstairs with a coat draped over his shoulders. Seeing Xu Huo, he smiled with relief. "You haven't lost weight. You must be tired after coming out of the game. I'll make you something to eat."
"I'll do it," Ms. Yu said. "Eating something easy to digest at night will help you sleep."
Tongtong, who had been secretly playing games in the middle of the night, temporarily escaped his mother's devastating blow. He sneaked back to his room to shut off the computer, then ran out and clung to Xu Huo, asking whether he had brought back any special gifts.
Xu Huo took out one of the Man-Eating Mushrooms he had received from a Dungeon. The thing had a mouth, and it bit down on Tongtong's finger in one bite. Tongtong screamed in fright and desperately shook his hand, flinging the mushroom onto the ceiling after only a few shakes.
Father Xu was startled too. Only after seeing that Tongtong's hand was uninjured did he say, "You're a grown man. Why are you joking around with a child?"
With a plop, the mushroom dropped back onto the floor and wriggled toward the nearest person.
Father Xu nearly jumped. "What the hell is wrong with this thing? Is it really this dedicated to biting people?"
Kids were simply bold. Once he confirmed that the mushroom was not very aggressive, Tongtong found a stick and poked at it for fun. But the mushroom had no interest in the stick and kept trying to bite his fingers instead.
"This is really fun." He looked up at Xu Huo. "Brother, do you have anything else?"
"It's not very convenient to take them out," Xu Huo said.
"Then definitely don't take them out," Father Xu said. "What if they're poisonous, or can actually