"Right downstairs from our own home. If you raise your voice, your mom and dad will hear you..."
The woman chattered on as she slowly helped the child up the stairs.
"Take it slow."
"Does it hurt?"
"Just hold on a little longer. We'll be home soon..."
Feng Ji didn't say a word.
He turned around.
Outside was the scene he knew better than any other.
The trash cans, the parked cars, and, behind them, the exercise equipment the residential complex had provided for its residents...
There was no thick fog that made it impossible to tell which way was which.
The moon always shone brightly on midsummer nights.
And with the lights coming from the surrounding windows,
the night was pale.
He could see everything around him.
And the two-headed pig that had been chasing him relentlessly was nowhere to be seen.
What had happened before... seemed like a dream.
"Xiao Ji?!"
The woman hurriedly caught the child as he stumbled and pitched forward.
"Careful!"
Once the child had regained his footing, the woman scolded him worriedly. "Watch where you're going."
"Stop letting your mind wander."
"You just fell. Do you want to fall again...?"
"You never used to be so clumsy..."
The woman fell silent.
Feng Ji didn't pay her any mind.
His head was filled with what had just happened.
What was going on?
What was going on?!
His head throbbed as he tried to think.
But he still couldn't make sense of it.
"Xiao Ji."
"Xiao Ji!"
The woman's voice brought Feng Ji's unfocused eyes back into focus, and he saw the person in front of him again.
"What are you spacing out for?"
The woman smiled in confusion. "We're home."
As he watched the woman help Feng Ji into the apartment