"Nan Nan."
Mother Yu's voice came from inside the house. "Come eat."
"Okay."
Yu Nan answered.
He took another careful look around the balcony.
He found nothing.
A wry smile appeared on his face. "I've kept you company all afternoon. Won't you come out and let me see what you look like?"
At first, perhaps he hadn't realized what was going on.
But if he still hadn't figured out that the other party was playing with him after an entire afternoon, then he really would have been an idiot, wouldn't he?
"Fei Fei~"
Peacock Blue Fei Fei felt a little guilty.
It was playful by nature and disliked cultivating.
Its aptitude was only average, so it wasn't strong enough to let humans who couldn't see it see it...
Besides, it was an unspoken rule among yao not to let humans who couldn't see yao see them.
Humans and yao belonged to two separate worlds.
Forcing them together wasn't a good thing.
Still, the boy was right. He'd kept it company all afternoon, and it had been very happy.
What could it do for him?
Watching the disappointed boy leave, Peacock Blue Fei Fei tilted its head.
It quietly followed him.
It trailed behind the boy in silence, watching him eat, watching TV with him, and playing games with him.
Then a conversation between the boy and his parents gave it an idea.
It heard the boy say—
"I had a nightmare last night."
"But I can't remember what it was about."
"I just remember this feeling of dread."
Its eyes lit up.
It knew what to do.
Peacock Blue Fei Fei knew that humans didn't like nightmares.
They liked good dreams.
And it could give them any dream they wanted.
A big smile spread across the little